Tonight’s menu:
Pain Perdu aux Deux Tomates & Parmesan (Two Tomatoes and Parmesan French Toast)
Crumble de Courgettes, Figues & Mozarella (Zucchini Crumble with Figs and Mozzarella)
Île Flottante aux Praline Roses (Floating Island with Candied Almonds)
Most of the preparation went well. The tomatoes and zucchini were from our garden. While prepping the crumble, I shared […]

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By the time John joined us, my roommate & I were already deep into AX: both in costume, we’d been greeting & snapping pictures for half the day already. This was my first cosplay and, while not my first convention, my first anime convention. My roommate has been cosplaying for as long as I’ve known […]

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I’ve not yet named it, because I haven’t found a suitable name. But I would like to enlist the help of the MoF crew at large. I name most of the devices that have a special place in my life, except, for some reason, my cell phone.

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Jesus, lol!
Originally uploaded by mind on fire

Meeting Jesus was the highlight of my short visit to Anime Expo this year (well, second to the bento lunch Miko and her friend shared with me). I didn’t realize how prophetic my lolReligion post was!
(Miko, I may have found the solution to our photo posting […]

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Miko and John
Originally uploaded by mind on fire

Apologies *insert kowtowing here* for my recent lack of posting. I’ve been pouring all of my creative energies into cooking (French and in-season), and I’ve had little spare time or stamina left over for writing. I am nothing if not subject to sustained bursts of creative […]

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