#zesty chef

[thepantyreckless]

God gives his spiciest meatballs to his zestiest of chefs

[badhairedscoundrel]

i'm putting this here for myself since i dont often remember source memories and got a bunch of them suddenly! ! but i think i should share since it might entertain you guys!! when i was at lake summer camp i was hormonal and upset about being transgender (which i think only erica and melvin actually knew about) sobb if anyone asked why i wasn't swimming on certain days i'd just say that i was a little bit tired i remember devouring marshmallows like all the time . . . muffins too . . . george had to stop me since i had consumed an entire bag of marshmallows within like 6 minutes and he was worried that i'd get sick . . . i had brought a lil dolphin plush and one of the blahaj i had too . . good times. . also i had occasionally like.. curled up next to george in his bed cause i really really hated being alone..

[zestyderg]

The broccoli man is back with his bear creature.

Possibly, could joe be defeated by frozen veggies the size of redwood trees? I doubt Joe is giving his kids their proper balanced diet due to his lack of cooking skills.

Spelat and The Broccoli Man can Fix That.

-the broccoli man (chaotic evil)🥦

Welcome back Broccoli Man!

I'm pretty sure Caliosteo has cafeterias or buffets and stuff so the kids aren't relying on Joe for food lol.

I doubt giant frozen veggies would do anything. His vivosaurs can easily destroy those.

[caramhel]

Cuisine - Mexican - Baked Puffy Fish Tacos

[writers-potion]

Describing Food in Writing

I love food. And drinks.

When I think of the HP series, I recall the feasts. Treacle tarts and puddings. Butterbeer. Food trolley on the train and chocolate frogs in the Gryffindor common room.

Foods helps readers engage with the story, so it's good to know how to describe them.

Just one Adjective

There's really no need to go overboard with how a particular food tastes. If it's something that your readers are already familiar with, just add in a small detail.

Are the breakfast eggs yellow or white, clumpy or fluffy? Salty or bland? Grainy or silky?

Just one adjective/detail is enough.

Think of the Character

Take note of each character's palate while you describe. Especially if you're writing in 1st person POV.

Someone in your cast may be a culinary artist and another content with spray cheese.

Food descriptions can reveal a lot about character's personality and lifestyle.

Watch Food Shows

Master Chef. The Great British Baking Show. Aesthetic character baking channel on YouTube.

Food shows usually have a section where they assess/review the food made, which might be helpful.

Recently, I've noticed that 1-minute food reviewers on YT Shorts are pretty good at graphic yet succinct taste descriptions!

Ratatouille

I'm not kidding!

If you ever want to get into the mind of someone who is passionate about food, or need inspiration yourself - check this movie out.

Just watching Remy's passion and the magic of the culinary arts will boost your writer soul with inspiration (or something like it, anyway).

Experience Restaurants

The best research of all is probably experience, so the next time you eat a meal, challenge your palate.

Think about how it looks, tastes, and feels in you mouth.

If possible, try dishes your characters would eat and discern what they would detect. What elements of the disk would your character like?

Some Food Adjectives

Tangy Creamy Crispy Tender Juicy Exquisite Luscious Gourmet Wholesome Delectable Risk Zesty Succulent

Crunchy Greasy Gooey Tart Smoky Savory Marinated Meaty Moist Battered Dainty Homestyle Fudgy

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[ddagent]

"Date"

Aziraphale/Crowley | Chef/Friends to Lovers | FR12 | 2,535 words     Every year, Aziraphale is spoiled on his birthday. This year, he decides to do the same for Crowley. There's only one problem - he's not actually sure when Crowley's birthday is. IT'S MY BIRTHDAY! I hope you all enjoy this little birthday treat, from me to you!

“Crowley, this is scrumptious.”

Aziraphale Fell, restaurant reviewer for The Observer, dabbed at the corners of his mouth with a cream napkin as he savoured the last mouthful of birthday cake. It had been a particular triumph of Crowley’s: light, airy vanilla sponge, zesty lemon buttercream. Gold filigree and an obscene amount of candles. As always, Crowley had lit the cake, sang as off-key as he dared, and waited for Aziraphale to make his birthday wish. He then watched, breath caught, as Aziraphale would take that first slice. Aziraphale never knew why that ridiculous man worried so – everything Crowley ever made was delicious.

“Are you sure it’s alright, Angel?” Crowley checked – for the third time. “I thought maybe the sponge was a little—”

Aziraphale batted away the hand trying to steal his slice of birthday cake. “Leave it, you fiend. It is perfection. As always.”

