Liana Krissoff
@lianak
Thunderstorm, shade tree enthusiast in Pittsburgh. Also a writer and editor, apparently developing a Unified Theory of “Heartstopper.”
RETVRN but for book cover art. Seen at PulpFest today, a random fantasy paperback from 1969 with the most gorgeously unhinged cover illustration. (Neglected to note the artist’s name.)
Red Harvest, by Dashiell Hammet, is so hard-boiled I almost don’t know what’s going on.
I’ve lucked out with back-to-back books featuring smart, funny, messy women. Both are talky, tense, and propulsive: New People, by Danzy Senna, and The Listeners, by Jordan Tannahill.
I regret to inform you that the Guy Fieri’s Flavortown Root Beer Float seltzer is not bad.
Looking up jonjoli after having the pickled blossoms at a Georgian restaurant in Prague. This description took a dark and confusing turn.
If there’s a cone shortage in Pittsburgh it has nothing to do with Pirates fans and everything to do with the local paving company.
After picking up a contractor bag’s worth of trash thrown or blown into Panther Hollow below Serpentine, I can infer that those gas station–style cinnamon rolls in clamshell containers are extremely popular on the worksite. Also that this might not be the most effective trash containment system.
Imagine thinking I’ll want to check the standings frequently enough to need a shortcut on my home screen.
In addition to being smart and affecting, this is excellent heron content. Highly recommend Commodore Rookery, a chapbook by Christy Lee Barnes published by @finishinglinepress.bsky.social. www.finishinglinepress.com/product/comm...
This was the product linked in the first regular-search result. Pizzelle = little pizza, I guess.
Version B: Replace anise and lemon with 2 tsp pandan extract (or maybe more) and 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste.
The batter is olive green, but the tint is almost unnoticeable after baking. I suppose you could use food coloring to enhance it.
Version A: Blend 4 oz frozen pandan leaves in a blender with a can of coconut milk; strain to extract all the liquid. Add 1 c to the pizzelle batter and increase the flour to 3 c and the baking powder to 3 tsp to account for the extra liquid.
Last page of the short story collection Out of the Window, Into the Dark, by Marian Womack, goes hard.
The small parking lot at our local Giant Eagle is lit like a gamer’s lair. My phone exaggerates the effect of the new lights, but not by much.
Chana for book club tonight. I’ll make fried green chiles and a chunky raita, and some fresh garnishes, to go with. Dishoom’s recipe, in which chickpeas are simmered and soaked overnight in strong English breakfast tea, is the most complicated chickpea dish I’ve ever made. Probably worth it.
Starting strong with the UK short-book haul. The Villalobos is written from the perspective of the young (stunted/precocious) son of a Mexican drug lord. In a Ní Chuinn story, a character texts their mom a carefully phrased invitation: You don’t want to have dinner with my boyfriend’s family do you?
My trip opened up a whole world of colorful chaat-type possibilities. Made a sweet potato and papdi chaat for breakfast. (Shortcut because I’m lazy and hungry: store-bought chutneys and papdi.) It’s not Dishoom, but it’s very good.
They love their Penguin clothbound classics over in England (hi Heartstopper Isaac’s life goals!), as well as the Archive line. And of course type-treatment cookbook covers—very few with photography!
If you can get past the pure Britishness of the packaging, these are really good!
May be going a bit overboard, as we have bookstores at home. But they have the British alt covers here!