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Roasted kabocha squash on a plate with cheese, beets, and greens
Food and Drink

Winter Squash Is for More Than Just Soup

My top three as sauces? Sun in marinara, moon in pesto, and rising in butternut squash.

ashni January 27, 2023 8 Comments
A side-by-side close up of a navy blue silk pillow case with a star pattern, laying on top of gold colored sheets
House & Garden Shopping

Silk Pillowcases Changed My Life, Made My Self-Made MILF Dreams Come True

If you, too, want MILFy vibes without having to have children, I highly, highly recommend a silk pillowcase!

ashni January 2, 2023 10 Comments
a silver and green shopping cart sits in the center of a grocery store aisle, with snacks visible on the shelves to either side
Food and Drink Health

Practical Magic: How to Nourish Your Body When Executive Dysfunction Has Other Plans

There’s a saying they mention when feeding babies: “fed is best.” That principle’s not just for babies, my friends!

Darcy December 28, 2022 32 Comments
a collage of all the recipes the team has shared from a whiskey neat to christmas cookies to mushroom gracy, pasta cabonara, a 7 layer cake, sausage balls, and a grasshopper drink
AF+ Recipes

A Very Special Senior Team Holigay Recipe Roundup

We’ve got cookies, gravy, cake, pasta, sausage balls and two separate and very different alcoholic beverages.

The Editors December 23, 2022 8 Comments
Christmas Food and Drink

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

I chose four new to me recipes — a gingerbread cake, gingerbread rolled cookies, gingerbread drop cookies, and gingerbread bars — and am here to report back.

Casey December 13, 2022 8 Comments
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
several spruce branches in a pot of simple syrup which nico is stirring
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
Musical instruments overlaid with three broken heart emojis in a row
Crafts & DIY Projects

To Hobbies I Have Loved (and Lost) Before

I have ADHD, and I love learning new things, but I have all the stick to-itiveness of a bumblebee in a field of wildflowers.

Darcy November 29, 2022 20 Comments
Collaged in front of a navy blue gradient background, left to right: a blue and gray checked blanket over a brown couch against a white wall with an open window. on the white wall, there is a white fireplace, a stack of four blankets: one white, one blue with white stripes, one green check and one beige pattern, a dark blue blanket with white print draped over a light brown couch against a white wall. a tall potted plant is to the left in a white planter, hands holding up a white blanket with tan, orange, light blue and black checkered pattern
House & Garden Shopping

These Throw Blankets Will Help You Be Your Best Couch Gremlin Self

If you ask me, there’s no such thing as having too many blankets.

Sa'iyda Shabazz November 28, 2022 6 Comments
A glass of clarified milk punch with a lemon peel in it
Food and Drink Holigays

Impress Guests With a Milk Punch During the Holidays

Easily batchable, impressive without requiring too much work, and scrumptious, clarified milk punches should be your go-to for holigay entertaining.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya November 26, 2022 9 Comments
1. Zoe's Ghana Kitchen by Zoe Adjonyoh. 2. Coconuts and Collards by Von Diaz. 3. Cook As You Are by Ruby Tandoh. 4.
Food and Drink Holigays

Holigay Gift Guide: Queer Cookbooks for Every Home Chef on Your Shopping List

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
Laccaria Amethystina, popularly known as the Amethyst Deceiver mushroom in Burnham Beeches on 26th October, 2020 in Burnham, England. The mushroom is a bright purple that stands out against the shadowy dark fall foliage.
House & Garden

A List of 10 Gay Mushrooms

“This mushroom was last seen in a lesbian club circa 2006 wearing a vest and skinny tie.”

Sally November 8, 2022 24 Comments
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Food Lists Health

How to Meal Plan Without Hating Your Life and Your Self

Preparing a meal does not have to be an elaborate situation.

Vanessa October 31, 2022 26 Comments
Food and Drink Halloween

The Hunt for the Perfect Baked Pumpkin Treat

I chose four pumpkin/pumpkin spice recipes, new to me, and spent a considerable amount of my October baking (and eating) them. Now I’m here to tell you all about it!

Casey October 23, 2022 19 Comments
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House & Garden

10 Crate and Barrel Finds To Level Up the Luxury of Your Dyke Domesticity

Now that I’m a seasoned dyke approaching 30, I want to own things that match the kind of person I’m growing into.

danijanae October 16, 2022 3 Comments
Food and Drink

11 Drinks if You Don’t Like a Negroni Sbagliato With Prosecco in It but Still Want To Be Gay

If you don’t want to order a Negroni Sbagliato with prosecco in it, there are plenty of other stunning drinks you can get your gay little hands on that also have a certain je ne sais queer about them.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya October 13, 2022 36 Comments
An array of pumpkin flavored baked goods
Food and Drink Quizzes

Quiz: What Fall Treat Should You Bake?

Take the quiz and get a recipe for a special fall treat!

Lucia October 9, 2022 13 Comments
A cluttered home with moving boxes, coffee on the floor, and a laptop sitting on a box.
First Person House & Garden

7 Pressing Questions I Have for Myself After Moving

In the week following my move from Miami to Orlando, I’d like to ask myself some urgent questions, like for example: Why do I own this many pairs of opera gloves and where the hell am I going to put them?

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya September 26, 2022 17 Comments
Photo 1: Multicolored cherry tomatoes at an outdoor market. Photo 2: A sign that reads "Tomato Season: Celebrate with tomato salad, pasta pasta pasta, BLT night, Salsas, Canning Season, or do what we do...Eat It Like An Apple!". Photo 3: An array of different varieties of tomatoes in red and green at an outdoor market.
Food and Drink

Juicy, Dripping Tomatoes Are the Stars of Late Summer

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ashni August 21, 2022 15 Comments
A series of tiny replica novels laid out on a bright blue cutting mat with craft supplies splayed out around them
Book Features Crafts & DIY Projects

Honey, I Shrunk the Books: A DIY Guide to Making Miniature Book Replicas

Every time I finish reading a book, I get to work on its tiny counterpart. Now I’ve got a shelf full of minis that make me happy every single time I look at them. Wanna make one with me?

Darcy July 30, 2022 26 Comments
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