Continue Reading at AO3

[carldoonan]

This Zesty Li’l Chef says: “At least with Kirby around there’s never any danger of wasted leftovers…” 👨‍🍳🥘🧂

[theshinazugawaslut]

can you rate mha ships? i agreed w/ your kny ship stuff so i'm curious

𝑹𝑨𝑵𝑲𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑴𝑯𝑨 𝑺𝑯𝑰𝑷𝑺 ::

izuku midorya x uraraka ochaco - 7/10

I think it's very over-hated as a ship!

It's initial dynamic was very good but was ruined by Horikoshi's writing but Ochaco is a really sweet girl and I think it's just what someone like Izuku needs!

I don't like how they look somewhat similar though, that's what bothers me!

izuku midoriya x katsuki bakugo - 10/10

I actually don't ship this at all but I still think it's a 10/10 ship

I totally understand where the shippers come from because it's kinda damn obvious lmao

A very over-hated ship, their dynamic is unique, well-written, and special.

izuku midoriya x shoto todoroki - 2/10

They genuinely just seem like very platonic friends

I don't like the ship

It looks like grasshopper x candy cane; I don't like how they look together

I love them individually but together they'd be quite boring

But it's cute in its own way, just not for me

katsuki bakugo x todoroki shoto - infinity/10

I love this ship

This is my most favourite ship in all of fiction

Their dynamic is so good together

The fanfics have such good understanding of both these characters, it's refreshing to see.

The ships fanfics also don't focus a lot on smut because these two characters both require a much deeper level of emotional intimacy to even hold hands.

I love this ship so much.

shoto todoroki x momo yaoyorozu - 0/10

This is like sanekana for me; I absolutely fucking despise this ship

I don't want it anywhere near me

A fucking yawn fest

Individually brilliant characters but together, not so much.

It lacks any sort of dynamic, emotional aspects, they don't even look good together. I'd actually believe they were cousins.

Shoto looks fucking gay to me and Momo needs a much more different man than Shoto.

Not well-written, doesn't work.

katsuki bakugo x camie - 0/10

Get this ship away from me.

Almost as bad as sanekana

I don't know where this ship comes from

It shouldn't be a ship

Looking at both their characters and writing, neither of them would ever like each other romantically. At most, they're gay best friends.

I may write bakugo fics but in reality, he looks fucking zesty.

dabi x hawks - 10/10

I don't care what y'all say, I love this ship, it has so much potential

The way these two speak to each other, their parallels, their dynamic, their designs, the possible tropes is all chef's kiss.

Enemies to lovers, hero x villain, like sign me up

shigaraki x dabi - 10/10

While I don't ship this, I love all the fanfics; it's very interesting and overall, they're super funny together.

Dabi also gaining respect for Shiggy throughout MHA is such a cute thing to me.

mina ashido x eijirou kirishima - 2/10

Random ass ship.

I despise this as well.

They look like two monsters put together.

Mina is so boring for me and while I think it's sweet she inspired Kirishima, her writing overall is very forced for me and perhaps if their story and interactions had been written better, it could've been a possibility.

mina ashido x tokoyami fumikage - 7/10

We don't see much of them.

But I really liked their interactions in the second film!

Not a personal shipper but it's very nice!

eijirou kirishima x katsuki bakugo - 0/10

I don't really like this ship because to me it feels like brothers for me, like brothers in arms/comrades, as if Kirishima taught Katsuki the meaning of friendship. They just remind me of gymbros.

Kind of like a basic trope to me so I don't really enjoy it but I love them platonically!

[shakey-loves]

Give me your best Sunny headcanons . . . I wanna know what you think of him. (And Hearty. I need more of her).

Thanks to your headconons, I can get more of a feel for Sunny.

This man is absolutely foul when it comes to revenge. He'll piss in your food and make everyone hate you.

His main method of attack would be kicking. He's zesty and probably knows ballet, make those legs into weapons!

Anybody tries to leave the house looking like a mess? Get your ass back in here and change!

He has a sweet tooth. Feed him sweets, he might as well be a kitten.

For hobbies besides music.....collecting random objects, like rocks, leaves, anything he finds interesting.

Don't call him or anyone he loves a bitch. If you value your life, just don't.

He's fond of older people because they're usually nicer than people his age.

HeartyHoggy Headconons

She's a talented chef and baker. When she was a piglet, she was the eldest of 12, and was often the one to be the mother.

She raised PickyPiggy on her own because her parents abandoned her when she was young. Picky never really asked because she always saw her as her mother.

She was never married. And she only had one son. She doesn't speak to him anymore.

