Food and Drink

One Queer Meathead’s Quest for the Perfect Energy Drink

I’m ranking them here based on whether or not they actually taste like the thing they’re supposed to be.

A four-ingredient asparagus tart, in a close up photo. Asparagus spears are sitting in a cheese and puff pastry shell.

Recipes

Four-Ingredient Asparagus Tart for Mothers Day (Or the Friend You Yell “Mother” at in the Chat)

In my opinion there’s no better home for springtime asparagus than nestled between a bed of cheese and butter. That’s my selling point. My strongest argument.

Food Lists

Spring Edit: Savory Snacks Under $5 To Eat Outside in the Sun

I highly recommend going outside RIGHT NOW AND HAVING A SNACK.

slow-cooking pork, Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and her fiancé Kristen smiling together, and a spread of pork tacos toppings

Food and Drink Relationships

Dykes on Dates: Tender Pork Tacos That Are Too Good To Be True

There’s probably a joke in here about being a bottom, but genuinely a lot of my favorite date night dinners involve, well, toppings.

Food and Drink

Uncommon Pairings: Putting Your Tongue To Work

Welcome to Uncommon Pairings, a new Autostraddle column about wine! Today, we’re learning how to taste.

a pint glass of blood mary with garnishes including bacon, lemon slice, a garlic stuffed olive, cheese, tomato, dill, shrimp, and a marinaded quail egg. a rolling cart with ingredients for bloody marys on it and a little white and black french bulldog looking at it.

Food and Drink

How to DIY the Ultimate Bloody Mary Bar With Garnish Galore

I promise this is about blood marys, but first it’s going to be about leaving my church.

a splash pad shaped like a monstera leaf, a wicker planter shaped like a cactus, a large metal tub for holding ice and drinks, a white and blue ceramic tabletop tiki torch, a yellow outdoor throw pillow with suns on it, a five-wick large ceramic candle in blue and white, and pink string lights

House & Garden Shopping

Spring Edit: Hot Outdoor Decor for Under $30

Give some love to your yard, stoop, fire escape, garden, patio, porch, wherever you spend time outside!

A package of TMNT Pizza Crunchabungas, a package of Shark Bites, a package of Toaster Strudel with a purple overlay, set against a 90s background of vivid color shapes.

Food and Drink

90s Snacks I Want Back

If I had to guess, I would say that Warheads are made of sugar and that stuff called The Dip that Judge Doom uses in Roger Rabbit to melt cartoon characters.

four cans of prebiotic sodas surrounded by chips

Food and Drink

Ranking Prebiotic Sodas by Taste (and Asking a Doctor What They Even Do)

Finding drinks that scratch the alcohol craving itch for me is essential, and right now that thing is prebiotic sodas.

Three retro cans of Cherry Coke surrounded by gummy sodas and bottle caps against a jazz cup pattern

First Person Food and Drink

Cherry Coke Triptych

Giving up caffeinated soda was one of the hardest parts of being pregnant.

Cheez-It White Cheddar, House Wine canned wine in a rainbow can, three loose potato chips, a bag of Takis, a bag of Kettle Cooked potato chips, a gold can of Underwood canned sparkling wine, and a can of nonalcoholic sparkling wine

Food and Drink

Uncommon Pairings: Canned Sparkling Wines and the Chips That Go With Them

Canned wines have solved the problem of me not wanting to commit to an entire bottle of something.

organic yerba mate in Enlighten Mint flavor with chips around them and a jazz cup design in the background

First Person Food and Drink

Grind Culture Made Fizzy Energy Drinks My Toxic Writing Partner

This is not a cautionary tale or a poignant anecdote about finding myself amid waves of imposter syndrome

The following beers: Mickey's, Coors Light, Natural Ice, Miller Genuine Draft, and Bud Light Lime

First Person Food and Drink

Beers I Drank From Ages 14 to 20 That Made Me the ‘Man’ I Am Today

Every punk party — whether it was in Ft. Lauderdale or Lake Worth or North Miami — had the exact same drink options. Either you were drinking Mickey’s or you were doing shots of Jack Daniels.

three bottles of Vintage seltzer with a jazz cup pattern behind them and a bunch of gummy sodas

First Person Food and Drink

My Seltzer, My Self

Do you remember the first time you stumbled upon a satisfaction you tried to make entirely your own?

Food and Drink

Crack Open Something Fizzy — It’s Time for Bubble Trouble

Bubble Trouble is a new Autostraddle series about the nostalgia, effervescence, and never-ending appeal of carbonated beverages.

Food and Drink

It’s Honestly Upsetting How Good These Anchovies Are

I was skeptical about pricey anchovies, but I was wrong!

A kaleidoscope esque mirrored image of Sadie and Nico in N 95 masks and backwards hats, with wide eyes standing on ladders beneath a ceiling full of holes exposing the lathe behind the plaster. the vibe is chaotic.

House & Garden Relationships

Homo Reno: 13 Tips for Keeping Your 5 Year Queer Relationship Intact While Renovating the House You Live In

Sometimes you are going to have to undertake a project during which it will be inevitable that you will scream at each other. My advice is to just kind of pretend it didn’t happen.