Tag: recipe
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Hot Soft Pretzels
The other day the First Reader had mentioned pretzels. And he wasn’t talking about the hard ones I buy in bulk for kid snacks. I knew what he meant… the warm, soft, delicious things that most people associate with overpriced mall vendors of dubious origin. I’ve made soft pretzels before, and they aren’t difficult to…
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Korean Elk Tacos
This is a post about trying new things. Last summer I took the Geeky Kids to Jungle Jim’s and let them pick out an exotic meat to try in a recipe. We wound up making Kangaroo Pot Pies, which were delicious and they loved. This summer, I was lobbying for Llama, but the girls said…
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Eat This While You Read That: Martin Shoemaker
When I asked Martin Shoemaker, who I know best for hard science fiction stories, for a dish and a title for ETWYRT, he surprised me. The story he recommended was one that he’d written this dish into… and it’s about voudon, and a grandfather, and a sweet potato pudding. Ok, the pudding isn’t really a…
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Caramel Apple Cheesecake
This isn’t so much a recipe as it is an extrapolation of a recipe. Cheesecake is a very flexible dessert, lending itself very well to additions of other flavors, while being perfect delicious on it’s own. I blogged the cheesecake filling earlier this year, so start there… Once you have the crust started – and…
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Eat This While You Read That: Julie Frost
I met Julie Frost at LTUE last year, and then when her first novel came out, based on listening to her being funny and witty on a panel, grabbed the book. I discovered to my delight that she could write as well as she can talk – hey! There are people who can’t you…
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Gummy Robots
A while back, I decided I wanted to try and do something about my fragile fingernails. After some discussion and research, I got everything I needed to make my own gummies… And then I got busy with school, holidays, more school… Yesterday, I marshaled the ingredients and whipped up a batch. When I was done…
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Simple Life: Pickled Eggs
It’s the start of a new semester. I’ve only got two semesters left, and this is one of them. I feel like life is kicking into high gear, and I’m going to be running to keep up. I know I do a lot of recipes on this blog, for a woman who doesn’t actually write…
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Eat This While You Read That: Kal Spriggs
For this blog series I have done lasagna, Alfredo sauce (twice) but not, previously, spaghetti. Today is that day. Kal Spriggs writes fun space opera, I reviewed his first one here, and recently has begun to produce epic fantasy as well. I was delighted to meet him in person this last LibertyCon, even if it…
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Eat This While You Read That: Anita Young
I’ve done a husband-wife pairing before, with Sarah and Dan Hoyt. But it took me altogether too long to realize that although I’d gotten a recipe from James Young, I hadn’t talked with his lovely wife Anita about her books and food yet. For the meal, I’m making her Pepper Steak, and we’re recommending her…
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Eat This While you Read That: L Jagi Lamplighter
I had the pleasure of meeting Jagi and at least one of her charming children (I’m not sure. My kids, hers, and others were involved in this swirling vortex of geeky kidness. It was fun) at LibertyCon this summer. I’d previously encountered her Rachel books, YA fantasy with a boarding school theme and a very…
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Cake For Breakfast
Back to school days tomorrow, and no time for special breakfasts. I hadn’t broken out the waffle maker this break, and I kept thinking about it, so today was the last chance for a while. We have this lovely thick bacon to serve alongside. But I didn’t want to just make a regular waffle. During…
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Eat This While You Read That: JL Curtis
While most of the authors I talk to and ask to participate in ETWYRt are science fiction or fantasy authors, not all of them have to be. I read and enjoy many other genres, like JL Curtis’s books. The Grey Man is a little hard to quantify, beyond ‘action’ because they aren’t quite military and…