She didn't trust Hoppy with Picky, because she wasn't Picky's first partner. But she learned quickly that Hoppy's love for Picky is genuine.

She lives on an apple orchard.

She has a bad habit of not believing people when they say they're full. Shell believe you once you pass out on the table.

Her specialties are her apple pies and ciders.

She always needs a taste tester in the kitchen. You better hope you have enough room for the actual meal.

[justagingerwithredhair]

The Blue Moon Ball: Feast

Oh food glorious food, how I've missed you so. My mind tells me to try and maintain my composure, but my body has already taken off to the nearest spread. It looks like cheese, grapes, crackers, veggies, pinwheels, dip, all the typical light snacks one would find at a party. I begin to realize the severity of my starvation when I completely disregard the silverware, electing to take matters into my own hands by skewering the snacks with magically made icicles. Absolutely barbaric, I know. I end up crafting a chilled charcuterie kebab and scarfing it down. Did I look refined? Probably not, but at this point I'm too hungry to care much for manners. Ivory must also be starving because he detaches from my staff and starts picking at the vibrant berries. Where we live, our diets typically consist seafood, root vegetables, grains, and magical flora adapted to the climate of a frozen coast, so this dinner will be a welcome change of pace. After satiating ours stomachs on a base level, I can begin to truly appreciate the spread. The variety is astounding! I start to search for a real meal. I look at the dining table and see it stretched the length of the hall to an almost imperceptible length. At glance, it looks to be an enchantment that causes the room to loop on itself to accommodate every guest. How clever! I walk past the chairs and benches until I can find a spot that is open and somewhat close to Lurien. I let him get away once, not again. After walking for a bit, I finally spot him. He is surrounded by friends, all laughing while eating away merrily. It doesn't seem a seat is open in that particular circle, but one is available close enough to get in his sight. Moving quickly, I slide onto the bench next to a stranger.

My my mouth waters as I take in the options: chicken, pork, beef, lamb, fish, vegetables of all kinds, exotic fruit slices that look perfectly ripe, bread rolls of every variety and, oh be still my heart, CALAMARI! Ivory and I notice at the same time and immediately snatch the plate. Such golden crispy chewy goodness paired with thick zesty sauces. As we bite down, that oh so satisfying first crunch is enough to make the whole night worth it. Forget the waltz music, this is the real symphony we needed. The squid's flesh gives way to our teeth and we munch away blissfully. Calamari has always been our favorite. I'm not much of a chef, so making it ourselves has been... difficult, thus we typically depend on restaurants to get our fix. However tonight has increased my standards tenfold. No calamari will ever top this, not in a million years.

After I scarf down the last piece, I scan the table for something more novel but catch the gaze of the woman to my right (@these-detestable-hands) . She wears some brilliant combination of pirate apparel and ball clothes with a red and white polka dot sash. Though that isn't what stood out to me first. As I locked eyes with her, a horrified visage burned into my memory.

"You monster!" she shuddered in a low and tense tone, "That was my sister you just ate!"

Confounded my eyes finish observing her and spot her hair. Well, it isn't so much hair, but red octopus tentacles growing from her scalp. I immediately put the pieces together, and throw myself into a coughing fit out of shock.

"I'M SO SORRY-- I DIDN'T KNOW--"

As profuse apologies tumble out of me, her shell shocked grimace turns into a delighted grin as she begins to laugh unyielding. She pats my back saying,

"Oh calm down red-head, it was just a joke."

My horror subsides and I begin to chuckle a little which then grows into a contagious laughter I must have gotten from her. We both revel in the absurdity of the moment. As we calm down, she introduces herself,

"The name's Haley."

"Ah! A pleasure to meet you, Haley! My name is Seros. I apologize for the whole 'eating your sister' debacle. Think you can forgive me?"

She expels another hearty laugh. We have a delightful conversation over our meals and the time flies. It's not until we say our momentary goodbyes when I realize I have yet to meet with Lurien. I think I still have time. He seems to be up and mingling now! Ok, time to get some answers.

[ash-and-books]

Rating: 3/5

Book Blurb:

“Filled with decadent descriptions of food,bittersweet rivalries, and zesty romantic tension, Guava and Grudges will have you hungry for more from Alexis Castellanos. A deliciously sweet read!” -Ashley Poston, New York Times best-selling author of The Dead Romantics, The Seven Year Slip, and A Novel Love Story

A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow meets Tweet Cute in this YA romcom about two teens from rival Cuban bakeries who create a recipe for disaster when they start to fall for each other.

