I'm trying for really quick (For me. Which means first order (factual regurgitation, little commentary, no analysis or synthesis) stuff. Which turns out to be just a bit under two hours. Sigh. Must get better.) as a sort of exposure. If this doesn't appeal to you skip this post. I have no idea when or if I'll get a properly done set of ( Read more... )

I've discovered that reading Robin McKinley's Sunshine, or Nina Kiriki Hoffman's A Fistful of Sky, helps when I have a deficiency in motivation to eat. That said, the hungers developed by those particular books aren't necessarily the most healthy for me since both lean heavily towards the buttery pastry side of things. Also, the foods may not be ( Read more... )

The sweet and flaky kind, like these, that literally translate from Cantonese as egg rolls (as opposed to "egg rolls" that AFAIK should be spring rolls), that go well with ice cream, or chocolate hazelnut spread, or nut butters, that are a distant relation to Pirouline as well as the unfilled European varieties, is one of the foods that I circle ( Read more... )

Ad Astra, Ava/Chroma, The Hidden Spot, Too Many Sopranos? - all things that I went to in the past few weeks that I intend to write about in due course. However, cvilette mentioned pancakes a little while ago, and now I have a craving. I don't think that I've made myself pancakes in over 12 years. I've eaten them in that time in various places, some quite ( Read more... )

So, some time ago, cristalia wanted some Gloucester with Stilton on toast very badly. While looking for ways that this desire could be met within her parameters, I came across this Toronto Life article and thought "this Cheese Boutique place looks interesting, though not useful for the task at hand ( Read more... )