My Dad used to make this for amateur chili cook-offs. I’ve made a few changes to the recipe, as well as scaling it down from the very large cook-off-sized batch my Dad’s original made. If you’re making it at home,…
Month: July 2013
Dr Who: The Face of Evil
The TARDIS lands on an unnamed planet, where the members of a primitive tribe called the Sevateem all recognize the Doctor as “The Evil One.” It seems they have good reason: the Doctor’s face is carved into the side of…
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Planning the Invasion
Ever since my first novel was accepted for publication, I’ve had a self-imposed deadline on completion of my second: the finished manuscript must be in my agent’s hands by the same day the first novel ships. That day arrives on…
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Dr Who: The Deadly Assassin
For the first time in the series’ history, a Dr Who story is set on the Doctor’s home planet of Gallifrey. We’ve seen the Time Lord planet before, in the Doctor’s trial at the end of The War Games and…
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Dr Who: The Hand of Fear
Caught in an explosion after landing on present-day Earth, Sarah comes across what appears to be a fossilized human hand but which the Doctor soon realizes is a still-living fragment of a silicon-based alien life form. Soon Sarah has fallen…
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Dr Who: The Masque of Mandragora
Season 14 opens with one of the lesser outings for this era of Dr Who, but here in the midst of the Golden Age that’s barely a criticism: it’s still a great episode I wouldn’t hesitate to show any non-fan…
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How About a Recipe?
When I set up this blog, I didn’t think of my cooking hobby as one of the things I’d likely include here. But it’s not like the blog is overcrowded at the moment. In fact I’m holding back a number…
