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nerdieforpedro · 4 months

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Nerdie! What's the best date a PP character could surprise you with?

Melly, I thought very deeply on this question. Pondering, plotting a bit maybe in my head of course.

Truthfully, I am a simple woman. A PP character popping up and asking me on a date is the surprise itself and they could tel me we're going to McDonald's and splitting a happy meal because they have a coupon and I'd still giggle like I won the lottery. 😆

Frankie Morales would be the one to convince me to get in a helicopter. Planes I'm fine in, those helicopters seem to shake and look scary, but I'd trust him. Wouldn't even make him do a pee test. I'd just need to check his pupils with my penlight though. We can have a drink after to calm my nerves.

Marcus Pike would take me to some restaurant where you actually need a proper date outfit and not scrubs or leggings. We would need to go shopping on our way there or knowing him, he'd bring me an outfit in my size (how did you know sir, I don't think that's a skill for art crime?) And I'd eat foods I can't pronounce, maybe they'd be a bit spicy, but it would still be fun because I'd be trying new foods with Marcus who is a foodie.

Joel Miller would take me on a picnic. Because it won't require much cooking. That's dangerous territory for Joel and I'm not trying to die Mr. Miller. Ham sandwiches, assortment of juices, water and soda, Pringles chips (because he knows those are the only ones I will eat) something chocolate (cake, candy, pudding, brownies, etc) but not peanuts in the chocolate. It's offensive to the chocolate. We can sit out in nature and just chill, chat and maybe, just maybe, he'll let me play with hair. Like a little. Just a little Joel!

Speaking of chill, a date with Dieter would start off with some edibles while we travel somewhere. Air boat ride, go-carts, drag brunch, somewhere you would not expect for a date but it would still be s fun. He would encourage me to 'relax' and try some of whatever is in his stash. Mushrooms? Pills? Music notes? A powder? Who knows? Clothes will come off not for sexual reasons, but because we're both hot because we're high, then we're wet because it was a bright idea to jump in a pool. Now we're soggy, go shopping for new clothes. I finally my own Dieter robe and pajama pants. He won't let me get a shirt though, insists I wear a glitter tank top with the word 'moist' on it because I lost a game of go fish. We end on karaoke (I enjoy karaoke if they have songs I like) and ramen. Huge bowel of ramen. Followed by ice cream. Lots of laughing and then we sleep in a pillow fort where we need to help each other up off the floor. Then it's time for some biofreeze, icy hot, tiger balm, lidocaine, something. I can rub it there Dee but we gotta shower first. I'm unsure if we did after the pool and I'm not okay with that, but I was high. So let's wash though, it's itchy in this fort. 😎

A date with Din would be include the RazorCrest, because I wanna go into space. I mean Din's going to have to tell me how to be safe in space, but I wanna go. I would also ask that he let me try his cape out so I can swish it around. Maybe I'll get a laugh out of him but either way, I'm going to make that cape flourish. I'd also ask him questions about Mandalorian culture so I can just listen to him explain stuff to me, his voice echoing in the ship. Hehe 🥰 Maybe he'll even let me hold his hand and touch the beskar, if I can ask without sounding completely crazy.

I don't know how a date with Javier Pena would go. I don't feel like I'm cool enough to hang with Javi. We might go to a club or a bar, somewhere you can dance. I also can't dance, so this maybe isn't the best idea, but a few drinks will make me think I'm a better dancer and we may have fun. 🤣

I also would not know how a date with Dave York would go either. He'd too busy with his...contracts, let's say. His would be the most surprising because he's likely to break in when I'm either writing, watching TV, taking a nap, playing a game or otherwise doing some not cool thing that I find highly enjoyable. We're going to someplace I can't mention and he may blindfold me so I don't know the way there. My sense of direction is pretty poor so there's really no need for that Dave. It's going to be a classy place similar to Marcus and he would need to get me an outfit for that too, but I think he's also going to put me to work as a distraction or helping out with a contract because I have fingerprints that read very poorly. (I needed to be fingerprinted 3 times for my nursing license to the point they said - 'meh, just forget it and keep and ear out from the state board.') Then he'll drop me at home and tell me until next time and give me my cut of the money. Best paying date ever. 🫡

Javi G and I are having a movie marathon at his place in Majorca. I have a passport and I can pack fairly quickly. May do a walk on the beach to get out of the house. Not leaving unless he lets me fluff his hair. I will fight him and pin him down. Which is a lot but that gorgeous mane is worth it. 🤭

My bad Melly, I went into some Dieter, Din and Dave brain rot here. 😚 Hopefully you giggled and I maybe answered your question.

#Nerdie answers #the answer is so long #asks #sweet Melly #she didn't ask for any of this #I maybe answered the question #I went into head canons and didn't look back #I can't really connect to Javi P #He's too cool #I need someone who can be awkward #like Joel or Din #I think they'd be okay with comfortable silence #Dieter will keep me on my toes and find me being social awkward hilarious #Dave just found me useful and that's okay #Marcus Pike would also try and make feel comfortable #I would feel bad about him trying so hard and try but spill something because stains love me #Javi G is letting me play in those sand-swept locks

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heydaytravelcompany · 6 months

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Foodie Guide to EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays Presented by AdventHealth 2023

