every food in: Anne of Avonlea
All of the food in the second book of the Anne of Green Gables series, plus some discussion on actual plums versus “plums” and cucumbers being thought to make you ill.
every food in: Nancy Drew #7
Every food in Nancy Drew #7. A house explodes near Nancy’s car, we meet Ned Nickerson, and there’s a lot of Swedish bakery food mentioned.
every food and cocktail in: The Great Gatsby (part 1)
Doing things a little different this time - research on which cocktails were popular in the 1920s and what the Buchanans might have served before dinner.
every food in: Nancy Drew #19 & #4
Listing the food in Nancy Drew 4 and 19- a two-fer this time.
every food in: Nancy Drew #40, The Moonstone Castle Mystery
Quick overview of the food in Nancy Drew #40 and review of the book.
every food in: Nancy Drew #9, The Sign of the Twisted Candles
Reviewing and cataloguing my favorite entry in the Nancy Drew series, quickly discussing prohibition era drinks.
every food in: Nancy Drew #23, Mystery of the Tolling Bell
Embarking on the Nancy Drew series, trying to find the origin of “fish pie with salmon meringue,” and being vividly relieved I am allergic to salmon and cannot recipe test that.
what I made this week: 4/26-5/1
Sketching some produce, and trying out a recipe for spicy salad dressing from 1914.
every food in: Pippi Longstocking (book 1)
Swedish food, discussing becoming aware of my own cultural biases around food, and 3 hours of research into finding out what a “pineapple pudding” is.
