Femme Brûlée: Blueberry Baked Brie
Ideally with a nice baguette, apple slices, or a really sturdy cracker like the ones from Trader Joe’s with all the nuts and grains and dried fruit and stuff.
Fictional Cats, Ranked
There’s been even more talk of cats than usual on the queer internet lately, due to Oatmeal the cat in Russian Doll and Chewie the cat in Captain Marvel. Let’s keep that momentum going!
For Your Consideration: Make the Bisque
Become a kitchen top, even if just for one day.
Femme Brûlée: Caramelized Bananas in Maple Walnut Sauce over Labneh
The warm caramelized bananas alone are a treat, but coated in this deep maple and brown sugar sweetened sauce that essentially candies the walnuts – they’re mouthwatering. I would eat this every damn day.
Femme Brûlée: My Perfect Buttermilk Biscuits
I use these biscuits in all the ways. They’re my favorite vessels for breakfast sandwiches and swiping chili bowls but I also eat them hot and plain straight from the pan, or smothered in jelly.
13 Easy Houseplants for Seasonally Depressed Gays and Their Cats
Will these plants solve real mental health issues? Absolutely not, but they might make you feel more alive for the next few months, and also your cat can gnaw on them to its heart’s content, the asshole.
Femme Brûlée: Not My Aunt’s Sweet Potato Pie
Given that it’s Black History Month and we’re doing a lot of talk about celebration here since Autostraddle is turning ten, I thought it was only fitting to share a recipe for this pie that’s such a tradition in Black American celebrations.
How My Cat’s Anxiety Helped Me Be Gentler With Myself About My Own
“Why would I be gentle with myself when I was very clearly doing this thing — like so many other things in my life — wrong? No, I didn’t need gentleness. I needed more self-discipline, more conviction, more toughness. I needed to get my fucking shit together.”
Femme Brûlée: Lemon & Thyme Buttermilk Ice Cream
There’s something about lemon and thyme that really makes me ship them as a couple.
Here’s Everything You Need to Succeed at Cooking More Often This Year
These are my backbone and support system for both cooking and baking, and having these items in your arsenal it will substantially upgrade your kitchen prowess.
Femme Brûlée: Eggnog Cinnamon Rolls
I love eggnog, so I’ve taken it upon myself to write a recipe that I think even its most loyal haters will love. There’s no drinking the eggnog here, just using it to infuse the dough and glaze with warm winter spices and vanilla. The brown butter doesn’t hurt either.
For Your Consideration: Throwing a Highly Specific Themed Party For No Particular Reason
Here’s a secret: The best parties actually have no occasion attached (sometimes the occasion is that you feel dead inside).
Monday Roundtable: Eggnog?
Y/N?
Femme Brûlée: Dark Chocolate Salted Peppermint Bark
It’s simple, delicious, festive, and so easy to make!
12 Holiday Beers, Ranked by How Much They Taste Like Christmas
“Ho ho ho, no! This beer tastes like a literal snickerdoodle.”
Femme Brûlée: Cranberry White Chocolate Scones
We all deserve the reward of eating a perfectly winter-themed scone curled up in a blanket with some peppermint tea.
Merry Butchmas: Cozy Holiday Cocktails and the Hot Butch Looks to Sip Them In
Are you wearing a festive yet alluring butch outfit while reclining in front of a fireplace with a delicious wintertime cocktail? Hm. Well, we can help fix that.
Happy Hanukkah, Let’s Make Vegan Sufganiyot
Happy Hanukkah! Celebrate the holiday, which starts tonight at sundown, with a recipe for delicious vegan sufganiyot.
Be a Holigay Potion Master with These Three DIY Bottled Gifts
This series may not be Magical Drafts and Potions by Arsenius Jigger, but it’s the closest things we muggles can get. All you need is a stove, a few fancy ingredients, and some time to whip of an apothecary full of gifts.
For Your Consideration: Candles
Fill your space with candles, because sometimes you just need to watch something burn.