It’s beginning to taste a lot like holidays! Get ready to experience traditions and cuisines from across the globe because the EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays presented by AdventHealth is almost here. From Nov. 24 through Dec. 30, this classic and beloved festival will be serving up delights and excitement to get guests in the spirit. This year, there are over 15 holiday kitchens filled with delicious bites and sips inspired by holiday traditions from around the world. With returning favorites like the Cheese Fondue in a Bread Bowl from Bavaria Holiday Kitchen and Slow Roasted Turkey from American Holiday Table, and even some new treats, like the Rugalach from L’Chaim! Holiday Kitchen, guests will be gifted flavor with each and every bite. If guests are looking to indulge their sweet tooth, they simply must do the Holiday Cookie Stroll, a food stroll featuring decadent and delightful cookies from the Holiday Kitchens. As they treat their elf, they collect stamps in the Festival Passport by purchasing five of these items to redeem a special treat from Holiday Sweets & Treats. In addition to the food, a staple of the festival is the entertainment. As guests travel throughout the World Showcase, they can take the time to enjoy the holiday storytellers sharing each country’s holiday traditions. Listen to the joy of Christmas and Kwanzaa with a lively performance of JOYFUL! A Celebration of the Season or grab the whole family for some more holiday fun with Olaf’s Holiday Tradition Expedition Scavenger Hunt. As the sun goes down, don't miss Candlelight Processional – a moving retelling of the story of Christmas featuring a celebrity narrator and stirring songs performed by an orchestra and choir. Bavaria Holiday Kitchen Food Items: - Pork Schnitzel with mushroom sauce, spätzle, and braised red cabbage - Cheese Fondue in a bread bowl with steamed baby vegetables and marble potatoes - Linzer Cookie (Cookie Stroll Item) Beverages: - Possmann Pure Hard Apple Cider - The Tank Brewing Co. Prost! Festbier - Köstritzer Schwarzbier Bitburger (New) - Regional Riesling - Glühwein: House-made hot spiced wine - Beer Flight American Holiday Table Food Items: - Slow-roasted Turkey with stuffing, mashed potatoes, green beans, and cranberry sauce - Blackened Catfish with Hoppin’ John and comeback sauce - Gingerbread Cookie (Cookie Stroll Item) Beverages: - Crooked Can Brewing Company Bah HOPbug IPA (New) - 3 Daughters Brewing Eggnog White Porter - Playalinda Brewing Co. Peppermint Chocolate Stout - Beer Flight Tangierine Café: Flavors of the Medina Food Items: - Grilled Kebabs with carrot-chickpea salad and garlic aïoli - Lamb Kefta - Chermoula Chicken - Stone-baked Moroccan Bread with hummus, chermoula, and zhoug dips (Plant-based) Beverages: - Bold Rock Orchard Frost Hard Cider (New) - Gulf Stream Brewing Company Holiday Snakebite (New) - Woodchuck Winter Chill Hard Cider - Fig Cocktail with fig vodka and white cranberry juice - Hard Cider Flight L’Chaim! Holiday Kitchen Food Items: - Pastrami on Rye with house-made pickles and deli mustard - Smoked Salmon Potato Latke - Potato Latkes (Plant-based) - Rugalach: Pastry filled with raspberry jam, walnuts, and cinnamon (New) - Black and White Cookie (Plant-based) (Cookie Stroll Item) Beverages: - Brooklyn Brewery Winter IPA - Frozen New York Whiskey Sour featuring Manifest Whiskey and Manischewitz Blackberry Wine Yukon Holiday Kitchen Food Items: - Seared Salmon with butternut squash purée, maple-bourbon glaze, and fennel-arugula salad (New) - Beef Bourguignon with crushed potatoes - Snickerdoodle Cookie made with SNICKERS bar pieces (Cookie Stroll Item) Beverages: - Frozen Joffrey’s Coffee (Non-alcoholic Beverage) - 81Bay Brewing Co. Peanut Butter Banana Porter - Playalinda Brewing Co. Maple Cookie Blonde Ale - Collective Arts Coffee Maple Porter - Regional Icewine - Regional Red Wine - Frozen Joffrey’s Coffee with Tap 357 Whisky - Beer Flight Holiday Sweets & Treats Food Items: - Peppermint Sundae: Chocolate ice cream, whipped cream, and peppermint candy Beverages: - Hot Cocoa by Joffrey’s Coffee (Non-alcoholic Beverage) - Chocolate Peppermint Shake featuring Twinings Peppermint Cheer Tea (Non-alcoholic Beverage) - Breckenridge Brewery Christmas Ale - Brew Hub Sugar Plum Red Ale (New) - Left Hand Brewing Co. Chai Milk Stout (New) - Hot Cocoa by Joffrey’s Coffee with assorted liqueurs (Baileys Irish Cream Liqueur, Buffalo Trace Bourbon Cream Liqueur, or Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey) - Chocolate Peppermint Shake featuring Twinings Peppermint Cheer Tea and whipped cream vodka - Beer Flight Refreshment Port Food Item: - Turkey Poutine: Sweet potato fries with turkey gravy, cranberry relish, and crispy onions Beverages: - Gingerbread Milk Shake (Non-alcoholic Beverage) - Eggnog (Non-alcoholic Beverage) - Keel Farms Hard Pumpkin Cider (New) - Pasek Cellars Cranberry Wine - Gingerbread Milk Shake with Whipped Cream Vodka - Firenog: Eggnog with Fireball Cinnamon Whisky NEW! Swirled Showcase Food Items: - Mickey-shaped Liquid Nitro Cake - Soft-serve in a Waffle Cone: Vanilla, apple-cinnamon, and salted caramel - Cream Soda Float with vanilla soft-serve - Fanta Grape Float with vanilla soft-serve Beverages: - Frozen Apple Pie (Non-alcoholic Beverage) - Cinnamon Apple Cider (Non-alcoholic Beverage) - 3 Daughters Brewing Toasted Coconut Porter - 3 Daughters Brewing Toasted Coconut Porter Float with salted caramel soft-serve - Berry Fizz Fragolino Red Sparkling Wine Float with vanilla soft-serve NEW! Bubbles & Brine Food Items: - Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail with prosecco cocktail sauce and grilled lemon - Jonah Crab Claw Cocktail with stone-ground mustard sauce Beverages: - Moët & Chandon Impérial - Veuve Clicquot Rosé - Dom Pérignon NEW! Wine & Wedge Food Items: - Assorted Artisanal Cheeses and Accompaniments - Boursin Fig & Balsamic Soufflé with fig tapenade - Southern Pimento Cheese with bread-and-butter pickled vegetables and grilled bread - Artist Palette of Wine and Cheese: Assorted artisanal cheeses and accompaniments paired with Selbach-Oster Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese, Hartley Apple Brandy, and Florida Orange Groves Winery Black and Blue Port Beverages: - Selbach-Oster Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese - Hartley Apple Brandy - Florida Orange Groves Winery Black and Blue Port - Flight NEW! Char & Chop Food Items: - Roasted Porchetta with lemon-parsley salsa verde and shaved fennel salad - Grilled IMPOSSIBLE Spicy Sausage with herbed polenta, puttanesca sauce, and ricotta - Meat Assorti: Trio of shaved meats with baby arugula, pickled mustard seeds, truffle oil, and grilled ciabatta Beverages: - Krombacher Pilsner - North Coast Laguna Baja Vienna Lager - Motorworks Brewing Midnight Espresso Coffee Porter - GoGi ‘Birdie’ Pinot Noir - Bloody Mary with Seaside Grown Bloody Mary Mix and Kurvball Barbecue Whiskey - Beer Flight Refreshment Outpost Food Items: - Peanut stew with sweet potatoes, mustard greens, and roasted peanuts (Plant-based) - DOLE Whip Raspberry Beverages: - Ciderboys Caramel Apple Hard Cider (New) - 81Bay Brewing Co. Cinnamon Orange Cranberry Ale (New) - Ivanhoe Park Brewing Co. Gingerbread White Stout (New) - Pumpkin Spice Ginger Cocktail featuring Boyd & Blair Potato Vodka (New) Nochebuena Cocina Food Items: - Tamale with chorizo, plant-based cotija cheese and spicy red chile sauce (Plant-based) - Pernil: Mojo pork with tostones and ketchup-mayonnaise - Spiced Chocolate Cookie (Cookie Stroll Item) Beverage: - Ponche Navideño: Mexican Christmas punch with apples, pears, guava, oranges, dried hibiscus, brown sugar, tamarind, cinnamon sticks, and clove (Non-alcoholic beverage) (New) - 81Bay Brewing Co. Horchata Beer Holiday Hearth Desserts Food Items: - Mint Chocolate Mousse Wreath (New) - Apple Caramel Crumb Cake (New) - Chocolate-covered Toffee Brittle (New) - Red Velvet Mini Bundt Cake with Cream Cheese Icing - Salted Caramel Spaceship Earth Cookie - Mouse Crunch made with M&M’S chocolate candies - Peppermint Pinwheel Cookie (Cookie Stroll Item) Beverages: - Hot Cocoa by Joffrey's Coffee (Non-alcoholic Beverage) - Frozen Caramel Hot Chocolate with TWIX cookie bar pieces and whipped cream (Non-alcoholic Beverage) (New) - Wicked Weed Brewing Jack Frost IPA (New) - BrewDog It’s a Beaut Stout (New) - Wicked Weed Brewing Milk & Cookies Imperial Milk Stout - Peppermint Cocoa: Hot cocoa by Joffrey’s Coffee with peppermint schnapps - Beer Flight Le Marché de Noël Holiday Kitchen Food Items: - Crème de Saumon Fumé en Brioche à l’Aneth, Concombre: Cream of smoked salmon in house-made dill brioche bread with cucumber (New) - Rôti de Jambon Sauce Moutarde à l’Ancienne, Patate Douce Rôties: Roasted ham with mushrooms, pearl onions, bacon, mustard sauce, and roasted sweet potatoes - Bûche de Noël au Pain D’Épices, Ganache Chocolat au Lait et Noisettes: Gingerbread Christmas log with milk chocolate and hazelnut ganache (New) Beverages: - Frozen Hot Chocolate Martini: Grey Goose La Vanille Vodka, vodka, chocolate milk, and whipped cream - Le Joyeux de Noël: Vodka, Grey Goose Vodka, cold brew coffee, sea salt caramel toffee, and peppermint (New) - Blood Orange Mimosa: Pol Remy Sparkling Wine, orange juice, and blood orange (New) Tuscany Holiday Kitchen Food Items: - Montanara: Fried house-made pizza dough with pomodoro sauce, parmesan, and fresh basil (New) - Farfalle Salmone Affumicato: Farfalle pasta with smoked salmon and cream sauce (New) - Torta Caprese: Flourless chocolate torta with chocolate sauce and vanilla cream (New) - Dolce Pizza: Fried house-made pizza dough with sugar and cinnamon (New) Beverages: - Prosecco - Moscato - Chianti - Italian Sangria (Red or White) - Italian Margarita with tequila and limoncello - Peroni Pilsner Shanghai Holiday Kitchen Food Items: - Chicken Skewer with creamy peanut sauce - Beef and Noodle Soup Bowl with slow-braised beef shank, green onion, and house-made chili oil - Vegetable Spring Rolls with citrus sauce Beverages: - Bubble Tea: Classic milk tea with black and white boba pearls - Brew Hub Year of the Dragon - Dragon Fruit Lager - Butterfly Lantern with butterfly pea blossom gin, vodka, prickly pear, lychee, soda water, and boba (New) - Kung Fu Master with vodka, triple sec, mango, orange juice, and soda water - The Lucky Mo with citrus vodka, peach schnapps, piña colada mix, orange juice, and soda water Shi Wasu Holiday Kitchen Food Items: - Sushi Tree: Sushi roll with krab meat and cream cheese topped with Aonori seaweed, Ikura salmon roe, and spicy mayonnaise - New Year Celebration Soba: Buckwheat soba noodles in a hot dashi soup with yuzu, shrimp tempura, and chopped green onion - Sweet Potato Mochi Cake: Gooey sweet potato mochi cake with purple sweet potato cream, strawberry, black sugary syrup, and sesame seeds (New) Beverages: - Ichigo Milk Boba: Cranberry and yuzu cream drink featuring Japanese calpico soft drink and popping strawberry boba pearls (Non-alcoholic Beverage) - Japanese Christmas Punch: Shōchū, plum wine, cranberry, and lemon - Choya Sparkling Plum Wine (New) - Sapporo Premium Beer Las Posadas Holiday Kitchen Food Items: - Giant Tostada de Chorizo: Giant tostada with chipotle black bean purée, ground chorizo, salsa verde, queso cotija, crema Mexicana, and pickled onions (New) - Tamale de Barbacoa: Shredded barbacoa beef in a corn masa topped with mole negro, queso cotija, crema Mexicana, and pickled onions (New) - Dulce de Leche Churro sprinkled with cinnamon-sugar Beverages: - Apple Margarita: Centinela Blanco Tequila, apple purée, black tea-cinnamon cordial, and Nixta Corn Liqueur topped with whipped cream and holiday salt (New) - Horchata Margarita: Cinnamon-infused Ilegal Mezcal, Abasolo Corn Whiskey, Agua de Horchata, and cinnamon-horchata rum - Holiday Cerveza: Mexican Artisanal Craft Lager with black curran liqueur (New) Funnel Cake - Holiday Cinnamon Celebration Funnel Cake topped with powdered sugar, vanilla ice cream, cinnamon cookie crunch, cream cheese whipped cream, and gold dust inspired by the culinary treasures of the Kingdom of Rosas in Disney’s all-new animated musical film, “Wish” Connections Café Food Item: - Holiday Sugar Cookie (Cookie Stroll Item) Connections Eatery Beverages: - So Many Wishes: Pomegranate-green tea, hibiscus, lemon, and a dash of star dust (Non-alcoholic beverage) - Coquito Milk Shake (Non-alcoholic beverage) - Coquito Milk Shake with Bacardí Superior Rum Sunshine Seasons Food Item: - Jingle Sugar Cookie made with M&M’S chocolate candies (Cookie Stroll Item) Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Company - Horchata Cold Brew: A holly jolly blend of Joffrey’s Shakin’ Jamaican Cold Brew and horchata topped with whipped cream and cinnamon (Non-alcoholic Beverage) (Spirited version available with Creamy Spiced Rum) What a delicious holiday season we have ahead of us! (Note: All offerings are subject to change and availability.) Read the full article

