Eat This

Okay, here you go, a quick recipe for Friday. Lately, as you may know, I’ve been committing to this whole “Fresh Table Experiment” thing — blah blah blah, eat locally, or organically, reduce intake of processed foods, frequent local farms and markets, and what-nottery.
So, I wanted to make dumplings.
But, I didn’t have the time to [...]

Fresh Table: Update

I figure while I have a few free minutes, you deserve an update on the Fresh Table Experiment, the one where I’m trying to eat what they apparently call SOLE — sustainable, organic, local, or ethical. Ready for the update? Tuck in your bibs. Sharpen the tines of your fork. Let’s rock.

I haven’t been to [...]

The Pennyweight Update

A few snidbits loosely comprising an “update:”

As you’ll see by the image, we had an oothica in the yard, affixed to one of the branches of our crepe myrtle. Yestermorn, that sucker hatched, vomiting a tiny tide of a hundred-plus praying mantids. I am hopeful that this is the Brood of Stinky, Stinky being [...]

The House Smells of Duck Fat (And Other Updates)

Things. Stuff. News. Updates. Thoughts. Etcetera!

First, Blood Drive is now available. This is an SAS (Storytelling Adventure System) PDF for Hunter: The Vigil, in-theme with Hunter: Night Stalkers. You could run it as a mortals story, if you were so inclined. The story’s a bit of a departure from the expected. In it, you [...]

The Fresh Table Experiment

You go to the store. You buy a can of soup. Or a pack of Tastykakes. Or a bag of apples. Do you know what you’re eating? Really eating? No. And neither do I.
First, the ingredients list can be puzzling. Look deep and you’ll find ingredients that will clean rust off metal or are used [...]