by Paul Flannery | Oct 11, 2019 | Cooking, Life Skills, Role Play Gourmet
Summer in the Northern hemisphere may be over, but a great salad evokes memories of the warm at any time of year. Tackling salads, dressings, and marinade, Paul Flannery dons his chef apron and giant D20 to continue to level up your cooking stat. Summer food can get...
by Paul Flannery | Mar 13, 2019 | Cooking, Life Skills, Role Play Gourmet
You walk towards your new work station and slide your hand along its smooth, clean surface. Next to it sits the grill, a molten hot pit, growling like a dragon’s mouth covered in cast iron prison bars. You pick up the nearby wire brush and push it coarsely...
by Paul Flannery | Jan 28, 2019 | Cooking, Life Skills, Role Play Gourmet
Grillardin staggers through the door of the kitchen, sweat pours from his brow as he slumps against the wall for support. He cuts a broken figure, heavily lifting his head to allow his cowed, bloodshot eyes to scan the room. By the state of him, you can tell he is...
by Paul Flannery | Dec 12, 2018 | Cooking, Life Skills, Role Play Gourmet
“Recite for me the three tenets of Mis en place”. Chef does this sometimes. Springs you with questions like they’ll be on some test later. You take a calm breath. You know the answers, don’t you? “Mis en place, meaning ‘Everything in its place’. Set up – keep your...
by Paul Flannery | Nov 28, 2018 | Cooking, Geek Culture, Life Skills, Role Play Gourmet
You are sitting by a small table when you hear the city bells start to sound. The constant, eerie gonging interrupts your reading of “Stack and Drizzle – Food presenting made simple”. The bells seldom ring out and rarely to announce good news. As you contemplate their...
