Nettle Leaf Designs
SCA Arts by THL Christina O'Cleary

Pulling pork for Gely The story behind the 12th Night Feast. Charles Fleming put together a wonderful menu, ran a test feast, had everything organized. Tuesday before the event one of his main sous chefs came down with something. I volunteered to help out. On Thursday, Charles & his lady both confirmed exposure and contagious and had to step back. A backup was found. On Friday morning, that backup ALSO got whatever has been plaguing the cooks of Windmaster's Hill. Our eventua

I did a lot this year. Starting strong, I was the Event Steward for 12th Night in January. That event held a few of my favorite moments of this year, including this one. It was an absolutely silly conversation in hushed tones in the middle of court with Her Majesty. In February I taught my redaction class at Winter University. Andrei went to Celebration - Babur and fought. In March, we made the trek down to Raleigh to go to KASF and up to Spotsy for Defending the Gate. In Apr

We generally make a dish that goes all out for Thanksgiving. Something new and different every year. This year it was the Mushroom Wellington from the New York Times. The recipe is long, complicated and has many multiple part steps. To make it even more fun, my husband decided to make gluten-free rough puff pastry. He later found out it could have bought it. In the end, we ended up with a delicious wellington that didn't quite get the puff we wanted. I'm blaming that on the