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The Best of 2022

I’ll forever love a best-of-the-year list, so off we go.

BEST EXPERIENCES

Waking up at dawn to walk through Central Park during a snowstorm.

Above Photo: Central Park during a snowstorm, January 2022

Visiting part one of the In America exhibit at The Met. And then revisiting it a few months later with updated pieces.

Seeing Debra Messing in the play Birthday Candles on Broadway.

Finally visiting the incredible New York Transit Museum.

Taking Baby Dog to Central Park each season.

Above Photo: Baby Dog in Central Park, February 2022

Above Photo: Baby Dog in Central Park, April 2022

I went blonder than I’ve ever blonded before.

Above Photo: Blonde Liz, March 2022

Seeing American Buffalo with Sam Rockwell at Circle in the Square theatre with Nathan. Just incredible.

Traveling to England, Spain, Scotland, Barbados, Las Vegas and Los Angeles! (Individual posts for those coming soon, I swear!)

Seeing Mr. Saturday Night with Billy Crystal on Broadway. Love that man.

Finding the real Amityville house and seeing it in person.

Above Photo: The house from The Amityville Horror, July 2022

Going to Kim’s Video Store in Manhattan.

Visiting my best friend Harmeet’s lake house in the summer.

Having my first tea service with my friend Marla at the cutest place The Wild Tart - and then visiting the Elora quarry and gorge (where scenes from It were filmed).

Above Photo: Elora Quarry, August 2022

Rediscovering my love for Halloween sitcom episodes.

Continuing to crush Halloween.

Seeing the Thierry Mugler exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum.

Visiting the newly opened Museum of Broadway.

BEST NEW RECIPES

Zucchini Lasagna

Above Photo: Zucchini lasagna

Sour Cream Banana Bread

Above Photo: Sour cream banana bread

Lemon Brown Butter Salmon

Antoni Porowski’s Moroccan-Style Lamb Bolognese

Above Photo: Antoni Porowski’s lamb bolognese

Soft Pumpkin Cookies with Salted Maple Icing

Leftover Turkey Sandwiches with Stuffing Waffles

BEST FOODS I ATE

The wild mushroom soup with truffle oil & mascarpone at Giorgio’s of Gramercy.

Above Photo: Didn’t even mind how burned this bread was THAT’S HOW GOOD THIS SOUP IS, Giorgio’s of Gramercy

The seasonal lemon poppy seed cruller at Daily Provisions.

Above Photo: Lemon poppy seed cruller from Daily Provisions

The mussels from The Independent in Midtown.

The burger at The Sparrow Tavern in Astoria.

The chocolate peanut butter pie at The Angelika.

Above Photo: Chocolate peanut butter pie at The Angelika

The french onion soup dumplings from Mimi Cheng’s.

The steak Diane from Dowling’s at The Carlyle.

Every single pasta at Rezdora.

Above Photo: Truffle Raviolo (the giant raviolo with black truffles), the Grandma Walking Through Forest in Emilia (the green pasta), the Maccheroni al Pettine with duck ragu, Rezdôra NYC, March 2022

The burger au poivre at Raoul’s.

The roasted corn and couscous risotto with parmesan from Glass House Tavern.

Crab cakes from Bar Crudo in Brooklyn.

Every single thing at Bazaar Meat By Jose Andres in Las Vegas.

The absolute best BLT I’ve ever had at Sala in Astoria (served at brunch only).

BEST TV & MOVIES

The Golden Girls: I never watched it growing up but it’s wild what a great show it was.

Malice: Okay, do you know anything about this movie? If not, don’t look it up. Just watch it. I was ON CLOUD NINE watching this one. So many twists, there’s a great Alex Baldwin monologue in it, it’s just a party of a movie. Especially if you love early 90s semi-sexy psychological thrillers, WHICH I DO. Such a great movie.

Trapped: Nathan’s first season premiered and was reviewed in The Globe and Mail!

Top Gun Maverick: I know, who even am I? This is so out of character, but I loved it.

PEN15: Best new show I’ve seen in years. All women born in the mid 80s need to watch it.

The Thomas Crown Affair: Love 90s movies like this.

The Bear: Just a great first season.

The Summer I Turned Pretty: This was just a perfect summer/teen show that I didn’t know that I needed.

Barbarian: Such a perfect movie. Bill Skarsgård can do absolutely no wrong.

The Crown: Depressing to binge watch all at once, but really good overall.

Bob’s Burgers (Christmas episode): I WILL NOT SHUT UP ABOUT IT.

BEST PURCHASES

The lip exfoliator & lip butter from Three Ships.

Every single tee tree product at The Body Shop. (As well as their whole Wild Pine collection.)

The AG Hair Colour Savour Mask that Ulta has apparently stopped selling?!

Gorgeous address labels from Zazzle.

Vicks bath crystals.

Aerie black leggings with pockets.

Holler And Glow foot mask from Target.

Black, tulle slip dress from Free People.

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENTS

The sandwiches at Alidoro in the West Village.

Sullivan Street Bakery.

Angelina Bakery in Bryant Park.

Literally all Kylie Skin products.

Any product described as “lip oil” - BUY SOME DAMN LIP BALM FOR THE SAME EFFECT, PEOPLE.

So many recipes from Half Baked Harvest (the ginger sesame noodles with mushrooms and the sesame garlic chili oil noodles, for example). It’s a beautifully curated site but with such lackluster flavours in the recipes.

SLT. I love pilates, but this was just wretched.

The continued celebration of The Kardashians.

Part Two of the In America exhibit at The Met.

Halloween Ends. Just a mess of a movie.

A Christmas Carol (the one-man show on Broadway) was hell on earth.

I stand by all of these opinions!

And here are my favourites from 2021, if you’re interested!

#Best of 2022 #this is liz heather #Liz Heather #the best of 2022 #best of list #best of 2022 list #year end list 2022

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Cutting Edge Cuisine 💯 . Ethel’s Fancy is the latest restaurant opening in downtown Palo Alto and Chef Scott Nishiyama’s pedigree from NYC’s Daniel and Napa’s French Laundry ensures that reservations have been popular . The bright and open space has numerous table tops including a private space as well as bar seating . The menu is very accessible and reminds me of State Bird Provisions where the various dish size categories are all meant to be shared . We loved the Japanese-influenced flavors and tried a wide array of items that are all modern, creative and novel more than stereotypical Asian fusion: in many ways, reflective of California cuisine . 📷 Full Belly Farms Cucumbers $8 ~nori caper dressing, horseradish / Toasted Coconut Fritters $16 ~ Wagyu beef, grilled peppercorn / Pears $8.00 / Milk Bread from the Hearth $12 ~ sweet potato & brown butter dip / Crispy Pork Belly $19 ~ burrata, Brussel sprouts, miso caramel / Duck & Crystallized Ginger Dumplings $20 ~ braised Swiss chard / Koshikari Rice $22 ~ hokkaido scallops, schmaltz pesto, beech mushroooms / Five Dot Ranch New York Strip $70 ~ salt & pepper maitake mushrooms, basil oyster vinaigrette / Almond Cookie Soft Serve $12 /Malted Milk Chocolate Fondue $18 . 📍Ethel’s Fancy (Palo Alto, CA) . #eatersf #paloaltoeats #sharedplates #michelin #downtownPA #topcitybites #sffoodie #foodie #nomnom #feed feed #eeeeeats #foodpics #foodgasm #dailyfoodfeed #foodphotography #eatnorthamerica #foodsharinggroup (at Ethel's Fancy) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkHjTCsJqQC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#eatersf #paloaltoeats #sharedplates #michelin #downtownpa #topcitybites #sffoodie #foodie #nomnom #feed #eeeeeats #foodpics #foodgasm #dailyfoodfeed #foodphotography #eatnorthamerica #foodsharinggroup

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dritataylor · 2 years

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Giada chessy corn fritters

Giada chessy corn fritters series#

Sunny Anderson - Host of Cooking For Real co-host of The Kitchen.Ted Allen - Food and wine connoisseur host of Chopped.8 Switch to The Cooking Channel and Season 7.It consists of chefs picking out favorite dishes they've eaten in places throughout the United States, in specific categories. After being cancelled by The Food Network, it was brought back on the Cooking Channel in 2018. The program originally aired as a one-time special in late 2008.

