Posts tagged “cocktail hour”

  1. Hello Toasties! Thanks for all the recipes the other week. This week's picture is of a chicken Kiev with mushrooms and mashed potatoes that The Bartender did not make. But could have.

    The question is, however, what's the best gift for a host?

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  2. What a world, kids. What a world.

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  3. Toasties. The Bartender made quiche for the first time. In fact, so confident was The Bartender in their first quiche-making attempt that they made two quiches. The Bartender was not wrong.

    Recipe:

    For the crust:
    Store-bought pre made crust; The Bartender is not a magician.

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  4. Toastarones! What's the thing you're looking forward to most this weekend?

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  5. Toasties! The new Whitney is so great, and the cafe is also awesome. Everything is expensive, but that's to be expected of a building from which one can see the Statue of Liberty and inside which one can see Contemporary (not really) Art. The Bartender has an asthma attack for the first time ever on Friday, at the ripe old age of 33. Who knew there were still such joys ahead?! It's a brave new…

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  6. Toasties! Happy almost weekend! Wanna talk about pet peeves?

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  7. Color in desserts, color outside, awesome color EVERYWHERE! Let's talk about joyful things, happy things, and Wallace Stevens? Open thread!

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  8. Toasties! Let's all eat cake! Open thread like the wind.

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  9. It's spring!!! Give me all the gin and the ice and the juniper berries and rose petals and spriiiinggggg!!!!! Except allergies. But no one's making me hike in the pollen. So yay!

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  10. Serious question: why is it so impossible to find tiny wild strawberries in the states?

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  11. Toasties!!! It's finally warm enough for white wine and poke. Poke is the best. Warmth is the best. Wine is the best. YOU are the best! Open thread!

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  12. Toasties, why don't we all just eat pumpkin curry soup every day?

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  13. Toasties! Let's talk about airport food.

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  14. Toasties! It's spring!

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  15. This is the best of all seasons! It is The Bartender's birthday season.

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