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It started out with Star Wars , because of course it did, but man, it grew into something amazing.  You think you've had delicious booze before, and you probably have, but all the same, this is one you need to try.  It's beautiful and delicious.  Fun to make, too. A note:  I have silicon ice cube trays that I use for these, and they're SO much better than hard plastic.  Each color makes 9 cubes, and you can cut each cube into 4 cubes, which means you're getting 36 small cubes from each color, or 216 total cubes.  And that's lovely. Another note:  You can do this with straight-up vodka, but you should throw in some flavored things if you can.  More fun that way. Edit:  Now with pictures!  https://imgur.com/a/E5l2OWB Where the Rubber Rainbow Hits the Rainbow Road Ingredients (You will need, in total, 12 Tbsp unflavored gelatin (this is 3/4 cup, total) if you make the full rainbow.) Cherry jello (3 oz box) 1 cup Kirschwass...

Back in 1999, I'd never seen a single Star Wars  movie, but it seemed the entire nation was freaking out over Episode I: The Phantom Menace  coming out, so being the good conformist high school sophomore I was, I bought tickets to the opening night showing and went with all my friends (including and especially the dear soul who would six years later marry me) to see what all the fuss was about. It was a party!  People showed up in costume, carrying brightly colored plastic swords (my dad bought me a red one for the event, I'm pretty sure that means he's cool with my Dark Side tendencies?).  The high school marching band came into the theatre and performed the Title Crawl and Imperial March live (which was AWESOME).  And there was just this ... I don't know, this aura of sheer jubilation suffusing every square inch of breath in the room, a generation of parents who'd raised their children on the orig-trig getting to see a Star Wars  movie along with their...

Several years ago, I found a recipe called  Fat-burning Cabbage Soup , and where the ingredients all sounded delicious, I'm not a fan of recipes that make declarations about my corporeal form, so it took me approximately eight thousand years to actually get around to trying it.  The results were ... okay, I guess.  The soup was SUPER bland and tasted like something you'd only eat if you were desperate to meet some sort of social standard for your physical appearance (which is stupid and you shouldn't do it -- you're beautiful how you are). However, I had this GIANT soup-pot of disappointing soup to deal with, now (this recipe makes a LOT of food), so I added some spices and garlic and an egg on top, and all of a sudden, I had a dish that I really liked and my partner couldn't get enough of.  Seriously, the look on his face when I said I was going to make another batch?  You'd've thought Christmas and his birthday had both teamed up to bring him cheer and h...

I was looking for a Farmers' Market that sells local eggs and accidentally discovered that a) Somerville, MA, which is next door to where I live, is the birthplace of Marshmallow Fluff , b) this year (2017) marks the 100th birthday of Marshmallow Fluff, and c) to celebrate, the Union Square Farmers' Market is hosting an entire event dedicated to the celebration of Marshmallow Fluff. Part of that event is a cooking contest.  I can't NOT enter something like that, come ON. This is my entry. Gimme S'more'a that Fluffernutter Pie Ingredients Marshmallow fluff, divided: 1/2 cup + 1/2 cup + 1/2 cup = 1 1/2 cups total 13 graham crackers 16 oz silk tofu 1/2 cup unsalted smooth peanut butter 2 tsp cocoa powder 1 Tbsp white sugar Pinch salt 2 oz milk (I used soy, but I don't think it matters) 12 oz dark chocolate chips The patience of a saint (required; see * below) Instructions - Break 3 1/4 graham crackers into their small rectangle pieces and...

Five or six years ago, I hated cornbread.  Now, I'll shank a b*tch over it. This recipe gets all the credit. (And it's vegan, but don't tell anybody.  It's delicious and that's all they need to know.) Everybody Loves Cornbread Ingredients 1 cup flour (whole wheat, white, rye, knock yourself out here) 1 cup cornmeal (yellow, accept no substitutes) 1 Tbsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt (DON'T leave this out) Scant 1/2 cup white sugar* 1 Tbsp molasses* 1/2 cup pack pumpkin 1 cup milk (of the soy, almond, cashew, or rice variety if you're going for vegan cornbread) 1/4 cup natural, unsweetened applesauce * Or use 1/4 cup white sugar and 1/4 cup brown sugar, if you can be bothered to keep brown sugar around the house (I can't). Instructions - Preheat the oven to 400*F. - In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients and molasses. - Make a well in the middle and dump in the wet ingredients. - Whisk the wet ingredients, ...

Squishy, warm, tasty, and easy -- this is comfort food at its finest.  (It's also good for you, but don't tell it I told you so, it doesn't need to know that.) Inspired by this lovely recipe and made on a day I got some stupidly superfluous bad news and needed some comfort.  Hoping it sends some love your way when you need it most. Comfy Quesadilla Ingredients 1 medium sweet potato 1 Tbsp butter or coconut oil 1/2 tsp cinnamon A few shakes of cayenne pepper 1 15.5 oz can black beans 1 tsp dry cilantro Dash salt 1 cup shredded cheese of your choice, divided into 1/4 cup servings 4 tortillas Olive oil for cooking Instructions - Scrub the sweet potato, then slice it into 3/4" slices and dice those slices.  Don't peel it, the peel is good for you. - Put the sweet potato into a medium mixing bowl with ~1 Tbsp water.  Cover the bowl with a plate and microwave for 3 minutes.  Stir and microwave for another 3 minutes.  Leave the plate on t...

This coming November will be my third Thanksgiving as a vegetarian, but because we celebrate two Thanksgivings every year, one for just us and one with extended family, this year will technically be my fifth and sixth vegetarian Thanksgivings, and where the joke here should be "not that I'm counting," don't be confused, I am totally  counting, because it's been a long road getting here.  The trouble is always finding a suitable main dish to go with all of the tasty sides, something that's the perfect balance of bland and flavorful you get with a turkey or a roasted chicken.  I hadn't until today, but now I've got it and it's July and I'm actually looking forward to Thanksgiving now, will wonders never cease. We had this for lunch today with sides of roasted okra and a mix of cranberries and mandarin oranges, and it was delightful.  For Thanksgiving proper, it'll be served with Thanksgiving Dumplings , some Mos Eisley Roasted Vegetables , ...