2025: Historical Pie

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Tuesday November 25, 2025 · 5:30 PM PST

2025/11/25 · 17:30

no image description available — Impressionist AI dinner has no recognizable food, just vaguely surreal ambiance...

^{Tōshi Yoshida: Autumn in Hakone (1954)}

Good evening, Kibitzers!

I hope everyone is set for the holiday, and not needing to travel in some of the exciting weather I’ve seen forecast for various parts of the country this week! Since I live downstairs from the rest of my immediate family now, it makes it a lot easier for them to come to dinner. We are likely to be dining on Friday, to accommodate everyone’s schedule, and I am fine with that, as it gives me additional time to get all my stuff done. It’s not like I was hoping to go out at 3 am that day and line up outside some big box store waiting for bargains.

Many of us have seen Max Miller's series, Tasting History, on YouTube. Here’s the channel — it's one of many that got going during the Covid lockdown. Max found enough devoted audience to allow him to quit his day job when his furlough ended, and continue exploring the history of food by researching and cooking from old and even ancient recipes.

Since there are, by now, a number of Thanksgiving-centered episodes, some of which I hadn't seen, I decided I'd pick some to post today — mostly desserts, but not all. I'm not planning to change my holiday menu just yet, but I must say that there are a few things in here I'd be tempted to try sometime.

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As Youffraita always says: Well?

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As Youffraita always says: Well?

"Pumpion" pie

3 votes

Pumpkin soup

3 votes

Indian pudding

5 votes

Cranberry-apple pie

8 votes

1914 pecan pie

5 votes

Military dinner

0 votes

Hot chocolate

10 votes

Traditional Daily Kos pie

4 votes

📚 The Inoculation Project 11/23/2025: Two Texas Projects

belinda ridgewood

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Sunday November 23, 2025 · 7:00 AM PST

2025/11/23 · 07:00

Banner for The Inoculation Project series, with added caption "Solid science education is the best inoculation against ignorance."

This week, we’re helping two Texas classrooms — a first grade needs books, and a kindergarten needs interactive educational games that can work with a tablet or phone. We hope that readers who support quality public school education will help by sharing or supporting our featured projects.

The Inoculation Project is an ongoing, volunteer effort to crowdfund science, math, and literacy projects for public schools in low-income neighborhoods. As always, our conduit is DonorsChoose, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation that facilitates tax-deductible donations to specific, vetted projects in public schools.

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