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One of my favorite bits of Tolkien Trivia is that he wrote so many lush descriptions of lavish meals while living under wartime rationing. This is no coincidence! Like all hungry men, he wrote a lot about food. Tolkien joked that it would be more realistic for dragons to appear […]
Crawl out of your cozy Hobbit Hole and join the Fellowship of Fans community for their weekly Rings of Power Watch Party! Your hosts Michael and Jennifer have put together an amazing fan experience with live guests, fan art, custom cocktails, and, of course FOOD! I’m delighted to be providing […]
It’s no surprise potatoes are one of the only three new world crops Tolkien couldn’t bear to ban from the Shire. (He also let them keep coffee and tobacco.) Sure, parsnips and turnips were more nutritious English root vegetables, but nothing can replace the cheap versatility of the simple potato. […]
I have an entirely irrational love of David Lynch’s 1984 science fiction epic, Dune. (This is almost unrelated to my entirely rational and well thought out love of Frank Herbert’s Dune books. These two things should never be confused.) Maybe I saw it at just the right age to find Sting, […]
Doctor Who’s Season Premier is mere days away, which can only mean one thing. While mainstream America is frothing over football, we’re all soaked up to our elbows in blue food coloring getting ready for watch parties! If you’re afraid of the hot box in your kitchen yet your party host […]
Game over, man. LV-426 is covered with these freaky pods full of death with a side of horrific torture and a wafer thin mint of pissing your god damn pants if any member of your crew complains about a stomach ache. Not that there are any more of us here. […]