This weekend, The Geeky Hostess celebrated its three-year anniversary. I’ve had a blast over the last three years writing and learning about cooking, entertaining, and etiquette, and finding fun ways to inject a bit of personality into it all. This year, The Geeky Hostess will be moving beyond just […]
Tag: Recipes
Text Adventure Party
Last week, I gathered some of my gaming-loving friends together for a Text Adventure Party. Yes, a party based on those text adventure games from the 80’s. The activities of the night centered around playing Parsely, a live-action game based on the text adventures. We started with Action Castle, which […]
Friday Favorites: March 22
It’s time for some more Friday Favorites! These are things I’ve personally been loving this week. Check it out and let me know in the comments what your favorites of the week have been! Graphic Novel: Husbands You may have seen the web series. You may have read the individual […]
Your Nerdy Bartenders: Secret of the Booze
Need a nerdy cocktail for your next party? Check out Secret of the Booze, a fantastic series on YouTube. Appropriately, their first drink was a TMNT-inspired Mutagen Cocktail. Start with that, stay for drinks from fandoms such as Iron Man, Die Hard, and LOTR. Yum!
Doctor Who Cookbook
You thought you were a Doctor Who fan? Check out Chris-Rachael Oseland. Her unauthorized Doctor Who cookbook, “Dining With The Doctor,” has a different recipe based on each episode of the first six seasons of the reboot (starting in 2005). The recipes vary from a cocktail served in an […]
Meatloaf Cupcakes
We’ve all had cupcakes for dinner before. It’s late, you’re lazy, the cupcake is just right there, with its sweet buttercream frosting calling out to you… But did you know you could make cupcakes for dinner that are actually (relatively) healthy? Oh, my dear readers, it’s so true and so […]
24 Hours of Cooking: Health Potion
It was late. We had been playing games and cooking for 18 hours, and we were exhausted. Enter: Health Potion! Health Potion is NOT healthy. At all. But it is full of sugar and caffeine and is quite tasty. Enjoy cautiously. Ingredients: 1 packet of Tropical Punch Kool-Aid 1/4 […]
24 Hours of Cooking: Sandvich
At this point in Extra Life, we were gaming for four hours and feeling pretty good. I know we needed a meal that would sustain us, but not make us too full or tired. The “sandvich” from Team Fortress 2 seemed like a perfect option. Meat, cheese, veggies, a […]
24 Hours of Cooking: Yoshi Egg Scramble
This past weekend, I spent 24 hours cooking video game-themed food while my friends and I played video games for Extra Life. The first dish I made, at 9am that morning, was a Yoshi Egg Scramble with applewood bacon and apples on the side. It was healthy, delicious, and […]
Sauceome Comics
I’m sticking with the “Comic Recipes” and “Awesome people I met at SDCC” theme for today. Have you been to Sauceome? (It rhymes with “awesome.”) Sarah Becan updates the blog regularly with cute comics featuring various recipes, food facts, and other whims, and I’m in love. How can you not […]