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What's the Vibe #1

Vegan Kit-Kat bars (called Kit-Kat V) on the way to 15 countries soon, according to Bloomberg. The global market for vegan chocolate is expected to be worth $1.4B in 10 years time.

Veganism is definitely not a trend - after the summer of droughts and now landslides in Pakistan alongside the current gas situation in Europe, I think climate anxiety is on the top of a few people's heads.

Gender as a hot topic - just on my mind in general as the timeline continues to discuss economic equality and basically millennial adult anxiety and a summer of Love Island is on everyone's mind.

Interesting to read?

Why incel ideas and misogyny spread faster in tough economic times - The Independent

Momtaza Mehri in conversation with Warsan Shire - Granta

The People's Republic of Shein - New York Times

If you can't read the above...just know it's unhinged. Shein should probably be studied for how it's taken over a cultural market in less than 5 years because how do you mix emotion with disposability? Loving your rubbish?

The current picks to replace the late Virgil Abloh as the creative director of Louis Vuitton include Grace Wales Bonner, Telfar Clemens and Martine Rose. I think Martine would be quite interesting?

End of summer - People I think are less worried about COVID more worried about being able to afford to eat? A lot of restaurants and care homes bills are quadrupling so the end of the high street or pubs?

The return of the community? Probably not likely in this timeline but we can try? It's really necessary. But we're going ✈️ unhinged back to basics.

Trends:

Raving still getting it in - cover of the new The Face Magazine with fresh new talent and the most recent Moncler campaign for menswear?

New Prime Minister from Monday - probably Liz Truss.

Mushrooms reaching their peak! Happiness! More returning to the earth next year? I think that's going to be a growing trend if regrowth theory takes place/

Björk's new podcast (in collaboration with Mailchimp and Talkhouse) is also really good too - new insights on her music that I haven't heard before. Feels very retrospective.

I think that's it for the week?

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Trippy Treats Magic shrooms chocolate bars

Trippy Treats Magic shrooms chocolate bars the highest quality Psilocybin chocolate bar on the market made by extracting the psilocybin from the mushrooms. Allows for a much pure High eliminating the upset stomach feeling users would get from digesting mushrooms.

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Things To Know About Funguy Chocolate and Variety

You may have heard of Funguy Chocolate, but did you know that this company also makes coffee with organic mushrooms? This New York-based company has recently launched its mushroom coffee in the Big Apple. The founders of Funguy Chocolate are serial entrepreneurs and creators of the popular Blueprint Cleanse. So if you're looking for a new caffeine alternative, mushroom coffee may be right up your alley. They have various ingredients in their mushroom coffee, including Psilocybin and coconut oil. The coffee also happens to be gluten-free and has coconut oil.

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If you're looking for a fun and tasty way to enjoy psilocybin mushrooms, the first place to look is FunGuy. These delicious chocolates are made with premium-grown Cubensis mushrooms and contain 3,000 milligrams of psilocybin. And because they're divided into tiny pieces, it's accessible to micro-dose.

As a result, FunGuy chocolate bars contain a psilocybin extract extracted from organic mushrooms. The company uses an extensive purging process and innovative infusion techniques to ensure its edibles are free from dangerous chemicals and other contaminants. As a result, FunGuy edibles are safe for children and adults, and all their ingredients are natural. This means you can enjoy them without worrying about what's in them.

While trying to decide how much psilocybin is in your chocolate, FunGuy recommends eating one magic mushroom milk chocolate square. This amount will take about an hour to work. After that, you can increase the dosage if necessary. A small dose of funguy chocolate is all you need to see a positive change. The effects of the psilocybin-rich mushrooms are a fun way to experiment with your mind.

Mushrooms

You're not alone if you haven't heard of FunGuy chocolate mushrooms. The superfood is becoming increasingly popular to combat mental and physical ailments. Though it's widely used in traditional Chinese medicine, the effects of this mushroom can vary widely based on individual dose, environment, and emotional state. Its medicinal properties have also led to a rise in popularity in psychiatry. Higher doses often result in anxiety, paranoia, or confusion.

Magic mushrooms can be consumed by eating them, brewing them as tea, or blending them with food. The most substantial effects come when they're finished whole. Unfortunately, the mushroom's flavor isn't exactly appealing, so many people turn to savory recipes to disguise the taste. People also make mushroom chocolate bars and other shroom-related deserts. However, despite the many benefits of these delicious treats, the psychedelic fungus' addictive properties can cause unwanted behavioral changes and lead to dependence. People who overdo it may even require treatment or detox.

Coconut oil

If you're looking for a guilt-free treat, consider a funguy mushroom chocolate bar. This chocolate bar is made from premium-grown Cubensis mushrooms and contains 3,000 mg of psilocybin per square. In addition, this chocolate is vegan, gluten-free, and free of preservatives, making it an excellent choice for those who don't want to give up chocolate altogether.

Before making your flavored chocolates, remember that coconut oil is a liquid. The result will be a liquid, not a solid. To avoid this, cut the chocolate into small pieces before cooking it. Then, heat the chocolate over medium-low heat, occasionally stirring, until it is a smooth, runny consistency. If you're ready to enjoy this indulgence, you're prepared to make your own gourmet funguy mushroom chocolate bars.

Coconut oil is an excellent addition to your morning smoothies. Add it to your salad dressing or melt it with chocolate for an extra flavor boost. You can also use it as a substitute for butter in recipes. Coconut oil is a good source of fat and provides a natural energy boost. And it's good for you, too. It's also great in baked goods. It makes chocolate easier to work with.

Gluten-free

You can eat Funguy chocolate if you are gluten-free and a fan of organic foods. This brand makes all-natural organic chocolate bars with illustrations of endangered animal species. It's gluten-free by the Gluten-Free Certification Organization and contains less than 20 parts per million of gluten. While it's best to buy certified gluten-free chocolate bars, there are other brands to consider. Wild Ophelia, for example, produces cold brew chocolate coffee bites and unique varieties of peanut butter cups. However, this brand does not guarantee that its products are gluten-free as they're made in a facility that also processes dairy-based products. You can buy them online, but be aware that you risk cross-contamination.

A recent report showed that a quarter of American adults have a gluten-free diet. As a result, more Americans are looking for products that don't contain wheat. That's good news for those looking for alternatives to traditional foods. But many people still don't know what gluten-free food is. But luckily, there are plenty of options for those who don't have a gluten intolerance. In addition, several mainstream brands have begun tapping into the growing demand for gluten-free products.

Vegan

If you're looking for a sweet treat without any dairy, look no further. Funguy chocolate is vegan! It is flavored with fruiting body mushrooms. In addition, you'll find organic coconut sugar, fair-trade cacao, and a variety of superfoods, such as bee pollen, quinoa, chia seeds, and coconut flakes. And because Funguy is dedicated to ethically sourcing its ingredients, you can rest assured that every bar is made with ethically raised and sustainable practices.

If you're looking for a delicious snack, Funguy offers dark and milk chocolate. This dark chocolate contains dried psilocybe mushrooms and soy lecithin, made from cocoa butter and sugar, which gives it a natural vanilla flavor. On the other hand, if you're looking for a more refined and creamy chocolate experience, you can opt for Funguy truffles or different varieties. You can even find them at Asda stores.

Non-GMO

Thanks to the non-GMO, vegan, and gluten-free funguy chocolate bar, a delicious and healthy snack are now available to everyone. With only three simple ingredients, this delicious mushroom-flavored chocolate bar is an excellent choice for those looking for an indulgent treat that will still be good for you. Plus, it contains no refined sugar or preservatives, making it an excellent guilt-free snack. So, if you're looking for the best chocolate bar that is good for you, try one of these delicious treats!

FunGuy Chocolate is certified organic and Fair Trade and has undergone rigorous testing for safety and quality. They send their products to an independent lab to thoroughly examine the mold, heavy metals, and other contaminants. They've even gone so far as to include an all-natural, gluten-free label. This label also shows that the company puts its customers' safety first. This way, you can rest assured that the funguy chocolate bar you've chosen will be free of all harmful chemicals, additives, and preservatives.

