If you’re like me, all your social media feeds are flooded with posts from the lucky few who have the money and vacation time to spend this week in San Diego. For us nerds on a budget, here are nine cheap ways to celebrate your favorite fandoms at home. […]
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Hawkeye’s Biscotti Arrows
You have to admire a superhero who isn’t afraid to fight crime in pastel purple. Honor Hawkeye’s bold fashion decisions by filling your culinary quiver with Okinawan Purple Yam biscotti arrows. Hawkeye’s Biscotti Arrows 1 cup purple sweet potato mash 4 tbsp butter 2 eggs 2 tsp vanilla 3 cups […]
This is what happens when you raise your kids to be geeks
Look at what I made with my mind! And with Tom Gordon’s fingers. And with a heck of a lot of groceries. Okay, maybe there was more to it than just transmitting my fevered visions directly into your brain. That’s what working with Tom feels like, though. I experiment in […]
Marvel Week: Morning After Mystique Casserole
Let’s say, in a moment of drunken baking fervor, you decided to double the recipe for the Cyclops or Superman bread you found here on Kitchen Overlord. Now you have loaves upon loaves of primary colored, preservative-free carbs with a shelf life of 3 days. The good news is bread […]
Marvel Week: Scott Summers Optic Blasted Bread
Be honest. Is there anything more white bread than Scott Summers? We can make that a literal reality, but it’ll take a lot of repetitive, dull work. Scott would love it. Before we get started making an homage to the big blue boyscout, let’s talk about superheroes. Using nothing but […]
Marvel Week: Punk Storm Cake Pops
When I was a wee Marvel fan, Chris Claremont transformed a certain gentle African goddess into the most bad ass superhero of the 80’s. One issue she was wearing a peekaboo swimsuit, a cape, and the world’s least probable headband. The next, she’d shaved her flowing locks into a full […]