Tagged food
May 30 2026
A Sci-Fi Bar Crawl Through “Mass Effect: The Official Cocktail Book”
The Mass Effect video games are some of my favorite sci-fi content and one of my partner’s favorite video game series (we named our cat Tali!), so when we learned about Mass Effect: The Official Cocktail Book, we were pretty excited. There are a number of bars in the games that serve as backdrops…
Jul 02 2025
3 Cookbooks to Get Young Geeks Going in the Kitchen
When I was a preteen, I had a cookbook that was designed to help young people learn to cook: Kids Cooking: A Very Slightly Messy Manual. Sadly, it’s not in print anymore, but I remember being obsessed with it. It’s probably part of the reason I like cooking so much now (that and my inherent enjoyment…
Jan 15 2025
Cook a Feast Fit for a God with the “God of War” Official Cookbook
At first blush, a cookbook based on the God of War video games might seem like an odd choice. But in the most recent installment in the series, God of War: Ragnarök, there are actually a few scenes involving cooking or sharing meals, and there is an entire quest revolving around finding ingredients for…
Aug 28 2023
The Hangar’s New Selection Offers Fairgoers a Variety of Delicious Novelties
I always joke that the fair brings the hottest weather, but this year’s opening was ridiculous. It was hot. Hot as in your grandpa continually muttering, “We live in Minnesota, for cripes’ sake,” because this type of hot should live in the swamps of Florida, not in the Upper Midwest.
Experienced…
Feb 09 2021
Learn Korean Cuisine from a Comic Cookbook
When I found out that there was such a thing as a comic cookbook, I was ecstatic—and yet it still took me years to actually get my hands on one. Now I have a small collection of them, but one I’d like to highlight for you today is Robin Ha’s Cook Korean!
This is a fantastic introduction to the flavors of Korean…
Dec 01 2020
An Introduction to Pasta Making
A confession: there is very little I love more than making pantry staples―things I could easily buy from the grocery store—by hand. If I’m “too lazy” to go to the grocery store, but I know I have flour, water, yeast, and salt, I will just make my own bread. Spending an afternoon putting together dough and…
Oct 30 2020
9 Ways to Eat Like the Mandalorian
With season 2 of The Mandalorian upon us, I have been attempting to manage my excitement, but I haven’t been able to rein myself in completely. Last year, we had a small watch party for the season 1 premiere with a few friends and a full party spread of Star Wars–inspired food. While that’s…
Oct 11 2020
Try Your Hand at Beginner-Friendly Cheesemaking with Homemade Ricotta
Today, I’d like to introduce you all to a super quick and easy way to add an extra level of homemade goodness to your kitchen geekery: ricotta cheese. With the return of fall come plenty of holidays and occasions to have some fun in the kitchen, experimenting and enjoying food. I know the pandemic is changing…
Aug 26 2020
Get Tasty Food for Your Table and Support a Local Farm with Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA)
At the beginning of spring, some friends asked whether my husband and I wanted to go in on a CSA share with them. I had never heard of CSA—community-supported agriculture—before, but the brief explanation they gave us sounded interesting and like a worthy endeavor. Now that we’re around halfway…
Aug 10 2020
Bring the Backyard to Your Home Bar with Homemade Violet Syrup
I spent a couple of years living in Prague, Czech Republic—a place that, despite being about 4,500 miles away, is pretty similar to Minnesota. In the same way that Minnesotans flock to lakes and cabins every weekend in the summer, it’s rare to find a Czech who doesn’t have a family cottage…