Recipes
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Drink #8: ‘the scholar’s starch’ | The Raven Scholar
The eighth drink of my thirty day book as a beverage series is a hot drink for the first time in a while. This week’s drink is an oat ube latte with black sesame milk. The colors were drawn from my paperback edition of The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson. There weren’t many colors on Continue reading
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Drink #7: ‘legendboba’ | Legendborn
The seventh drink of my thirty day book as a beverage series – and rounding out the first week – is a boba tea inspired concoction that has a butterfly tea base with a hint of lavender and cream, a berry cold foam made with vimto, and a topping of fresh strawberry puree. This drink Continue reading
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Drink #6: ‘the shopkeeper’s shai’ | The Alchemist
The sixth drink of my thirty day book as a beverage series is a Thai tea with coconut milk and a mango purée base. This drink is drawn from my 25th anniversary edition of The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, one of my favorite books. There were only two primary colors to draw from on the Continue reading
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Drink #5: ‘savages’ smoothie’ | Lord of the Flies
The fifth drink of my thirty day book as a beverage series is a green smoothie topped with a mango purée and ground flax seeds. This drink is based on my edition of Lord of the Flies by William Golding. This book has remained burned in my memory since first having read it in my Continue reading
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Drink #2: ‘the monster’s match’ | Frankenstein
The second drink of my thirty day book as a bev series is a strawberry matcha with coconut cold foam inspired by Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Another classic! I was pretty ambitious with the color palette this time around, but surprisingly, I feel I was able to execute my vision pretty well if I do Continue reading
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Drink #1: ‘the bird’s bancha’ | To Kill a Mockingbird
The perfectionist in me would have ideally loved to have a new post each day of October, but alas, here I am already 42 minutes after midnight. Not off to the best start, but at least it’s a start! The first drink of my thirty day book as a bev series is a black sesame Continue reading
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Vegan & Gluten-free Dark Chocolate Banana Bread Recipe
Happy Sunday! Figured I’d try sharing a recipe I tested out this week for the first time: a healthy-ish dark chocolate banana bread recipe. It could’ve been a tad softer, but considering I demolished half of the loaf already, I’d say it was a success! I’ve made my fair share of regular banana bread and Continue reading
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