The 80s are historical fiction

Episode 53

November 14, 2020

On the Needles 1:24

Color Love Shawl by Veera Välimäki in Malabrigo Arroyo, Madeline Tosh Oeste, and Jo Sharp Pond #44.

 

Celtic Cardigan by Asita Krebs, Blue Brick Killarney Sock in electric avenue (sweater set)

 

Barley hat by tincanknits, cascade 220 in primavera -- DONE!

 

On the Easel 10:05

Cardigan in test wool jersey. Pattern from 1978!

Gouachevember, with prompts from @heyhooraydesign.

2021 Calendar project instead of a chapbook.

On the Table 19:55

tangy braised chickpeas

• Brisket like
• Carrots tomato paste portobello vinegar

Acorn squash and broccoli rabe salad from Dinner Changing the Game

• Pecans cranberries ricotta salata

Sour cream and Apple Bundt Cake though my glaze was maple syrup flavored

Creamy Garlic Chicken from Salt & Lavender

Chicken Pot Pie with Parsley Biscuits from Ina Garten

100 Cookies review 

Peanut Butter Cookies with Choc chips—awesome and HUGE.

Pan-banged Snickerdoodles—made slightly smaller, and still enormous.

Blondies—very buttery, like Toffee Bars.  Crowd-pleaser.

Oatmeal Cookies without raisins—slightly too big, a bit sweet. Add more oats next time.

Lemon Oat Bars—fabulous, and add more lemon next time.

Neapolitan/Cosmopolitan Cookies—try with regular cocoa next time.  No dye needed (Monica says, yes dye needed :)

Palmiers—used store-bought.  Slice thinner next time.  

Sables—simple & excellent.

S’mores Cookies without marshmallow—love the graham crumb!

Brown Sugar Cookies—simple flavor.  

Banana poppy seed-- great banana flavor, simple cookie

 

Pumpkin cheesecake-- tasty but not solid enough

 

Peanut butter-- non-panbanging, delicious

 

Smoked butterscotch-- grown-up treat

 

Espresso caramel blondies-- so so good

 

Rocky road cookies-- giant and amazing

 

On the Nightstand 50:49  

Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell 

Long way down by Jason Reynolds

Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

Tower of Nero by Rick Riordan

Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

Afterlife by Julia Alverez

Black Sun  by Rebecca Roanhorse

What Should be Wild by Julia Fine

The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa

 

The Bookmakers