“Surprise, my tenebrous overlord!” said Gideon. “Ghosts and you might die is my middle name.”
Category: Holidays
Halloween Goblin Market Cake
A deliciously queer cake for your quaranHalloween festivities.
Twin Peaks Cookies
Harry, are there any more spritz?
Carrot-Top and Cilantro Pesto
Or, cheap and good pesto for your queer decadence on a budget
Bi Pride Birthday Cake
In which my partner is 30 and getting bi.
2017 Gingerbread Village: Historic and Future Seattle
Gingerbread sculpture, fighting food insecurity, and Hulu commercials.
Soft Pumpkin Cookies
Decolonize Thanksgiving history and support queer youth. Oh, and cookies.
Star Wars Gingerbread
Silly name aside, if you’re a geek in Seattle this holiday season, you must check out the Sheraton Hotel’s annual (and free) gingerbread village “May the Holidays Be With You.” That’s right, Star Wars-themed gingerbread to benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Here’s some photos I took last weekend!
Halloween in Japan 2015: Beverages
The part of me that desperately missed Halloween and pumpkin food in Japan when I was there in the early ’10s is very pleased, but 2015!me is a little alarmed by how quickly it happened, if 10 years is “quick.” Globalization is a factor, of course, but just as much at work is Japan’s marketing of seasonal goods.
Halloween in Japan 2015: All The Bakeries
In which every bakery I encountered in Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, and Kagoshima was decked out for Halloween. Manneken, Hirakata
Halloween in Japan (2015): Krispy Kreme’s “Mad for Monsters” Campaign
Krispy Kreme’s “Mad for Monsters” campaign features four types of doughnuts:
Halloween Food in Japan (2015): Mister Donut Pon de Shu
Both Mister Donuts and Krispy Kreme Japan are doing Halloween campaigns this year, and because I love you all so much, I ate a ridiculous amount of doughnuts one morning for science.
I'll Make It Myself! 