My New Sunday Tradition Is an At-Home Affogato
Sundays are a time for rituals.
Have a S’Mores, Have a Brownie, Have a S’mores Brownie
Three perfect layers: A toasted graham cracker crust, a warm unbelievably chocolate-y brownie, and melted caramelized marshmallow just this edge of dripping down the sides. How else should you spend the last week of summer?
This Easy Shrimp “Beach Ceviche” Is a Late Summer Flex
You can easily whip up this shrimp ceviche while getting ready for the beach, and by the time you’re all set up on the shore, it’ll be cured and ready to eat.
Uncommon Pairings: What Wine You Should Drink Based on Your Star Sign
Geminis, at their best, are adaptable, playful, and great in group settings — like sparkling wines!
Hangover Molletes
Crusty bread lightly buttered at its golden edges, saucy black beans seasoned in such a way you will dream about them long after they are gone, cheese to the brim, fresh vegetable salsa, and rich wedges of avocado delicately piled on top. These sandwiches are not about hangovers, they are about friendship.
Slime Lovers, It’s Our Time: Okra Season Is Here
Okra’s a summer veggie, sometimes called lady’s fingers (gay).
Messy Kitchen: Could You Set the Croissant Alarm?
She loves when I go a little feral with food.
A Peach Blueberry Cobbler for the Peak of Summer
The best thing I can say is to cut right to the chase: this cobbler is messy, juicy, syrupy summer fruit nestled in a cloud-like topping that’s somewhere between a buttery pancake and a just sweet enough biscuit. You want it.
Four Three-Ingredient Dips to Whip Up While Gay Gossiping
Easy, breezy summer dips that’ll take your porch/yard/stoop/patio hang to the next level!
Messy Kitchen: I’ve Been Making Clam Pasta for Nearly a Decade, and It’s Different Every Time
There’s a difference between comfort and pleasure.
Uncommon Pairings: Natural Wine, Explained
These days, it seems like every small plates wine bar I enter has at least one natural wine on its list, if not a dedicated section of just natural wines.
Messy Kitchen: I Should Probably Finally Learn How To Shuck Oysters
When my friend James makes food for my Orlando friend group, it feels like we’re in a Nora Ephron novel or a Nancy Meyers movie.
Mac and Cheese To Eat Out of a Pot in Your Underwear
It’s a beautiful, rushed meeting of those nostalgic blue Kraft boxes from after school specials and the trendy adult cacio e pepes that have overtaken the menus of fancy Italian restaurants everywhere.
Let’s Make This the Summer of the Creamsicle
I have an unofficial tradition of declaring a “Sweet Treat of the Summer” around this time every year.
Uncommon Pairings: So Your Wine Tastes Bad
Here are some things to look for when deciding if your wine has gone bad.
Chocolate Strawberry “Just Because I Can” Cake
An hour. That’s all the time that stands between you and a fudgey, chocolatey, cake that’s just this side of a brownie and a strawberry frosting that tastes like summer itself was bottled into a Barbie pink tube.
Countdown to Pride: Mocktails in Every Color of the Rainbow
It’s eight days to Pride! Get some inspiration for colorful, tasty nonalcoholic drink concoctions to serve yourself or loved ones!
Uncommon Pairings: Labels Can Be Good, Actually
I usually prefer lower-ABV wines during daytime hours or anytime I want something that’s an easy sipper. IMO the higher-ABV stuff works well for candlelit dinners and nighttime flirting, but that’s just me!!
Spring Edit: Things for Organizing Other Things
Sometimes truly all you need for a slightly less cluttered, more organized life is just a really big box.
11 Meal Ideas for When You Don’t Like To Cook but LOVE To Bake
Is it just me or is focaccia gay?