Author: Patrick Higingbotham

Plot Thickeners—Beginnings & Transitions

Plot Thickeners—Beginnings & Transitions

Reading Time: 2 minutesBeginnings & Transitions was the first issue of Plot Thickeners I published on DMs Guild. Adventure hooks are a dime a dozen and, if you get down to it, unnecessary. The fact that a dungeon teeming with monsters and treasures even exists may be a … [continue reading]

Otik’s Spiced Potatoes Original Recipe Sucks

Otik’s Spiced Potatoes Original Recipe Sucks

Reading Time: 7 minutesLast year, I wrote about our take on Otik’s Spiced Potatoes original recipe. That was before I realized that Kyle Newman, Jon Peterson, and Michael Witwer would be publishing Heroes’ Feast: The Official D&D Cookbook. Even when I learned of its publication, Otik didn’t enter my … [continue reading]

Otik’s Spiced Potatoes

Otik’s Spiced Potatoes

Reading Time: 3 minutesIn some quaint part of some remote world exists a curious man named Otik. An itinerant traveler once asked Tasmin to make him some of Otik’s Spiced Potatoes. As well-traveled as the man was, he was sorely lacking in the nuances of recreating recipes from … [continue reading]

Pandemic Bread

Pandemic Bread

Reading Time: 2 minutesDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, I found myself drawn, time and time again, to my pantry. The previous day, I had made some Strawberry Jalapeño Jam in a desperate attempt to salvage some produce before it spoiled. Now I needed something to spread it on. I … [continue reading]

Strawberry Jalapeño Jam

Strawberry Jalapeño Jam

Reading Time: 2 minutesI had strawberries and jalapeños in danger of going bad, and I love the juxtaposition of sweet and spicy. Strawberry Jalapeño Jam seemed like a no-brainer. Using chiles in recipes can be hit or miss for some people because the heat is often inconsistent. I … [continue reading]