Bev’s Imaginary Book Club: Demon Copperhead, The Girls in the Stilt House and Swan Song

Bev's Imaginary Book Club / bev cooks

Let’s go to the bookies! (that was supposed to sound like “let’s go to the movies” but didn’t quite work.) Ohhhhhh, you guys. These three. These three books. Man oh man. Geez, Louise. Good golly, Miss Molly. Hold me, Rhonda. Help me, Susan. Stop it, Sally. I can chill. All three vastly different, but equally […]

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Puff Pastry Peach Cups

Puff Pastry Peach Cups / Bev Cooks

I could have done more with these, but I didn’t. And I feel like that’s exactly why you’re here. Look how simple! This is a four-ingredient situation. Puff pastry + peaches + sugar + powdered sugar + egg. Five ingredients. My bad. All we’re really doing is coating the diced peaches with a little bit […]

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Friday Flotsam

cousins on a raft / bev cooks

Frrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr r r r r. r r r r s ! r! r! r! I rubbed a banana on my face. I rubbed a banana on my FACE because Instagram told me I should. So I did! “If Instagram told you to jump off a cliff . . . “ I’m not exactly sure what […]

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Across the Universe – Will Weidner

Across the Universe - Will Weidner / Bev Cooks

I have no way to introduce this post without sounding completely unhinged. So I’ll just go for it. We all know of Will’s blistering obsession with the Beatles. (I mean, my work is done, right?) The boy is swallowed. He constantly teeters on who he’s more like, musically and personally: Paul’s sweethearted nature and unrivaled […]

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Hold Me – The Nightlight Sessions

Hold Me - The Nightlight Sessions / Bev Cooks

Another summer, another sooooong! I know I don’t have to tell you about our summer tradition of visiting family in Little Rock, AR. Old news, yes. And I know I don’t have to tell you that each year we pick a song from the ’80s or ’90s, slow it down and vibe it out. You […]

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Friday Flotsam

pool kid crew / bev cooks

Freeeeeeeeeeeeeei-deeeeeeeeeeei! I’m about to ruffle so many feathers, but I just gotta say something. Let’s stop doing this to donuts. Donuts were fineeeee the way they were. I’d like to propose an indefinite pause on all the bedazzling to these poor things. A simple glazed donut is perfection. Maybe dusted with cinnamon in the fall. […]

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Farfalle with Pancetta, Pine Nuts and Arugula

Farfalle with Pancetta, Pine Nuts and Arugula / Bev Cooks

Let’s please obsess over this together. Because there is no way you can understand how delicious this mess is. Farfalle pasta – hello, fun. Toasted pine nuts – hello, fancy. Diced crispy pancetta – hello, divine. And wilted earthy arugula – hello, a salad. Just kidding. Don’t tell anyone I said that. This is a […]

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Friday Flotsam

vail, co / bev cooks

Frrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreh! Dah! Flert! Okay, what is turmeric soap? Besides the words turmeric and soap back to back and it being soap made of turmeric. What exactly is it good for? And have we been missing out on the fountain of youth this entire time? I saw this reel the other day and it wa- wait! […]

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