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50 Years Later: The Still Sweet Legacy of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

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I first watched Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory during the summer of 2001, when I was four years old. Sometime after the end credits rolled, I waddled into our little English garden and decided to have a nibble of one of the buttercups poking through in the grass. You will be unsurprised to discover that it tasted acrid and bitter and that I promptly screwed up my face and spat it out again. ‘But— but- -’ little four-year-old me thought, ‘—but in Willy Wonka’s garden the yellow butter-tea-cups are edible and filled with a breakfast brew! The toadstools and mushrooms ooze sweet white cream! And the trees don’t sprout boring old fruit, but giant jellified gummy bears!' According to my four-year old logic, in Wonka’s edible garden these synaesthetic saccharine delights could exist and so in our garden they could too. So was the bittersweet belief that ‘Anything is possible’ the film inspired - bittersweet because, of course, it's not true. Today marks the 50-year anniversary of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, which premiered in the United States on this day in 1971. Time reveals a legacy that is more sweet than sour.

The 1971 adaptation of Roald Dahl’s 1964 book ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ has an origins story that reads like a saccharine fairytale, complete with the requisite obstacles. Once upon a time, the story of Charlie Bucket and his lucky visit to a chocolate factory found its way into the hands of a 12-year-old girl called Madeline Stuart, the daughter of a Hollywood filmmaker, Mel Stuart. Madeline approached her father and asked him to make a film out of the story. In Stuart’s memory, his daughter’s innocent plea went something like this: ’Daddy... I want you to make this into a movie!’ A self-confessed chocoholic, Stuart said yes. And the rest was history? Not just yet...

The early 1970’s wasn’t Hollywood’s happiest hour. Low attendance and a struggling national economy meant that the U.S film industry was in a state of near-collapse and financing the movie was no easy feat; studios were cash-strapped. It was a stroke of sweet luck that the producer of the film, Mel Stuart’s friend David Wrober, had a connection to the Quaker Oats Company who, by happy chance, were looking for a way to break into the chocolate industry. In an unprecedented move in Hollywood, Quaker Oats agreed to finance the film on account of the fact that it would allow them to launch a ‘Wonka’ bar. A convenient if imperfect marriage was formed between the food company and the producers. A Happily Ever After? Still not yet...

There were active forces that didn’t want the candy man to make the leap from page to silver screen. Having long been vocal about Hollywood and its poor representation of black people, the NAACP objected to the adaptation because of the colonial overtones of the Ooompa Loompas in Dahl’s story (described as “a tribe of miniature pygmies” who were imported from Africa); they didn’t want additional attention being brought to the novel. The NAACP eventually suggested that “The solution is to make the Oompa-Loompas white and to make the film under a different title.” Mel Stuart agreed. The title was changed to ‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory’, a change that would also benefit the marketing of the Quaker Oat Company’s ‘Wonka’ bar. After Stuart consulted with some black actor friends, it also was decided that the elf-like characters would be carrot orange with grass-green hair. Whether this amounted to ‘whitewashing’ or not is a matter for the individual to decide but changing the skin colour was the only way to adapt the book without making more significant changes to Dahl’s story. After all, it was the man himself penning the screenplay.

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Dahl’s screenplay - bloated and too close an adaption of the book, was eventually revised by newbie screenwriter David Seltzer, but the fantastical elements of the author’s story remained largely intact: chocolate rooms with chocolate waterfalls and rivers, fizzy-lifting stations that send Charlie Bucket and his grandfather floating to the ceiling, and elevators that fly straight into the sky. Harper Goff, famed for his work on the 1945 Disney film ‘20,000 Leagues under the Sea’, was tasked with bringing Dahl’s demanding vision to life in the art department. Then there were difficulties in casting too, and a cross-country search took place for the Oompa Loompas and the lucky ticket-winning children (lamentably, only white actors were cast). With scouting and sketching underway, producers had the formidable challenge of finding somewhere to shoot the movie. After considering the Guinness Factory in Ireland and – wait for it - a national monument in Spain, producers settled on the Munich Gas works and Bavarian Film Studios in Germany as the central filming locations. It was cheaper than America and the location’s foreignness to British and American audiences would work in the favour of creating a ‘Neverland’ story.

Tinged with sweetness and sourness, pre-production on Wonka came to a close in late August 1970 and principal photography began. For the adults on set, budgetary problems were an ongoing source of stress and the unusual marriage between Hollywood and the food industry was one of the main causes. Unlike Paramount or Universal, who might have expected the film to go over budget, Quaker Oats viewed the film as one long advertisement for their new bar and were unsurprisingly less sympathetic when the weather was bad and shooting had to be delayed or when something went wrong on set and more money had to be poured in (or, in the case of the chocolate waterfall, a specially sourced anti-foaming solution). The kids also had their tribulations (and were only renumerated £60 per week for their hard labour). Stuart was a tough director. So tough, in fact, that the child actors used to joke that they deserved Oscars for their roles (or for putting up with Stuart). He treated the young actors as adults and perhaps that’s one reason why the performances are so strong. But Stuart reflected that overall, it was like ‘one big slumber party’ for the child actors. Stories from the set include Paris Themmen, who played Mike Teevee, releasing bees from underneath a bell jar in Wonka’s chewing gum machine. Denise Nickerson (playing Violet Beauregarde) and Julie Dawn Cole (Veruca Salt) fought over Peter Ostroff, who played Charlie Bucket, and took turns being his ‘girlfriend’ day-by-day. After lunch breaks, Ostroff and Gene Wilder, who played Wonka himself, would walk back to set together sharing a chocolate bar. There was an excitable atmosphere on set and, filmed without storyboards or pre-production rehearsals, it translated into authenticity in the final film.

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Filming came to a bittersweet end in November 1970, cast members said their teary goodbyes, and then seven months later, Willy Wonka premiered in the United States. While time has judged differently, the contemporary reception to the film was, at best, lukewarm. From a $2.9 million dollar budget, the film only made $4 million in theatres and ranked as #53 in the box office. There were a number of reasons for this. Several reviewers panned the movie; a critic from the New York Times called it ‘tedious and stagy with little sparkle and precious little humor’. The fun and spectacle of Willy Wonka didn’t sit well with an anxious and cynical audience. In the Vietnam era, The French Connection, The Omega Man, and A Clockwork Orange were in, and optimism and fun were out. The film also had to contend with the declining weekly movie attendance across the U.S, which reached an all-time low of 14 million in 1971 (from 44 million in 1963). On top of this, Dahl didn’t exactly enthuse about the final product. Finally - and this is what the director attributed primary responsibility to: a lacklustre marketing effort on behalf of Paramount Pictures.

But box-office results aren’t everything. Like sherbet - sour at first and then Oh so sweet, Willy Wonka has gone on to gain a mass following of fans and gained the all-desirable ‘cult’ film status. The phenomenon happened over time. Six years after the film appeared on cinema screens, it was sold to Warner Brothers and became one of their best-selling video cassettes. Then, periodic screenings on cable and network television over the following decades meant that it gained an even wider following and stayed within Western cultural consciousness. The never-ending references to Willy Wonka in popular culture - from The Simpsons to Austin Powers to Marilyn Manson’s music videos, is testament to this. The same could be said about the upcoming Willy Wonka origins story, whether it turns out to be a good film or not. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory currently stands as the second most watched film of 1971 on Letterboxd (the Goodreads of film).

Re-watching the film in 2021, it seems almost inevitable that the film has found new and wide- ranging audiences and there’s one main reason for it: a stellar and totally captivating performance from Gene Wilder. The director attributed the film’s longevity to the fact that ‘it was made for adults; it was not made for children’ and it was Wilder himself that brought the grown-up fun. Wilder’s Wonka is sarcastic and witty, ensuring that the final film ended up as a ‘story for children’ only as much as After Eights are for post-dinner treats and Yorkie bars are just for boys. Wilder created a more nuanced and entrancing character out of Wonka than what is portrayed in the book - a Wonka who is dishonest but trustworthy, sarcastic but still empathetic, indifferent but deeply caring, and aloof but charming. Sure, the sets seem slightly dated (the chocolate room in particular) but watching Gene Wilder sing ‘Pure Imagination’ is so wholly captivating that one almost doesn’t notice the set’s limitations. Creating, let alone portraying, such an enigmatic version of Wonka is a tall order, but Wilder made it looks effortless. As evidence of his skill as an actor, Willy Wonka shows Charlie little interest until the very end of the film and then within minutes conveys a parental love to the boy that seems entirely believable. Wilder’s tantalising hot then cold, sugary then sour, sweet then salty performance sustains the whole film.

