Alison's Wonderland Recipes
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Food blogger. Author of A LITERARY PICNIC, A LITERARY HOLIDAY COOKBOOK, and A LITERARY TEA PARTY. Mom to two wee hobbits. Drinker of tea.
One of the great joys of my adult life has been realizing that I can just pick up a new skill every so often, take a fun little class in it weekly for a year or two, and simply enjoy meeting people and getting medium proficient and not attempting to become professional in it at all!
The perfect use for the last of the summer strawberries: PB&J pancakes! The pancakes have melted peanut butter whisked into the batter, and the strawberry sauce is one of my favorite strawberry recipes ever. 🍽 wonderlandrecipes.com/2024/05/23/i...
There is no version of yourself you could become that would satisfy the people who hate you. So you might as well be who you are.
One of my favorite things about summer is fresh floral baked goods, like this lavender vanilla shortbread, inspired by the book A FELLOWSHIP OF BAKERS & MAGIC. It's delicate, buttery, and fragrant. Just right with a tall glass of iced tea on a hot summer day. wonderlandrecipes.com/2025/05/29/l... 🍽📚
GRUMPYE TEENAGE SHAKESPEARE "Thys ys just a stage." "ALL THE WORLDE YS A STAGE, DAD! UGH!"
HANG UP YOUR SPEAR, TODAY YOU WILL BATTLE ENNUI. AND YOU WILL WIN.
Weird question: do you have a favorite variety of popcorn? Mine is mushroom popcorn, which has bigger kernels that pop in a more uniform round shape. It's primarily used for coated/candied popcorn flavors like caramel corn. Popping some today to use for a recipe! 🍿
Making duchess potatoes for a friend's LOTR-themed bridal shower! These creamy mashed po-tay-toes are piped into pretty little mounds with a cube of cheddar cheese in the center, then baked until golden on top. You can find the recipe in my cookbook, A LITERARY HOLIDAY COOKBOOK. 🍽📚
Ynterviewer: Kan you explayne thys gap yn your resume? Odysseus: Well...
Put some "dresses" on my apples to keep the aphids out. Hopefully this works! 🌱
Still one of my favorite recipes: this hazelnut honey cake with elderflower whipped cream and some of the most beautiful strawberries I've ever seen. wonderlandrecipes.com/2023/06/22/p... 🍽
I just saw a meme that said “get in losers, we’re reclaiming the emdash”. People. PEOPLE. Where are your STANDARDS? It CLEARLY should be “get in, losers — we’re reclaiming the em dash.”
Someone in DC set up a “little free blockbuster” with DVDs inside instead of books lol
I got to see the elusive Jimothy on my Roku screen last night. 🦝
Happy National Ice Cream Day! These mini ice cream cakes inspired by The Snow Queen have shortbread crust, amaretto ice cream, Cool Whip topping, and blue Jolly Rancher "mirror shards." You can find the recipe here: wonderlandrecipes.com/2020/02/06/m... 🍽
Long-time rivals Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet face off in the Jane Austen World Cup final. Who will win this grudge match?
Culver's knows a winner when they see one. 😉
Almost missed this tiny little guy in my tomato plant. 🌱
Baby's first homemade cheesecake! (It's me. I'm baby.) 🍽
I like bee butts and I cannot lie... . . I don't know who took this picture butt it rules.
Anyone have any advice for growing beefsteak tomatoes? One of my husband's coworkers gifted us some extra plants earlier this summer. This is my first time growing them. My only experience so far is with cherry tomatoes. 🌱
Note from my notebook from 2016 which I find has only grown in pertinence in the intervening decade.
Fruit fools were a popular Regency dessert that involved folding cooked fruit into custard. This modern version inspired by Jane Austen's EMMA uses fresh strawberries macerated in elderflower liqueur and layered with sweetened whipped cream. 🍽📚
My 9-year-old *after doing great in swim class this morning*: I consider this day seized.
Beautiful little garden in downtown Lake Geneva, WI today. 🌱
Nothing says 4th of July like s'mores! Say hello to this giant peanut butter skillet s'more inspired by the book HATCHET. wonderlandrecipes.com/2021/12/16/p... 🍽📚
