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Nankhatai Cookies

By Lionina - 4:15 PM
½ cup ghee (semi solid) or butter at room  ½ cup powdered sugar 1 cup 2 tbsp AP flour 1/3 cup wheat flour 1/3 cup cream of wheat 1 tsp baking powder  1/2 tsp cardamom  1/4 tsp ground black pepper pinch of nutmeg 1/4 tsp salt Cream butter and sugar. Whisk all dry ingredients. Incorporate dry ingredients to creamed butter and sugar. Roll...

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Thanksgiving Dinner 2016

By Lionina - 2:38 PM
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Psycho Donuts

By Lionina - 2:37 PM
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San Jose, Baby!

By Lionina - 11:23 AM
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art After the ornery dazzle of Vegas, this space and science centric exhibit was like a cleansing shower for my brain.  From Big Bang to the Modern Universe Modern Universe Nick Dong: On Models of Contemplation  The artist was coincidentally adjusting his pieces when we walked into the installation, but I was too enamored of the art to...

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Vegas, Baby!

By Lionina - 11:15 AM
Caesars Shopping Diesel Display Tri-tip Sandwhich Jean Phillipe Bakery Tiramisu and Hazelnut Gelatos Nick Cave Art Piece Zeagle Regulator Service Nudibranch Tissue Holder Tokyo Ramen  O Venetian Plaza Submersible Project Airport View of Vegas not Hawaii ...

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Stories of Your Life - Ted Chiang, and Arrival

By Lionina - 3:43 PM
Not enough superlatives for this collection from Ted Chiang - feast for a hungry brain that didn't know it was even hungry. Chiang applies the precise reasoning of the best hard sci fit and the melancholy reflections of the best humanist sci fi to the angst of religion and evolutionary intelligence with rigorous prismatic perspective. While the thought experiment has fallen by the...

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Brenda's French Soul Food

By Lionina - 4:45 PM
 Andouille Benedict Grillades, Pumpkin Pancakes ...

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