Andrew Ragland, the Wandering Beekeeper

Old, tired, bitter, depressed. Irrelevant. Hypomanic bipolar, but also surrounded by assholes. Nontheological Satanist. Hard left.

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Veroniki with Cream Sauce

  • by Old White Hippie
  • Recipe

Cross-cultural recipe from a tabletop roleplaying game world.

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Lentil and Potato Stew

  • by Old White Hippie
  • Recipe

Cheap and easy vegetarian food.

Pipián Rojo con Pollo

  • by Old White Hippie
  • Recipe

Traditional Mexican dish of meat simmered in a sauce of cushaw seeds and peppers.

Pasta Fagioli

  • by Old White Hippie
  • Recipe

Beans, spinach, and pasta simmered together in a rich Italian stew that puts a cheap vegetarian dinner on the table and satisfies the heartiest appetites.

Carrots & Parsnips

  • by Old White Hippie
  • History

A survey article looking at two closely related root vegetables, exploring the possibility they were bred apart from a common ancestor after Roman times, providing tips on growing and preserving them, and of course giving a few recipes.

Sweet Potato & Chickpea Curry

  • by Old White Hippie
  • Recipe

Cheap and easy vegetarian comfort food.

Brussels Sprouts au Gratin

  • by Old White Hippie
  • Recipe

Never boil a Brussels sprout. Here's a lovely way to turn them into the foundation of a single-skillet dinner.

Bodged-Together Biryani

  • by Old White Hippie
  • Recipe

In which I take a few terrible liberties with a dish well known throughout half the world, and slap it together out of what we had in the kitchen.

Cushaws

  • by Old White Hippie
  • History

A survey article exploring the origins of the cushaw, tracing its spread through regions and cultures, discussing how to grow cushaws, and working through what the various peoples who've grown this veg have done with it.

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