Here be an index of some things that my readers and general passers-by might be interested in. All my Still Life research and much of my writing, all in one place. Wow.

( Project Still Life Recap )

Okay. We all know that pie is a recurring theme in SPN. Dean loves pie. Pie was a comfort food Mary offered him as a child. Generally speaking, pie is a very fandom-friendly dessert (SPN, Twin Peaks, and Pushing Daisies, just to name a few ( Read more... )

The Nutter Butter Banana Pudding Trifle was a great success last night. The nine-year-old told me it was a good one and to put it "in the box" I think is what he said. (Recipe box? Maybe?) I told him I'd put a star beside it. (I put foil stick-um stars by favorite recipes in my cookbooks ( Read more... )

A culinary question for the f-list (and any random passers-by ( Read more... )

A couple of f-listies have asked, "What's Texas sheet cake ( Read more... )

Oh, my word, you guys. I just made the most amazing soup for dinner tonight. You know how last week I mentioned having pumpkin soup and how finding a comparable recipe was my new culinary quest? You guys. Here's what I found.

Well, first of all, I found pumpkinsoup.org. Everything you wanted to know about pumpkin soup but didn't know to ask ( Read more... )

The pumpkin pie is in the oven, so I'm sitting down a moment to type of the BBQ recipe for kimmer1227

( Slow Cooker BBQ Pork )

( Speculative theorizing )

One of my favorite cool, refreshing desserts. It's rather popular for church potlucks back home. I have this recipe in the "Family Favorites" cookbook, compiled by the Nurture Class of First Christian Church, Springfield, Ohio, in 1997. It's stupid easy and positively delish.

Sea Foam Salad1 (6 oz.) box of lime jello (I use one 0.6 oz box of ( Read more... )

Last month, I made reference to a recipe for cookies that my mom makes, called snowflake cookies. just_ruth requested the recipe, and here I am, finally getting around to it, after making a batch. Considering the weather, I thought it appropriate. :-)

This is an old recipe from my Great-Aunt Ono. It is my bro's favorite.

( Snowflake Cookies )