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Prompt 3

By Eliot, on February 24th, 2026%

Here is my third foray with the writing exercise prompts from Bite by Bite and Aimee Nezhukumatathil.

Spice is nice: What is your favorite spice? Coriander? Cardamom? Cumin? Look up the healing properties and/or folklore of that spice and create a scene where a character uses that spice to heal someone.

Well, this is . . . → Read More: Prompt 3

Prompt 2

By Eliot, on February 15th, 2026%

I’m continuing with a writing exercise prompted by Bite by Bite and Aimee Nezhukumatathil.

Prompt 2:

Taste the rainbow: write a poem or lyric essay in seven segments, with each segment of the piece representing a food color of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet.

What is the food rainbow . . . → Read More: Prompt 2

Bite by Bite for Cook the Books

By Eliot, on January 29th, 2026%

Snowmageddon hit so I wasn’t able to make it to the store for my preferred recipe to highlight this book. But, I did have everything to make chicken curry. . . . → Read More: Bite by Bite for Cook the Books

Potluck Desserts: Joyful Recipes to Share with Pride, a review

By Eliot, on September 17th, 2025%

I’m continuing on with my Best of 2025 cookbooks. For my most recent reviews, I’ve pulled from Epicurious’ list, “The Best Cookbooks of Summer 2025.” Potluck Desserts is the first book on the summer list. Today’s review is all about the sweet. If you need a book that yields large quantities of retro (yet modern) desserts, this is the book for you. . . . → Read More: Potluck Desserts: Joyful Recipes to Share with Pride, a review

Super Hot Pepper Vinegar

By Eliot, on September 13th, 2025%

What is this? It’s not another cookbook review.

Today I am posting about more free produce. (Read about my surplus of free strawberries here.) One of The Hubs friend’s prides himself on growing the hottest of hot peppers. He will usually send some our way and has been supplying us with jalapenos all summer. . . . → Read More: Super Hot Pepper Vinegar

Family Style by Peter Som

By Eliot, on July 12th, 2025%

Peter Som’s Family Style is an inventive and genius cookbook full of family stories (and delicious recipes). . . . → Read More: Family Style by Peter Som

A Review: by Heart: Recipes to Hold Near and Dear by Hailee Catalano

By Eliot, on June 14th, 2025%

I’m not even sure where I heard or read about this cookbook. It had to be on a “best of 2025” list. Regardless, I want to share about this book today. It deserves to be on a “best of” list for certain.

About the book:

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERLearn to make elevated, professional-quality meals in . . . → Read More: A Review: by Heart: Recipes to Hold Near and Dear by Hailee Catalano

What I’m reading….

By Eliot, on February 4th, 2025%

If you haven’t noticed, I’m kind of all over the place with my posts recently. There was the retro rant about days gone by and a book slamming review. I’ve also been revisiting old drafts and trying to rework them to see the light of day.

I’m reading more and more in the evenings . . . → Read More: What I’m reading….

What in the world?

By Eliot, on January 26th, 2025%

The photo is the blog’s namesake: Eliot (RIP). I’ve been going down memory lane lately. I hate the way my old posts from ten plus years ago sound. This title, however, sounds like a post from 2012. This is a long rant and I couldn’t come up with anything else. . . . → Read More: What in the world?

Holiday Pot Luck and a Movies & Munchies Round-up

By Eliot, on January 1st, 2025%

Then there were three.

I’m hosting Movies & Munchies this month and since it’s a busy time I decided to just do a potluck. You could pick whatever holiday movie suits your fancy—the favorite that the fam watches every year, a classic, or even something from your archives.

I love the premise . . . → Read More: Holiday Pot Luck and a Movies & Munchies Round-up

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