From the outset, it seemed like the Wilder-Wonka synergy was made to be. Wilder was a relative newcomer to Hollywood in 1970, making his feature film debut in the 1967 film Bonnie & Clyde, but when he walked into the casting room at the Plaza Hotel in New York, Mel Stuart knew he was the man straight away – ‘That’s Willy Wonka!’ he said. Wilder himself immediately seemed to have an intuitive understanding of how to bring the character to life, agreeing to take on the role on one condition: he said to Stuart, “I would like to come out [of the factory] with a cane and be crippled because no one will know from that time on whether I’m lying or telling the truth.’’ Like a magician, Wilder’s Wonka was going to draw you in and keep you in the palm of his hand. To the child actors on set, the Wilder-Wonka symbiosis was very much real. Julia Winter recalled that between takes the kids would crawl all over Wilder yelling, ‘It’s my turn to sit on his lap!’. In turn, Wilder would tell them jokes and stories; he ‘never got cross’. I remember feeling the same captivation as a child watching the film: I wanted to spend time with Wonka. It was only some adults who missed the magic trick. Dahl criticised Wilder’s performance as ‘pretentious’ and insufficiently ‘gay’. Wilder himself recalled hearing talk of mothers saying that the film was ‘cruel to the children’, but he understood that ‘maybe some mothers felt that way, but the children didn’t feel that way...there are limits and they want to know the limits’. The continuing classic status of the film is evidence that the kids (and Wilder) were right. The Wilder-Wonka magic has survived 50 years without souring. The only bittersweetness in watching the actor sing and twirl across the screen is knowing he is no longer with us.

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If Gene Wilder carried the film, then what about the story itself? The plot is simple, heart- warming, and doesn’t deserve close scrutiny. Willy Wonka really is a ‘show’, the story is secondary to the individual charisma of Wilder and the spectacle of the image and music. We don’t know if Charlie will be happy or sad once he’s inherited Wonka’s factory. We also don’t know what happens to the rest of the children after they’ve been punished. But who cares? The audience is taken to a joyful fun park where you want to eat everything on screen and play with all the gizmos and gadgets, and where the music is so catchy that you can’t get it out of your head for days and weeks after.

Select ideologues have (and will) taken issue with the story, discarding it as gauche capitalist propaganda. One Marxist criticism of the story even gained enough traction that the director took notice in later years. The parts seem to be there: a businessman running a competition by hiding five golden tickets in his candy bars, competition from other candy makers, the Wonka-Oompa Loompa relationship, and a ‘Rags to riches’ story for Charlie. But one might ask if this is an unnecessary and selective reading. The parts for an alternative vision are equally apparent: from the wild and uncontrolled creativity and experimentation inside the factory to the joy found within the chocolate work itself, and from the relentless drive forward ‘You have to go forward if you want to go back’ to the end picture of the elevator shooting through a glass ceiling and into the skies. If a critic really wanted to make the comparison, such images would sit more easily in Soviet Russia than capitalist America. Wonka might have a capitalist wrapper but take a bite and look closely inside and its ideological filling is incoherent (it is, after all, entertainment). One could imagine how the film might be set in a collectivist community rather than a ‘capitalist’ factory, but it would have made for a worse film. It is the sense of unease that runs throughout the film that has made it timeless, whether its Wonka’s frustration with August Gloop for polluting his pure chocolate river, his fear over someone leaking the secret recipe for the ever-lasting gobstopper, his nightmares in the tunnel sequence, or his anxiety over finding a worthy heir for the factory, which finally manifests as a misjudged outburst at Charlie. It’s the fraught relationship between abundance and greed that makes for such compelling watching. Anyway, as the screenwriter stated in an interview, the film is ‘...not the function of sitting down and intellectualising... it’s the function of scotch tape, cardboard, let’s put on a show!’ Why spoil the fun and examine the parts individually when the sum of the parts is a universal message people need to hear now as much as they did in 1971? Reward honesty and integrity, not greed.

A moral message delivered in an almost subversive tone is another reason for why the film feels timeless. Instead of adults dragging tired and bored children around, the adults in this film are at the mercy of their kids and Wonka. Young viewers can marvel at the gluttony of August Gloop, the smart-mouthed Violet Beauregarde, the wanton bad behaviour of Veruca Salt, and Mike Teevee’s devotion to cable. It’s escapism at its best to watch other kids do what you can’t do: speak back to parents and yell and scream. It’s equally as tantalising when the naughty children are punished in fantastical ways. Augustus, drinking from the chocolate river, falls in and then gets sucked up a chocolate chute. Violet chews forbidden gum and then blows up into a blueberry the size of a small horse. Veruca falls down a garbage chute. And Mike finds himself sucked into a television. Best of all, the parents are equally guilty of bad-behaviour as the kids - and, boy, do they pay for it. Wonka might be a film for children and adults, but you can guess who’s going to really have the best time. It is little Charlie, after all, who wins Wonka’s factory at the end of the day.

In the scene where Willy Wonka drinks from a yellow flower-shaped cup and then eats the cup, the cup itself was made of wax. Gene Wilder had to chew the wax pieces until the end of the take, at which point he spat them out. Adults that once watched the film as children now know that flowers in the garden aren’t edible. Our eyes can pick up the small imperfections in the film - the sweets that look plastic and chocolate river that looks like exactly what it was - ‘dirty, stinky water’. But through a child’s eyes - even coming to the film half a century after its release, the film really can be a ‘world of pure imagination’. In another fifty years, will children still wander into the garden, pick up a buttercup, and bite into it with all the belief in the word that it’ll taste like sweet, white chocolate? As long as parents continue to show children the film, they will - and what a marvellous legacy for a film to have. Fifty years on, it’s safe to say that Willy Wonka has had a sweet and indelible impact on our sadly mostly inedible world.

Sources for post:

Mel Stuart, Josh Young, ‘Pure Imagination: The Making of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory’, 2001.

Julia Dawn Cole, ‘I Want It Now! a Memoir of Life on the Set of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory’, 2011.

Pure Imagination: The Story (Making) of Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yyev_3S_Y4

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russianshavefun · 2 years

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Food trends in Moscow in 2021

Moscow is rarely called the gastro-capital, usually this title goes to New York, Paris, and, of course, Berlin.

And that is a shame. Because Moscow has recently been experiencing a real boom in food trends, perfectly absorbing global trends and adapting them to the way of life in this city!

The power of the author's vision and rethinking of simple things like hot dogs, new tastes and ingredients and also yummy-cute PP-desserts, hooligan bars in the most unexpected places – that what characterized Moscow on 2021 food scene.

So what did Muscovites eat and where did they go in 2021?

1. Author's cuisine.

Food-spots - from corners to restaurants which are really led by just one chef - the creator, and it is his vision that is embodied in the menu. For example, hot dogs are rethought in a new way. It's no longer the American "bun plus sausage": try a hot dog with Kamchatka crab, avocado and smoked tomato on a chestnut brioche, or a hot dog with truffle and currant.

2. Wine Bars

The boom in wine bars is, as they say, for a reason. There is a longing to get out of the familiar four walls and a thirst for new flavors. That is why the more labels a newly-built wine point on the map of Moscow has, the better.

The wine list now includes biodynamic and organic wines and cocktails with low alcohol content.

3. Delivery of healthy food

What did Muscovites usually order in delivery just a year or two ago?

The usual set looked like this: pizza, rolls, sometimes khinkali and shawarma. Or McDonald's.

But today that picture is changing radically. Something really interesting and healthy is on trend. Quinoa, smoothies, and other incomprehensible words have become native to Muscovites.

Sets are particularly popular: a ready-made set of meals for 1 to 3 to 5 days. As well as sets for different eating programmes - the ration is designed for up to 30 days. Not to mention the fact that meals can be selected by caloric content.

And yes, delivery is most often free.

Quotes from typical healthy-food menu: Oatmeal with coconut milk, amaranth, blackberries and pears, Lingonberry morsel with rosemary, Baked pumpkin salad with tangerines and orange-cunjumbo sauce, Turkey with baked yams, oyster mushrooms and spinach, Dorado Escalivado with canihua and stewed vegetables.

4. Sugar-free/lactose-free/gluten-free

Italians with their love of floury foods would catch a fit right now.

Wheat flourless cakes, low calorie cakes, vegan tarts, delicate brownies on homemade chocolate, crispy chocolate sabre with homemade vegan salted caramel - such healthy desserts are increasingly on the menu.

And somehow it's even embarrassing to order yourself something normal after that.

5. New-wave Ryumochnaya – "cheap and cheerful"

More and more new wave ryumochnaya (ryumka = a shot) are opening in Moscow, where homemade liqueurs flow as a river, and snacks are scattered on the table for ridiculous money by Moscow standards. The bet here is not on the expensive interior or artful food but on the right vibe.

I'd like to single out the names of such places:

"Pistils and Sticks"

"Dream Fudge Room"

"Science and Life"

"Alcoholic Beverage Bar"

"Vodka Room "Liberty"

"Wide on wide"

#foodgasm #foody #food #russian culture #moscow #russian #amazing facts #foodlover #foodblogger #desserts #baking #snacks #restaurants #food industry #trendsetter #food trends #news and trends

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crowley-anthony · 4 years

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Tag Game!

