Food Blog

Last updated 8/13/24
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Note: As of around early 2024 I've stopped eating meat other than fish. I stand by my positive anaylses of the taste of these foods, it's just a personal ethics thing

Shawarma over hummus
December 1st, 2019

I got this from the international food store near me, which also happens to also have a restaraunt inside of it. The food was great, hope I can go back there again sometime soon.

Fries and Jalapeno Poppers
November 14th, 2019

These things are almost perfect. The only thing that takes away from them is they're filled with chedder instead of cream cheese.

Buffalo Chicken and Pasta
February 15th, 2020

Have you ever tried putting buffalo sauce with a bunch of breaded chicken and pasta? It's amazing, and if you haven't you should totally try it.

Taco Bell Fries
February 24th, 2020

Taco Bell has made some great things over the years. This is one of them.

College Town Greek Food
February 29th, 2020

Was starting my undergrad at college in Fall of 2020. When visiting there the first couple times, had to explore the town with to try out the local food. Happened to stumble across some Greek food place whilst there. Very very good, shame I didn't go there more often while I was going to college there.

Pre-Pandemic Panera
March 12th, 2020

Last food I ate out in public before the pandemic hit where I lived. Enjoyable experience, good sandwich, and the mac and cheese was nice

Brown Sugar Cookies
March 15th, 2020

Really good cookies. Recipe originally intended for just making a single cookie, however after realizing they were pretty good I multiplied the recipe by 8x to make a small batch with them. Would recommend

Original Recipe
  • 2 tbsp flour
  • 1 tbsp brown sugar
  • 1/4 tsp baking powder
  • 2 tsp butter
  • 1/2 tbsp milk
Modified 8x Recipe
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/3 cup butter
  • 1/4 cup milk

Bake each for around 10 minutes in a 350°F/170°C oven until golden on top.

Homemade coffee cake
March 22nd, 2020

Who doesn't like coffee cake ^w^

Curbside pickup Mexican food
April 7th, 2020

Amazing salsa, great food. Proper-ish Mexican food is on a whole different level to almost everything else.

Dairy Queen Burger and fries
May 1st, 2020

Went to Dairy Queen with my family, and we decided to get some burgers.

Homemade Thai peanut noodles
May 9th, 2020

Made with spaghetti noodles, but hey. Noodles are noodles.

Candle S'mores
July 20th, 2020

Was craving a s'more, and it always tastes better cooked over a fire than in a microwave. So, I decided to improvise with what was convenient for me at the time ;)

5/16/24 Update: This was probably not the best idea I've ever had. The stuff that's in candles isn't that healthy to eat. You probably shouldn't do this, if you're in a pinch... just put them in a microwave like a normal person, lol

First Homemade College Food
August 13th, 2020

Nice bowl of government cheese melted into shells and a bottle of Dr. Pepper. Also, first Pyrex bowl! Love these things, very nice to have a bowl you can both eat out of and put in the oven. Have since gotten a mostly-matching set of these, and the start of another with the built-in handles

Lamb Burgers
August 29th, 2020

These were fun to throw together. Went to the local farmers market, and there was a vendor there selling some meat. Tried buying some ground beef, but he had run out. Asked if he had any other ground meats, and this was it. So I decided to go for it. Worked out really well surprisingly! They were a little bit more gamey than I'm used too, but overall the flavor was great. Better than turkey burgers. Makes sense though, lamb is a red meat.

Casey's Pizza
September 11th, 2020

Casey's! I don't have any of these back home, and I was incredibly surprised to learn this gas station makes its own pizzas. And even more surpising to me, they're open 24/7! And that means everything is open 24/7. Meaning I have literally decided "hey, I want a pizza" at 2 in the morning some nights, and got a freshly baked pizza from Casey's. This place is fantastic.

"Homemade" Cake
September 15th, 2020

As "homemade" as you can call throwing together some ingredients from a container is, heh. Picture was taken at 11:30pm, so me and my roommate were up late cooking. iirc we were out of eggs with this cake, so we used a couple containers of applesauce as a replacement, and it turned out really well. Happy we decided to throw this thing together.

Free Third Floor Cake
October 7th, 2020

So this thing is a story, lol. Me and my roommate were wandering around our dorm. We happened to be going through the different public fridges in the kitchens in the different floors. When had we walked down to the third floor, we were from the fourth this year, we found a cake with a sticky note on it saying "old cake, feel free to it!". So, we happily obliged!

But wait, there's more! We actually tried the cake, and oh my God it was... not good, lmao. So we ended up actually returning the cake back to the fridge we found it in.

Roommate's Sibling's House Pizza!
October 25th, 2020

Pizza! First food I had at the house that I later ended up moving into around 2022-2024 for the latter half of college. Roommate's sibling was renting the house and me and them ended up moving in for the last two years of college we were there together

Candy Corn Pizza
October 30th, 2020


This was the worst thing I've ever tasted

Queso & Pizza Rolls
November 17th, 2020

Mmm, pizza rolls and queso

The F### It
November 18th, 2020

A night when I didn't know what else to make myself, busy cramming for a final that I'd fail the class if I didn't finish the work for, I made the f### it! It's canned chili with spray cheese and flaming hot cheetos

Spinach Artichoke Dip
November 25th, 2020

Spinch

"Lasagna"
January 15th, 2021

Lasagna noodles, queso, ragu, and pizza rolls. This was awful, but it inspired something better

Lasagna
January 28th, 2021


This is not what it inspired, but this was very good

Yes there is a bit of a gap here between these two. I'll be filling it in when I get a chance

- Vivian, 9/5/24

Poor Skunk's Risotto
September 3rd, 2024

Very cozy tasting, makes one feel warm. More info and recipe here

Apple Bread
September 14th, 2024

Very nice bread. Wanted to bake a bread over the weekend and needed to use up some apples, and this recipe turned out quite well for that purpose. More info and recipe here