April 2025
Although today is, in fact, our cats' birthday, this dessert was not for them. Kristin had a birthday in March, and we celebrated with a dinner at the new local steakhouse, where they have really good desserts. This one is the Chocolate Flower. In the background, you can see Donald's Niveaux de Chocolat. The steaks are unfortunately a bit hit or miss, with the kitchen prone to overcooking them. We did appreciate that they stick a candle and placard on the dessert of your choice instead of gathering staff around your table for an awkward rendition of "Happy Birthday" and foisting an unwanted cupcake on you. We're still hard at work reading the stories submitted in January. As of last Wednesday, 81 out of 257 were still unread, 9 had been read by one of us but not the other, and 7 had advanced to our short list. Please consider helping us meet our next Patreon funding target! Right now, we're at $259/month. If we're at $275/month in late May when we make ou...
