Author Archives: Raven

The rumors of our disappearance are greatly exaggerated. We just had the start of term to deal with, so we have not been posting much that was not school related. Both the wife and I do have some posts. We … Continue reading →

Sorry this is a little late. I spend Christmas relaxing after making dinner, and Boxing Day doing pretty much the same thing. I love making this kind of dinner, but it can be quite taxing. I think my favorite part … Continue reading →

The point today was to prep a few things to limit, to some degree, the amount of work on Hogswatch proper. Today I made three items, hard sauce, bread sauce, and potted shrimp. Each dish was pretty simple, only had … Continue reading →

If you have read The Hogfather, or any of Pratchett’s Diskworld books that deal with Hogswatch you know that a pork pie with a glass of sherry is what children leave out for the Hogfather on Hogswatch even. So, in … Continue reading →

I mentioned in the first installment of this series that I had a way to deal with the fact we cannot get chipolata sausages here in Pocatello, and that it would be arriving Wednesday, well it did. What arrived, along … Continue reading →

First a little background information. The wife and I are big fans of Terry Pratchett’s Disk World series. We were both introduced to this series though the TV miniseries adaptation of The Hogfather. Both of us have since taken up … Continue reading →

Time for something a little different, a post by Raven. This morning I decided I wanted to make latkes. Now, I have eaten a few potato pancakes in my day, and have made a few using mashed potatoes, but never … Continue reading →