Kitchen Library: June 2014
Time for a long-overdue Kitchen Library! This is a roundup of some recipes I loved and some pictures of things I ate. (I’ve been putting articles on Twitter and Facebook lately instead of in [woefully...
View ArticleWhite Bread: A Social History of the Store-Bought Loaf
White Bread: A Social History of the Store-Bought Loaf Aaron Bobrow-Strain Beacon Press, Boston. 2012 I read or acquired a number of books last year on food/social history that I meant to review and...
View ArticlePhoto Update: Peanut-Butter Chocolate-Chip Brownies
Quick update: I’ve reshot the peanut-butter chocolate-chip brownie photos. Before: After: Before: After: Not Food Gawker worthy, but I’m getting there, bit by bit. The lighting in my new place is not...
View ArticleWhat I Ate: New Orleans
Did I mention beignets and not deliver? I went to New Orleans on business and spent all non-business hours eating amazing food. I didn’t take my DSLR, so here’s what I took on my iPhone. Abita Beer I...
View Article2014 in Review and 2015 Goals
明けましておめでとうございます!今年もよろしくお願いします! Happy new year, readers! There’s nowhere to go but up from here! Top Posts of 2014 (That were published in 2014) I spent my first sakura season in Seattle. I’ve made a...
View ArticleKitchen Library: 5.14.2015
Trying a new, hopefully weekly format: [Image of a bowl of red cherries] One thing I read: “Ancient Americans Pounded Vomit-Causing ‘Black Drink’ 6 Times Stronger Than Coffee” [Image of...
View ArticleKitchen Library 5.21.2015: Radch Tea, White Coffee
Five food things: [Image of sticky note with the question “Where Do You Find Inspiration?” and a child’s handwritten answer: “pizza”)Meanwhile at the MOHAI One thing I read: “Tea!” by Ann Leckie (as...
View ArticleNew Photos! Vegan Rhubarb-Raspberry Crostata
It’s rhubarb season again! I got some rhubarb and the first raspberries of the season at Pike Place Market and made this crostata again. Served with raspberry wine from Bainbridge Vineyards. Before:...
View ArticleKitchen Library: 06.05.2015
Take that cake down the Fury Road! One thing I read: “#notboring” on Lottie & Doof, on food photography One thing I made (my recipes): Sweet-Potato (Satsumaimo) Pancakes One favorite recipe I made:...
View ArticleNew Photos: Summer Pasta with Eggplant Sauce
Before (with my delightful Daiso dish) After: Recipe here.
View ArticleDesert Bluffs (Yakima) Road Trip
Yakima Desert Bluffs, September 2015 Snow is falling somewhere. Many things are falling or will fall or have fallen, but temporary triumph is still triumph. Welcome to the Greater Desert Bluffs...
View ArticleFeminist Friday: My Cake Carrier is Not an Invitation
It’s time for the Fall 2015 edition of Feminist Friday, a seasonal multi-blog open discussion of topics in intersectional feminism. Since starting in 2013, our network of bloggers has covered...
View ArticleCrying a Thousand Beautiful Tears into my Tofu
On my business trip, I had an overnight in Kyoto, and my coworker and I stopped to get lunch at Kyoto Station before going to our hotel. While I’m partial to the “solid tofu”(katatôfu [堅豆腐]) of the...
View ArticleUpdated Recipe: Spaghetti-Squash Okonomiyaki
New photos and an updated recipe! This is one of my favorite recipes, especially since I 1. always want okonomiyaki and 2. never have cabbage around. I updated the recipe to include imperial...
View Article2017 Goals and 2016 in Review
2016, what the heck even. You were the worst year: everyone died, including a significant number of queer icons and feminists, as well as several individuals who were influential in the oppression of...
View ArticleAnnouncement: The Corners of Their Zine: A Queer Food Zine
I'll Make It Myself! and Robin Elan Art are proud to present our first collaboration: The Corners of Their Mouth: A Queer Food Zine, in which we use recipes and comics to ask the hard-hitting questions:
View ArticleInterview: “Addressing Gender Norms and Sexual Orientation Through Food”
Read a new interview about gender, food, and our zine on Foodie Underground!
View Article2018 Goals and 2017 in Review
My 2017, like that of a lot of other queer individuals, was a year of great personal and professional growth, but was one of the worst political years on record in my adult life.
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