I was tagged by @lydsmartin - Thank you so much! ❤️

1. What is the color of your hairbrush? - Black.

2. Name a food you never eat - Mushrooms. Gross.

3. Are you typically too warm or too cold? - I feel the temperature really badly either way. I can get very cold but the heat really affects me and I get too hot quickly so I’d probably say the warmth.

4. What were you doing 45 minutes ago? - Was in work.

5. What’s your favorite candy bar? - Dairy Milk or Galaxy.

6. Have you ever been to a professional sports game? - Yes, I’m not a sports person at all but when I went to San Diego I went to a baseball game, mostly to see what it was all about as I was travelling across USA at the time.

7. What is the last thing you said out loud? - I can’t even remember, probably signing to my music, I’ve been trying to get through a list in work and put my headphones in to get on with it.

8. What is your favourite ice cream? - One of my favourites is Bacio, which is like chocolate and hazelnuts and I had it pretty much every day when I was Italy.

9. What was the last thing you had to drink? - Water

10. Do you like your wallet? - Yes. I bought a new one recently.

11. What is the last thing you ate? - A vegan chocolate orange coated almond. I bought them earlier as I was intrigued and they’re pretty good.

12. Did you buy any new clothes last weekend? - Yes, online. Wanted some boots and bought a shirt and a blazer too as I couldn’t stop myself.

13. What’s the last sporting event you watched? - Have literally no idea.

14. What is your favorite flavor of popcorn? - Sweet.

15. Who is the last person you sent a text message to? - My dad.

16. Ever been camping? - Yes. I’m a bit of a scaredy cat at times but I went camping in Canada where there were chances for bears and other wildlife to cross our path. On the first night I needed the toilet at 2am and I was so scared to leave the tent I sat crying for ages haha. I eventually had the courage to go out, otherwise I would have peed myself.

17. Do you take vitamins? - Yes, only because I’m a bit low in some things due to me being ill recently.

18. Do you regularly attend a place of worship? - No.

19. Do you have a tan? - No, I am pale AF.

20. Do you prefer chinese or pizza? - Pizza. I like Chinese food but the Chinese here is not healthy and has tons of MSG in it and I get sick from MSG so I can’t eat much of it.

21. Do you drink your soda through a straw? - I don’t drink soda but if I have it on the odd occasion, usually not.

22. What color socks do you usually wear? - Black or white.

23. Do you ever drive above the speed limit? - I haven’t driven since I passed my test and I don’t have a car.

24. What terrifies you? - Losing close ones.

25. Look to your left, what do you see? - A paper shredder.

26. What chore do you hate most? - Literally everything. I hate cleaning. I’ve just had to defrost my freezer recently which is an absolute nightmare :| Apart from that hoovering (vacuuming) is pretty annoying.

27. Wat do you think of when you hear an Australian accent? - You’re hot (I LOVE Australian accents).

28. What’s your favorite soda? - I don’t drink soda much but I do love a cherry Coke or Dr. Pepper.

29. Do you go in a fast food place or just hit the drive thru? - I can’t go through a drive through by myself anyway as I don’t have a car so I go inside.

30. What’s your favorite number? - I’ve never had a favourite number.

31. Who’s the last person you talked to? - Either my mum or dad (EDIT -No, it would have been someone in work but can’t remember who).

32. Favorite meat? - I eat chicken the most but I love a steak.

33. Last song you listened to? - ‘Thank U, Next’ by Ariane Grande.

34. Last book you read? - Does fanfiction count?

35. Favorite day of the week? - Saturday or Sunday

36. Can you say the alphabet backwards? - Yep

37. How do you like your coffee? - Milky

38. Favorite pair of shoes? - A staple is my converse but I love black boots, I just bought a pair of faux snake print boots which I’m loving.

39. Time you normally get up? - When I was working in the office it would be around 6 - 6:30am but now I’m working from home it’s more like 7:15 - 7:45am.

40. What do you prefer, sunrise or sunsets? - Sunset

41. How many blankets on your bed? - One.

42. Describe your kitchen plates - Mis-matched af.

43. Describe your kitchen at the moment - I only had a small amount of time for lunch today so I have left my dishes so I need to wash them :/

44. Do you have a favorite alcoholic drink? - I love cider but recently I have come to love flavoured gin. I’m not hardcore with alcohol, I like the stuff that tastes like sweets haha.

45. Do you play cards? - Sometimes

46. What color is your car? - I don’t have one.

47. Can you change a tire? - No, wouldn’t know where to begin, I’d probably call someone lol.

48. Your favorite state or province? - I’m not sure about a state as a whole as I live in the UK but when I visited the USA My favourite place was probably New York.

49. Favorite job you’ve had? - The job I have now. I help manage a team, the place I work is great and they have been so great since working from home.

Tagging: @bartonclinton, @gracechoi, @springmagpies, @ofitzsimmons, @jemmafitzsimmons, @sabs1d, @agentreeb

#things i'm in #thanks for tagging me i'm still catching up on these #i honestly can't remember who i tagged in my last ones #so sorry if i'm spamming you #laura's ramblings #text post

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SODO & GEORGETOWN

Georgetown is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is bounded on the north by the mainlines of the BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad, beyond which is the Industrial District;

MAP OF SODO & GEORGETOWN

Start your day at Macrina Bakery (1943 First Ave S) for baked goods, like buttermilk or gluten-free biscuits and egg sandwiches on brioche buns, made with locally sourced ingredients. Pecos Pit Bar-B-Que’s (2260 First Ave S) rib-sticking, slow-roasted meats evoke the flavors of Texas, while Slice Box Pizza (1727 First Ave S) serves some of Seattle’s most New York-like foldable slices, and Paseo (1760 First Ave S) serves its beloved Caribbean-style pulled pork sandwiches in a casual setting. For an adult beverage, try award-winning gins at 3 Howls Distillery (426 S Massachusetts St) or acclaimed single-malt whiskeys at Westland Distillery (*2931 First Ave S), then sample Two Beers Brewing Co.’s (*4700 Ohio Ave S) IPAs, Seattle Cider Company’s (4700 Ohio Ave S) dry hard ciders, and Sound Craft Seltzer’s (4660 Ohio Ave S) alcoholic seltzer at shared tasting room The Woods (4700 Ohio Ave S).

You won’t find big chains in this eclectic neighborhood, just cool independent businesses like BopBox (5633 Airport Way S), a women-owned Korean bibimbap restaurant, and Brother Joe (5629 Airport Way S), which boasts a strong tea selection and inventive coffee preparations—think “You Know Chata?” cold brew flavored like Mexican horchata. At The Corson Building (*5609 Corson Ave S), fine dining meets communal tables with seasonal dishes like poached prawns with butter-braised mushrooms. Grab a meal from Stellar Pizza (5513 Airport Way S) or vegetarian dive bar Georgetown Liquor Company (5501B Airport Way S) and take it to Elysian Taproom (5410 Airport Way S), a kid- and dog-friendly space that serves beer made next door, or down to Machine House Brewery (5840 Airport Way S, Ste 121), a British-inspired cask ale specialist that also welcomes kids and dogs.

Shop camping gear and weatherproof leather jackets straight from the source: Filson’s (*1741 First Ave S) flagship store is housed in the same building where the company develops and produces its durable goods. SoDo Vintage (1534 First Ave S ) is full of unique finds thanks to more than a dozen independent vendors.

Georgetown is a picker’s paradise, with several curated vintage consignment shops, including Kirk Albert (5517 Airport Way S) and Kassie Keith (5527 Airport Way S). Nearby, Fogue Studios & Gallery (5519 Airport Way S) offers a spacious gallery for professional fine artists 50 and older. Check out the Georgetown Trailer Park (5805 Airport Way S) for arts, crafts, and other offbeat curiosities.

Ride public transit to SoDo (Link Light Rail or bus routes 150 and 594) to gawk at SODO Track’s two miles of murals, the world’s longest street-art corridor. Explore the history of computing at the Living Computers: Museum + Labs(*2245 First Ave S), or check out aerial classes and shows at Emerald City Trapeze (2702 Sixth Ave S). Sports enthusiasts can’t miss CenturyLink Field (Seattle Seahawks football and Sounders FC soccer) and T-Mobile Park(*1250 First Ave S) (Seattle Mariners baseball), open-air stadiums with great energy.

In a huge, historic brick factory, you’ll get plenty of indulgent samples and a factory tour at Fran’s Chocolates (*5900 Airport Way S), famed for its salted caramels but adept at sweets across the board. Kids will enjoy tumbling and playing around the giant Hat ’n’ Boots roadside landmark at Oxbow Park (6430 Corson Ave S). A little farther afield, folks of all ages enjoy the historic air- and spacecraft at The Museum of Flight (*9404 E Marginal Way S). As for nightlife, practice your pinball skills at 21-plus bar Flip Flip Ding Ding (6012 12th Ave S), or join the thriving gay and drag scene at Palace Theatre & Art Bar (5813 Airport Way S).

