I'm working on what I will write for NaNoWriMo this year and I have hit a bit of a stumbling block. When pondering one of my main characters it occurred to me that, due to her species, she'd logically have to be at least vegetarian, if not vegan. She's a fantasy character based off a qilin/kirin which is noted for, among other things, not eating ( Read more... )

So thanks to the replies in my last post, I've decided that the kid is going to try to doctor up a frozen pizza with fish and sesame seeds ( Read more... )

So I've got a character, nine years old, who's recently been exposed to the high-class world. His father is rich but doesn't live like it, and that's caused some anger ( Read more... )

Part of my story has to do with a young man taking a job in which he lies about so he can pay the bills. So he takes a job as a chef and his first assignment is a party in which the featured item is cheese. He barely knows what to cook but somehow manages to be able to accomplish the job ( Read more... )

Hi all! I'm new, joined when this was featured, but since I'm something of a lazy bum, I haven't posted yet. I'm Saphy, mostly called Saphy unless you know me from somewhere where I'm not. I'm a ridiculously picky eater, and thus am almost always at a serious loss when it comes to including foodstuffs in the stories I write. I am therefore ( Read more... )

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Hi everybody! I only recently found this wonderful comm through the spotlight feature on the main page.  And it happened to be right when I came across a giant gorge in my story's path in the form of a food problem ( Read more... )

My principal character in my current WIP is the son of a Romany woman (Dad's Greek, Mom's Rom), and I need Romany or what we gadje (those not lucky enough to be born to appropriately Rom parents) would call Gypsy dishes & recipes.  Any helpful souls out there with a few?  Already have sarmi and musaka.  Any others?

Er, hello! Found this through the spotlight, very amazing idea for a community ( Read more... )

 I've never been to a super fancy expensive restaurant (as in, the most I've spent on a meal is less than $30) so I was wondering, what consists, in general, of a multi course meal?  I'm talking more than just appetizer, main course, and dessert.  I mean meals that have more than half a dozen courses.

In my tarot novel series, I have four books ( Read more... )