Friday Flotsam

mirrors and blue / bev cooks

FRRRRRRRRRRRoobydooby. Day? Day. What are those little things that expand in your mouth and cut through your gums at the dentist when you’re getting x-rays? They’re like, little plastic cards that slice into your gums while you bite down on them in screeching pain while the machine clicks around your head. Remember those? What are […]

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Niçoise Pasta Salad

Niçoise Pasta Salad / Bev Cooks

Hi, hello, spring’s about to land in your mouth hole. This is one of those recipes where you can sort of fiddle (my mom says words like fiddle) with the amounts to get it just right for you. I’ll give you the guide, and you amp up and hold back or bonkers out or stay […]

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Friday Flotsam

plants / bev cooks

FRRRRRRRRRRRRRaeiouday! The other day Will asked me, “Mom, do ghosts have udders?” and I just feel like that needs to be right here, opening this blog post, for the world to see. Let’s take a moment to appreciate that question. Do ghosts have udders? I didn’t even answer him. I just looked at him, hugged […]

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No-Knead Parmesan and Poppy Seed Crusty Bread

No-Knead Parmesan and Poppy Seed Crusty Bread / Bev Cooks

I’ve started and stopped and re-written and stopped and backspaced this opener thirteen fifty times because are you kidding there are NO WORDS. Your new favorite no-knead bread. To die for. Show stopping. Tiny melted surprise parmesan pockets of glory. Crispy crusty outside speckled with poppy seed. The most comforting pillowy texture inside. And you […]

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Seafood Noodle Soup

Seafood Noodle Soup / Bev Cooks

It’s really just shrimp, but when you say seafood you’re going places. I made this soup a couple times leading up to deciding I needed to shoot and slap it on the blog for you. I’m not sure what took me so long because it’s totally a this blog type of recipe. Simple, vibrant, not […]

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Friday Flotsam

rug and plant and shoes / bev cooks

FFFFFFFerder. Want to know what I love most about a court trial? THE SKETCHES. Who made that up, you think? It’s not because cameras aren’t allowed because we’ve all binged true crime documentaries like unhinged nutcases. Listen, you can’t have a legit trial without a solid courtroom sketch artist. I remember being somewhat curious about […]

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We Got New Kitchen Windows! And Now I Want 500 More.

We Got New Windows! And Now I Want 500 More. / Bev Cooks

Remember last fall when I found that photo of a French casement window in an abandoned castle on Pinterest and was like, “I WANT THAT.” (said like pirate ship lady in Napoleon Dynamite) Remember? Well we got some! Sort of. In a non-abandoned castle way. Want to see? Of course you do. So they’re not […]

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Maple Braised Pork with Apples and Israeli Couscous

Maple Braised Pork with Apples and Israeli Couscous / Bev Cooks

Look at me, coming at you with something completely different today! We’ll be fine. Sometimes I forget about pork tenderloin. Don’t tell it I said that. It’s just one of those proteins that lives in the back corner drawer of my cerebrum with quinoa and liquid smoke. (does one ever use liquid smoke? I’m still […]

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Friday Flotsam

snowy playhouse / bev cooks

FFFFFFFFFFFFFroopy doopy. So we all picked up on Taylor’s secret message in that long note she left on Instagram yesterday, right? APRIL NINTH. Dude you should have seen me the moment I saw that first rando capital letter in the middle of her first sentence. “This is a secret message, Aaron! I know she does […]

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