So the werewolf love interest in my upcoming book, The Sumage Solution, has a bit of an obsession with tea. Which he takes very very seriously. Unlike me, his obsession is with all different kinds of high quality tea (as opposed to just English breakfast with milk). His favorite is Puerh. Which, frankly, I never know how […]
Jun302017
Werewolves & Tea or How Gail Handles The Sacred Leaf In A Modern Setting (Pu-erh)
Dec232016
A Very Alexia Holiday Season: Celebrating Victorian Style
Lady Maccon, as some of you may well know, is rather fond of comestibles. Thusly, the holiday season is one of great joy to her ~ from a food standpoint if nothing else. (The shopping, it must be admitted, she could do without. Lord Akeldama, however, is overly enthusiastic on the subject.) However, she has some […]
Dec122016
12 Days Until Christmas, Finishing School Style, Plus Gift Ideas for the Gail Carriger Fan In Your Life
12 days until Christmas, Gentle Reader, if that’s your thing. Here is a bit of fun from the Finishing School Tumblr. Something you can bake for others? Crustless White Chocolate Cheesecake. I made mine with added lemon rind. Dark Chocolate Orange Almond Cake. Both are naturally GF, which is to say the original recipe never called for […]
Nov282016
Gail Carriger Talks About The Food In Singapore
Meanwhile – in the USA we just gorged ourselves on turquay, Gentle Reader. So here’s my post all about food in Singapore! Yes yes yes (and one great big NO). Singapore Food: The Bad I’m an incredibly experimental eater. You can take a look at some of the wide ranging Things I Have Stuck in My Mouth […]
Oct92016
Alexia’s London: Supper Oct. 9, 1876
Supper for Today, 1876, in a London Townhouse Partridge Soup ~ bird on the bone stewed with ham, onion, celery, mutton, & peppercorns Cold Roast Beef, Broiled ~ topped with fried potato skins that had been season with ketchup, salt & pepper (yes, the Victorians had ketchup & that’s what they called it) Vegetables ~ […]
May112016
Gail’s Favorite Recipes to Cook & Bake
I consider myself an experimental eater and I love all food, so long as it is well prepared. So Gentle Reader, when asked a question about the food in my books, I knew it had to have a whole blog post to answer. Some of the food in your books sounds quite yummy. Others, not […]
Jan152016
Pairing Gail Carriger Books with Tea & Nibbles
Alright, Gentle Reader, this idea came a while ago from a conversation on the Parasol Protectorate Facebook Group. One of the members was plotting gifting her family with books and chocolate. It occurred to me that gifting books + tea would make for a great blog post. Reading this? The Parasol Protectorate series Drink this: […]
Dec142015
Gifts for the Gail Carriger Uber Fan
So, here are some gifts that I, in my limited expert experience on the subject, think that a Gail Carriger fan would really enjoy. Just getting into the spirit of the season. Gifts for the Gail Carriger Fan Badali Bumbersnoot necklace or Sophronia’s bladed fan. Sparkly fan! Silk Fan with Green Sequins for Dimity from […]
Oct122015
A Conflagration of Research: Victorians & Food, Etiquette, Photo Resources
Today my dear Gentle Reader, I have a collection of stuff (all the stuff!) I thought might be of interest. Have fun! Some stuff about the Victorians and Food! Two of my most favorite subjects rolled together like a pig in a blanket. “As, for the fashionable, dinner moved later, after-dinner tea was no longer […]
Aug172015
Teapot Carrier AKA the Carriage Cozy: Transporting Tea (Victorians On the Go)
Some time ago, Gentle Reader, a dear friend gifted me with a teapot carrier AKA carriage cozy. At first, when I saw it I was confused. Why would she give me one of those 1950’s hair dryer cases? Then I opened it up and inside was a perfectly nested teapot! I thought, “My my my, […]
Jul102015
Alternate Historical Names for Clothing in the Victorian Era
1811 ~ Alternate Historical Names for Clothing Togs ~ Clothes Articles or Inexpressibles ~ Underthings, sometimes Breeches Farting crackers or Galligaskins ~ Breeches Buntlings ~ Petticoats Fallalls ~ Ornaments, chiefly woman’s, such as ribands, necklaces, etc. India wipe ~ A silk handkerchief Specked whiper ~ A coloured handkerchief Knuckle-dabd, or knuckle-confounders ~ Ruffles Brogue ~ […]
Jun32015
Weird Victorian Recipe Moment: Sweet Macaroni Pudding
Just because, Gentle Reader. And really, I am so going to try and make this at some point. 2-1/2 oz. of macaroni 2 pints of milk rind of 1/2 lemon 3 eggs sugar to taste grated nutmeg to taste 2 tablespoons brandy Put the macaroni, with a pint of the milk, into a saucepan with […]