Tag Archives: Cooking

The Squad-Part Twenty

Posted on July 21, 2025 by jenicek

Moving through the area, it was clear it was all farmland. Well, it had been. Too many craters from shelling. It felt desolate, as if this was a part of the world that chewed up and spit out. Echo Company … Continue reading →

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Resolute

Posted on December 30, 2024 by jenicek

“HAPPY NEW YEAR!” they all cried. The bar was filled with cheers, party horns blown, confetti, some kissing, and the certainty that things were about to get a lot better. Harry stood on a chair and announced, “This year I … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Short Stories, Writing | Tagged Books, Change, changes, Cooking, fiction, guitar, Happy New Year's, Holidays, music, New Year's Day, New Years Eve, Promises, Resolute, Resolutions, smart-phone addiction, social, Social anxiety, Travel, vegan, vegetarian, Writing | Comments Off

Sign Here For Adventure-Part Six

Posted on August 26, 2024 by jenicek

After walking for several hours, the three Thanes saw a small clearing on the side of the path and stopped for the night. Vatigern, the Hearty Thane made a point to say that he felt ready to march even further, … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure, Fantasy, Magic, Mysterious, Short Stories, The Borough, Writing | Tagged Abstract, Abusrdist, Borough, Cage, camping, Castle, Cooking, Fantasy, fiction, Forest, Giant, glamping, Keep, Knights, Magic, Park, Peril, Personal Demons, Quest, Racoon, self doubt, Short Story, Surreal, Thane, The Borough, Tower, Treasure, Urban Fantasy, Weapon, Weapons, woods, Writing | Comments Off

Sign Here For Adventure-Part Five

Posted on August 19, 2024 by jenicek

The Giant, who had unruly, hair and beard, both red like polished copper, grinned at them and laughed like thunder. It was chillingly horrible but some part of his brain told him, it was the storm AND this Giant making … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure, Fantasy, Magic, Short Stories, The Borough, Writing | Tagged Abstract, Abusrdist, Baking, Beginning, Bones, Books, Borough, Bread, Cage, Castle, Cooking, Fantasy, fiction, Giant, Keep, Knights, Magic, Park, Peril, Quest, Racoon, Short Story, Surreal, Thane, The Borough, Tower, Treasure, Urban Fantasy, Weapon, Weapons, woods, Writing | Comments Off

Moms Are Magic

Posted on May 13, 2024 by jenicek

Yesterday was my first Mother’s Day since my mom died last fall. It was rough, as were the days leading up to it. I can’t be resentful about the existence of this holiday just because I no longer can celebrate … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Thoughts, Writing | Tagged Cooking, Food, Gratitude, grief, Holidays, Magic, Memories, Mom, Moms, Mother, Mother's Day, Mothers, recipes, Stuffing, Thanksgiving, Turkey, Turkeys | Comments Off

Inheritance-Part Four

Posted on May 22, 2023 by jenicek

The next morning found both Michelangelo and I dressed in shorts and tee-shirts that read, ‘Viva Italy’(for me) and ‘It’s a Buongiorno day’ (for Michelangelo). We accessorized these ensembles with ball caps, brightly colored sunglasses, a New York Jets backpack … Continue reading →

Posted in Horror, Mysterious, Short Stories | Tagged Amalfi Coast, Ancient, arcane, Cooking, cults, danger, Family, Fathers, Food, gods, Horror, Inheritance, Italy, Mysterious, Mystery, Neptune, New Jersey, Olives, pasta, plan, Short Stories, Short Story, shrimp, Sons, Strange, Surreal, Temple, Tourists, vegetable, Wine | Comments Off

Inheritance-Part Three

Posted on May 15, 2023 by jenicek

My father’s letter, continued: I do realize this sounds insane but the truth often does. There are things beyond human understanding that exist. Are they gods? That is the subject of debate amongst scholars. At the end of the day, … Continue reading →

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One Man’s Trash-Part Four

Posted on March 27, 2023 by jenicek

After washing up, Eli entered the kitchen. It was filled with people preparing food. He’d never seen that before or even conceived of it as an activity. Up to very recently, all the food he ate was processed and sealed … Continue reading →

Posted in Cyberpunk, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Solarpunk | Tagged Cooking, Cyberpunk, Deserving, Escape, Family, Food, Garbage, Hand To Mouth, Happiness, Kindness, Lies, Lying, Recycling, Scavenging, Science Fiction, Self worth, Short Stories, Short Story, Solarpunk, Suspicious, Trash, Treasure, Trust | Comments Off

Quite Able-Part Three

Posted on February 20, 2023 by jenicek

If you can imagine being slurped up like pasta, then you have a vague idea of what falling into a bowl of fractal noodles is like. There is also a disorientating sensation of falling into and out of oneself. Also … Continue reading →

Posted in Fantasy, Short Stories | Tagged Abusrdist, Adventure, Borough, Chef, Cooking, Food, fractal, Gastromancy, Gastronomy, ineffable, Kitchen, Knives, Magic, market, noodles, pocket universe, Quest, rescue, salt, Seasoning, seasonsing, Short Stories, Short Story, Silence, spice, spices, Surreal | Comments Off

Quite Able-Part One

Posted on February 19, 2023 by jenicek

The Feast of the Fringe was in three days’ time and Vanessa was very, very, trepidatious. Not cooking for the feast, that was the high light of the spring season, and she had been doing that with her father since … Continue reading →

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