Category Archives: Pearl

When you have feathers, it can pay off to ramp up the cuteness when you notice your large featherless assistant beginning meal preparations. Here, it actually works in your favor that she only knows how to make two things: steamed veggies (blech), anything that goes in the flat shiny reflective device (the one you lookContinueContinue reading “Day 230: Hot Dog!”

In today’s modern age, many social niceties have been all but forgotten. For example, there is the time-honored practice of making introductions (especially before one party ingests the other). Here, not only is it simply polite to introduce yourself, but you can learn a lot from a name. Author: Shannon Cutts Co-Author: Pearl Cutts p.s. FREEBIE ALERT! ReadContinueContinue reading “Day 229: Crumb Cake Introductions”

When you have feathers and spend lots of time with your featherless flock, being small and round and pear-shaped translates in their eyes as being very cute and pretty. To potential predators, however, it may convey a completely different meaning (mostly having to do with appetizers and/or main courses, depending on the size of the predator and theContinueContinue reading “Day 228: A Very Tall Lookout”

For many (um) seasoned gourmands, the best way to keep your taste buds fresh and on their toes is to rotate dishes. This way, when a dish returns to the regular rotation after a long absence, your palate is clear enough to evaluate it almost as if you were tasting it for the first time!ContinueContinue reading “Day 227: The Return of Millet”

Often famous musicians like to hold what they call “sessions.” In these gatherings, attendees might discuss music, compose music, play music, listen to music, or all of the above. In the same way, famous gourmands sometimes like to hold culinary sessions. Attended only by fellow gourmands (along with the occasional token large featherless photography assistant),ContinueContinue reading “Day 226: The Bagel Sessions”

When featherless beings are young, their older relatives love to entertain them with stories of wish-granting genies in lamps. In this way, young featherless beings learn that if they can find a lamp containing a genie, the genie will grant all their wishes (or at least up to 3 of them). Of course, the “spotting” process gets thatContinueContinue reading “Day 225: Genie of the Lamp”

While it doesn’t happen often, occasionally new applicants who wish to be included in a certain feathery and famous diner’s brunch menu get confused about the application process. For example, say there is an aspiring banana who wishes to apply for the position. Protocol indicates an applicant must be interviewed by the celebrity diner himselfContinueContinue reading “Day 224: Banana in the Round”

An old culinary saying holds that “a watched pot never boils.” Yet the exact opposite saying holds true for a nest. In order to keep it from boiling (a state of affairs that is less than, um, conducive to rearing eggs) you must watch it constantly. As well, the cuter the Nest Watch is, theContinueContinue reading “Day 223: The Nest Watch”

Only the manliest of manbirds have ladders of their very own. This is because a ladder can be hard to defend. Ladders are also a lot of work to take care of. And ladders can come with certain … unique … staffing issues. Author: Shannon Cutts Co-Author: Pearl Cutts p.s. FREEBIE ALERT! Read the introduction & 3ContinueContinue reading “Day 222: Paper Towels in Training”

The 6-plumed bird of paradise is a natural performer. Or at least the manbird is. The ladybird is more of a natural watcher. His responsibilities include preparing the dance floor, cleaning a perch for her, providing the decorations and snacks, AND performing a spectacular dance. Her responsibilities include showing up, watching all of this, and then deciding ifContinueContinue reading “Wet Bird Couture: The Bird of Paradise”