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A collage of Italian Christmas desserts in front of a purple background
Christmas Food Lists

Power Ranking Italian (and Italian-American) Christmas Desserts

My ancestors really said “Ok, let’s make a dessert that looks like cured meat.”

Stef Rubino December 19, 2023 9 Comments
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Tie-Dyed Christmas Cookies and Coquito

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Christmas Food and Drink

A Quest for the Perfect Gingerbread Bake To Serve This Holigay Season

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A platter of Italian Christmas cookies
Christmas Food and Drink

Power Ranking Italian Christmas Cookies

Personally, I think it’s kind of f*cked up how decadent amaretti cookies are.

Stef Rubino December 11, 2022 19 Comments
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Food and Drink Holigays

Break the Kitchenette With Some Herbaceous Simple Syrups for the Holigays

I am going to suggest that you make a Christmas tree into a simple syrup for the holidays, and I will be right.

Nico December 5, 2022 21 Comments
A glass of clarified milk punch with a lemon peel in it
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Impress Guests With a Milk Punch During the Holidays

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Food and Drink Holigays

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If you’re going to buy cookbooks for your friends and family, why not buy them queer cookbooks and put money in the pockets of queer chefs?

Casey November 17, 2022 9 Comments
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Food Lists Health

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Food and Drink Halloween

The Hunt for the Perfect Baked Pumpkin Treat

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Casey October 23, 2022 19 Comments
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Food Lists Holigays Quizzes

Quiz: What Cozy Season Soup Should You Make?

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Lucia November 28, 2021 17 Comments
A collage of gifts you can buy for a reluctant pandemic chef, including: An apron, a hand blender, a kitchen speaker, a Dutchmen oven, and a variety of spices.
Christmas Food and Drink

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Kitchen gifts for beginners and people who get bored in kitchen. I mean, I love making dinner but also like damn we really gotta have dinner EVERY NIGHT?????!!!!

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Gey In Kikh: Passover Matzo, the Bread of Affliction

The basic mitzvah of Passover is to eat the Bread of Affliction, so let’s lean into the ancestral trauma and make our own matzo.

Ari April 6, 2020 13 Comments
Jewish Holidays Recipes

Gey in Kikh: Easy Pizza Hamantaschen for Purim

With a side of festive demons!

Ari March 9, 2020 4 Comments
Jewish Holidays Recipes

Gey in Kikh: Seven Species Babka for Tu B’Shevat

Seven fruits and grains combine in a quick-rise babka to celebrate the Jewish New Year of the Trees.

Ari February 6, 2020 3 Comments
Jewish Holidays Recipes

Gey in Kikh: Happy New Year!

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Food and Drink Holigays

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danijanae December 19, 2019 19 Comments
Jewish Holidays Recipes

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Why have plain latkes when we can have RAINBOW latkes?!

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