Ana Maria Ybarra dreams of becoming a pastry chef. She loves developing new and exciting Cuban-fusion treats in her family's bakery, but her dad refuses to change the menu created by her abuelo decades ago-meanwhile, the rival bakery across the street, Morales Bakery, is thriving with their Instagram-famous desserts.

Ana Maria's only hope to change her dad's mind and save up for culinary school is winning a recipe competition with a social media angle. But then the ultimate distraction shows up in her small town: Miguel, a boy she spent one magical day with six months ago, and who she never thought she'd see again. Ana Maria thinks maybe fate has brought them together again-until she learns the horrible truth. Miguel is a Morales.

An Ybarra cannot be associated with a Morales, let alone fall for one. But when she finds out Miguel is behind the Moraleses' viral success and he offers to help her with the competition, she is so desperate to win she can't turn him down. All she needs to do is keep Miguel at arm's length and make sure their families don't find out. After all, teaming up with Miguel is just business and nothing more…right?

Review:

All her life Ana Maria Ybarra has only two goals: become a pastry chef and make sure to maintain the rivalry between her family's Cuban bakery and the rival bakery across the street owned by the Morales family, the only problem is she's fallen for a Morales herself. Ana Maria wants to become a pastry chef and hopes to help her family's bakery beat their rival neighbor's bakery. She wants to go to culinary school and win a social media competition that would give her the money to do it... and that's beside the fact that she has to break that news to her parents. Yet last summer she met a cute boy named Miguel, that she fell for and to her great surprise he's come to her small town.... and she's discovered that he belongs to the Morales family, her family's sworn enemies. Ana knows it's forbidden for her to be associated with a Morales, let alone have feelings for one, yet when she discovers that Miguel is the one behind the Moraleses' viral success and he wants to help her with her competition... she can't turn him down. Yet the harder she tries to keep him at arm's length the more she can't seem to resist how kind and charming he is. Yet if her family finds out she knows she's going to be in deep trouble. Can she sort out this mess before it explodes? This was an easy read featuring two rival families with a romeo/juliet esque vibe. Ana Maria is determined to make her family happy that it completely clouds her judgement. She's definitely what you'd expect a teen to act like and I feel like it's a cute YA read. Miguel was a really charming an cute romance interest for her and overall, it's a fine read.

Release Date: September 3, 2024

Publication/Blog: Ash and Books (ash-and-books.tumblr.com)

*Thanks Netgalley and Bloomsbury USA Children's Books | Bloomsbury YA for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*

[transwicky]

Fun Rarepairs for everyone:

Tater/Tango (have I mentioned this one before??)

Johnson/Tango (I WILL DIE ON THIS HILL)

Ollie/Johnson/Wicky (THEYD BE SO FUCKING ADORABLE)

Scraps/Guy (I WILL DIE ON THIS HILL ALSO!!)

Thirdy/Guy/Thirdy's Wife (They'd be FUCKING GREAT and the fans would be the. The crazy red string conspiracy board reaction gif/image. It'd be GREAT watching people try to figure their relationship out bc Third and his Wife are MARRIED and are IN LOVE but then WHY DOES GUY AND HIS SON LIVE WITH THEM?!?!)

Tater/Scraps (Tater needs another Ace to fuck besides Kent OK GUYS?!)

Ransom/Tango (Tango would help Ransom with so much work by asking questions ok)

Foxtrot/Lardo

Foxtrot/Shruti

Shruti/Lardo

Foxtrot/Shruti/Lardo (the bad assery would be insane. Nobody would survive them together.)

Shitty/Whiskey (I admit, this one is complete crack)

Chad L/Ollie/Wicky (I'm here for the Drama of Bitty finding out his Fellow Seniors are fucking a Lax Bro)

Chad L/Tango (THE DRAMA OF IT ALL IS GREAT OK. Bitty just texts SMH crying about one of the tadpoles is dating not just a Lax Bro but THE Lax Bro WHERE DID HE GO WRONG?! Plus Whiskey finding out his friend is dating his Lax friend and NOT TELLING HIM?! The chaos it will bring is just. *Chef's kiss)

Guy/Tango (a crack ship that I got serious about. Imagine the Drama. It'd be hilarious and also they'd be cute ok.)