#sodo #unholy.locations

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likemereckless · 4 years

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tag game! get to know me

tagged by: my dear wonderful friend @jandjsalmon

1. what is the color of your hairbrush? Pink. It’s a curly detangler brush.

2. a food you will never eat? I won’t eat ANYTHING from the ocean because it creeps me out... or mushrooms. Or anything slimy. I don’t like textures.

3. are you typically too warm or too cold? I’m always cold. The hubs makes fun of me constantly for all my layers.

4. what were you doing 45 minutes ago? I’m working on a project for a Fellowship I’m doing and downing coffee.

5. what’s your favourite candy bar? York Peppermints. Anything chocolate and mint makes me so happy.

6. have you ever been to a professional sports game? Yes- I’ve been to Yankee games, Giants games (football), and Devils games.

7. what is the last thing you said out loud? “Don’t put that tiara on the dog.”

8. what is your favourite ice cream? Store- Mint Chip. Local Place- Red Devil

9. what was the last thing you had to drink? COFFEE!

10. do you like your wallet? I’ve never thought about it. I’m not particularly attached?

11. what is the last thing you ate? Eggs over medium and toast.

12. did you buy any new clothes last weekend? I haven’t bought clothes since last fall.

13. what’s the last sporting event you watched? Yankee game.

14. what is your favorite flavor of popcorn? I’ve never had flavored popcorn. I like butter? lol.

15. who is the last person you sent a text message to? Husband. We are exchanging memes.

16. ever been camping? Yes. I had a blast! I went with college friends and we made a bonfire and went rafting and it was a wonderful time.

17. do you take vitamins? I don’t. I should because I’m always found with low iron, but I hate vitamins so meh....

18. do you regularly attend a place of worship? I used to moreso than now. My mother still does. I’m having come current issues with this in the US and something personal. I’d be happy to explain over DM but not here.

19. do you have a tan? I am basically transparent. I don’t think I can tan.

20. do you prefer Chinese or pizza? We have AMAZING pizza here in Jersey so pizza all the way.

21. do you drink your soda through a straw? I don’t really drink soda unless there’s a party. So I guess no.

22. what color socks do you usually wear? I love socks. I have every color, rainbow, neon patterned, polka dot, mickey mouse....

23. do you ever drive above the speed limit? I don’t because there are too many fricken cars in my congested area.

24. what terrifies you? Airplanes and the ocean.

25. look to your left, what do you see? 15 TY beanie babies lined up on my loveseat that I’m supposed to “feed”

26. what chore do you hate most? Laundry. Folding the laundry is evil.

27. what do you think of when you hear an Australian accent? If I hear one around here I think, “Why on earth would you leave Australia for Jersey- the oil and petrochemical refinery state.”

28. what’s your favorite soda? If I have soda I’ll go for rootbeer

29. do you go in a fast food place or just hit the drive thru? I prefer the drive thru.

30. what’s your favourite number? 10

31. who’s the last person you talked to? My daughter. She’s 3.

32. favorite meat? Mmmm steak.

33. last song you listened to? Want You Bad- The Offspring

34. last book you read? September Love- Lang Leav I had preordered it a long time ago and it arrived a week early to my happy surprise!

35. favorite day of the week? Friday because the promise of the weekend is looming

36. can you say the alphabet backwards? yes. so can my tiny human. we sing it for fun.

37. how do you like your coffee? In my veins. I ship whole beans from this fantastic shop. I keep 6 kinds in my kitchen at all times. I have a cold brew french press for ices and if I’m doing hot I’ll have my first cup with a splash of milk and after that, black. Hmmm this coffee issue is probably why I had an ulcer.

38. favorite pair of shoes? My husband got e a pair of tieks since I travel and stand so much for work. Very comfy.

39. time you normally get up? 6:00

40. which do you prefer, sunrise or sunsets? Depends on the circumstance. Sunrise when we watched from a mountain in Hawaii. Sunset when I’m watching at a dinner.

41. how many blankets are on your bed? Too many.

42. describe your kitchen plates? I’d call them fiesta. They have funky squiggles and lines and patterns in vibrant colors. Picture a crazy donkey pinata.

43. describe your kitchen at the moment: Gray stone floor, white cabinets, a sunset orangey color paint.

44. do you have a favorite alcoholic drink? Jameson or Fat Tire allagash white

45. do you play cards? Not really. I used to.

46. what color is your car? White

47. can you change a tire? nope. lol.

48. your favorite state or province? I’ve been to 25 of our 50 states and can find something I loved about each. I loved them all for such different reasons so it’s hard to choose.

49. favorite job you’ve had? Hmmm I liked when I worked for the journalism lab.

Tagging: @lizzy92rc @cheryllclayton @velvetsugarbabexo @earthlaughsinflowersblog @lucivar @stonerbughead @adrumlynjump

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stevethehairington · 4 years

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tag game: 50 Qs

i was tagged by @scimitar-and-longsword and @nicolodigenovas thank you v much my dears 💕 💕

what is the color of your hairbrush? blue!

name a food you never eat: mushrooms, fuck those fungi

are you typically too warm or too cold? too warm. i deadass got into AC/heating unit wars with my roommates bc they constantly wanted the heat on even when it wasnt cold and i’d be melting lmao.

what were you doing 45 mins ago? 45 mins ago i was just getting home from work!

what’s your favorite candy bar? twix!!

have you ever been to a professional sports game? yes i sure have, i’ve been to many. i have season tickets to my local professional soccer team’s games, and i’ve even been to the women’s world cup!!

what is the last thing you said out loud? “Oh fuck” because i dropped a piece of the chocolate shell of my klondike bar on my bed lmfaoo

what is your favorite ice cream? COOKIE DOUGH

what was the last thing you had to drink? i currently am drinking coffee! (yes at 11 at night lol)

do you like your wallet? yes? when it has money in it at least lol

what is the last thing you ate? i just had a boston cream klondike bar

did you buy any new clothes last weekend? no i did not

what’s the last sporting event you watched? soccer game last saturday!

what is your favorite flavor of popcorn? movie theater butter or bust!!!

who is the last person you sent a text message to? my best friend caroline

ever been camping? since im pretty sure sleeping in a tent in my backyard doesnt count as ~ real ~ camping, no lol

do you take vitamins? no

do you regularly attend a place of worship? lmfao no, ive never stepped foot in a temple or a church even (not for religious reasons anyways)

do you have a tan? no, but i used to get hella tan every summer when i was on a swim team bc spending every single day outside in the blazing sun for hours on end. i miss that tbh lol

do you prefer Chinese or pizza? tbh depends on my mood

do you drink your soda through a straw? at restaurants yeah, but like from a can or at home in a cup no

what color socks do you usually wear? omg i have So Many socks i love socks, i have harry potter, star wars, marvel, pennywise/it, a whole bunch of holiday themed socks, mickey mouse socks, a shit ton of fuzzy socks, etc etc etc lol

do you ever drive above the speed limit? ... this question feels like a trap 👀

what terrifies you? complete and utter failure to have a purpose or make an important contribution to the world before im gone 🙃

look to your left, what do you see? my wall, but more specifically the calendar on my wall

what chore do you hate most? vacuuming

what do you think of when you hear an Australian accent? my lovely aussie wives 💕

what’s your favorite soda? peach fanta

do you go in a fast food place or just hit the drive thru? mostly the drive thru

what’s your favorite number? 3!!

who’s the last person you talked to? in person, my mom and dad

favorite cut of beef? uhhh tenderloin?? idk man

last song you listened to? il pescatore - live by fabrizio de andré

last book you read? i just finished crazy by pete earley the other day!

favorite day of the week? if i have nothing going on in terms of work or school, fridays, but if i do then saturdays

can you say the alphabet backwards? if i focus enough lol

how do you like your coffee? with two spoonfulls of sugar and hella creamer lol

favorite pair of shoes? my black converse high tops that are currently so worn they are starting to fall apart

time you normally get up? lately noon lmao

what do you prefer, sunrise or sunsets? sunsets, but that might be heavily influenced by the fact that i am not a morning person so im not usually awake for sunrises

how many blankets on your bed? right now, just one, but i have a whole big giant pile of them in my closet for when it gets cold

describe your kitchen plates. at home, they have an eggplant purple edge, the ones i had at my apartment were rainbow and very fun

describe your kitchen at the moment. clean, empty, dark because everyone is in bed.

do you have a favorite alcoholic drink? i don’t drink, so water! lol

do you play cards? yessss

what color is your car? black

can you change a tire? nope lol

your favorite state? state like US state?? if that’s what this means then new york babyyyy

favorite job you’ve had? working as a swim coach for my swim team takes the cake for sure, it was so much fun and i got to do what i loved with some of my best friends and hang out with a whole bunch of adorable kids that always brightened my day so it really was the best.

I tag: @peachykoya @raynertodd @lucas-mustache @teffy @zahra-art @carverly @eufry @likedestiny @silvermadi and anyone else that wants to do this!

#tag game #about me #this was funnnn!!

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