So I pretty much finished the Grisha trilogy recently, and if it were up to me, I'd make all the pastries that were mentioned in every page. Heck, I probably still might go back to a few of the foods that were showcased in the books, but a lot of them did come from Ruin and Rising. One [...]
Not gonna lie, the entire time I read The Bear and the Nightingale I kept thinking about the old-school baking that was happening in the oven at Pyotr's hearth. Every single time, Dunya was always baking something, and Vasya almost always tried to steal some of the food that came freshly out of the oven. Vasya, [...]
Making this post just reminded me that I've been meaning to do a recipe from my "Cupcakes and Cocktails" recipe book. But I may or may not have run out of cupcake liners, so, um, I haven't been as cupcake-ready lately as I usually am. But this post isn't about cupcakes. It's about bread, actually. Specifically: [...]
Okay, so there's not really one specific fandom for this, but after drenching myself in vampire-related fiction and anime this week, I decided I wanted to do something as an homage to the original Dracula. Wait, no. Not Alucard (though arguably the Hellsing anime DOES connect this badass vampire to the original vampire XD). More along the lines [...]
I want to go to Prague. I want to meet a fiery-eyed angel there and be raised by strangely loving but shady teeth-collecting demons. I want to be friends with a marionette maker's daughter and roam the fairy-tale streets whilst vampires and ghouls try to pull a scare on back alleys and hidden corners. I [...]
Story and Somnomancy 