Snowy/Tango/Johnson (GOALIES UNITED!!! Especially since I adopted the Tango Is A Goalie headcanon!!! ITS GREAT)

Poots/Tango (3rd Fave Tango Ship. The pure lack of social understanding between the two. To be discussed further if asked)

Snowy/Guy (It'd be FUN and I have a whole ass au idea for it and it has zesty drama of the misunderstanding kind)

Jack/Guy/Bitty (they have a bucket list and he's a single dad. He's game for a one night stand. Then Woops Feelings Got Caught by all 3. Fun. Zesty. Hilarious when you throw in Guy having a kid)

Carly/Guy (The Homophobic Dickbag Aces Player vs The Queer Player Who WILL Kick Your Ass For Being a Homophobe. The Tension. The drama. I'm here for it all. Especially if you take my headcanons of them both being military vets and WORKED TOGETHER in the military. Hate Sex Becomes Real Sex and the enemies to lovers trope. It's FUN and better than Kent/Carly bc of they're on the Rivalry Teams and Kent and Carly are on the same team. Boo. Boring.)

Kent/Carly (still fucking fun and hilarious and I adore it honestly)

Scraps/Carly (Why not.)

Hops/Tango (The pure joy they would get out of sharing things with each other would be amazing. Tango Doesn't Understand Most Anime but he understood Naruto!!! That was fun!! They're too cute together ok)

Shitty/Snowy (I'm basing this off Snowy being so chill when Jack came out. The Discussions they would have... They would both be at multiple protests together supporting the cause. That's how they meet. It's all downhill from there. Jack is Horrified. Bitty finds it hilarious. Lardo gets embarrassed when the 2 go to an art show of hers and they're Embarrassments Ok.)

That's it that's the list. Enjoy the Chaos I have brought with this list.

[omnipointmuses]

"Well now, for a clumsy, contact lens crushing oaf, you're not a half bad assistant~" Zess T. chuckled as she hefted up your flabby gut with her own pudgy hand and admire her handiwork at turning your physique to that of an immobile, lard ridden blob of a person before letting go of your rolls and letting it plop back down against the ground between your titanic thighs and turned away to stroll over to her sizzling pan while swaying her wide hips with every step, well as much as the mature toad could. With a smug smirk the chunky chef returned after depositing her latest dish onto a plate, a hefty pile of freshly fried mushrooms, flanked with large cups of smooth ranch, zesty mustard, and gut churning chile sauce. with a bit of effort and grunts she climbed up over your rotund gut and rested her plump form against your flabby chest before raising a mushroom up to your lips. "I know it's sad doughy, but this is the last dish I need you to try today, but don't worry old Zess T. has a bunch of recipes for you to try tomorrow so sit tight... not like you can do much else~"

[gingergofastboatsmojito]

Carmy Acid

Disclaimer: This is not a meta, it's more like me freestyling and putting this out there before I forget. I'm gonna go about this from the standpoint of my former area of expertise which has nothing to do with the kitchen, except when it comes to pairing certain drinks with dishes, which I know how to do very well. Since I recently learned that most of the things I used to master are actually practiced by chefs every day in the BOH, I will not shy away now from using this still-not-forgotten cocktail artistry knowledge of mine to get this point across. I'll admit I'm a bit rusty, and it could be somewhat of a stretch, though... But here it goes.

Source: Freepour *shamelessly paraphrased.

From a taste perspective, citrus juices are the perfect natural souring ingredient. They have high acidity and a low sugar content, making them clean, fresh, and sharp.

Even though the flavor is on the whole pleasant – when mixed and balanced with sweetness – it undeniably has a flavor of its own.

This means that when we use it in drinks its flavour will come through whether we want it there or not. This can limit the possibilities of flavor creation, as we have to factor in that citrus character to the final profile of whatever ingredients we are pairing.

In other words: It cannot be paired with any ingredients, it just won't work out. Oops!

Much like the sugars, different acids will display different attributes when it comes to both the intensity of their acidity and how long that acidity will last on the palate.

CITRIC

The obvious place to start here is citric acid. It has a relatively high level of sourness, but it is surprising to see that its taste will dissipate quickly. It has a distinctive zesty vibrancy to it with a sherbety fizz and tingle. While it is of course the primary acid in lemon and lime juice, as well as orange and grapefruit juices for that matter, it is also found in high concentration in many berries and tropical fruits such as pineapple.

Is Carmy acid always in the back of her mind?

Bonus track: Also I have this crazy idea since I came up with this HC about the Beef representing the sex flesh on the show about Syd representing the concord grapes (black grapes) and Carmy being the Beef (Beef consummé).

And the only reason why that is significant when it comes to acidity is this:

So that's why they go together perfectly with the meat because they are sweet but also acidic. Like an Italian chef I know...

[vulcanette]

this zesty winter sadness is really. Wow. Complements to the chef

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