‘Tis the season. Roasting green chile is (nearly) in the air. Makes me want to swing by El Modelo to stock up the freezer.

Yeah, looks closer to red chile to me, but the lines blur a lot around these parts

Holds it together while it cooks, so probably both in this instance

Glizzy guzzles you?

No way this doesn’t end poorly. I’m envisioning the SOL laser from Akira.

Thanks for the reminder, the markdown on mobile caches me sideways if I’m not paying attention (which is more often than not)

I’ve personally never seen it. It looks pretty interesting from the overview. At first glance, it seems there is a very plausible argument for it being considered sci-fi. I feel like there might be a 12 Monkeys sort of vibe to it. Nice suggestion, thanks!

Excellent mention of 13th floor and moon. Patlabor too. Nice!

Excellent mention of the og Mario brothers. Dark city too. Well done!

IMDB Natural City

I was running a video rental store at the time and discovered it as one of our new release foreign titles.

For me would have to be:

Johnny Mnemonic

District 9

Mars Attacks

Natural City

Pacific Rim

*Edit to add 12 Monkeys

Naturally, I didn’t take notes when I made them. I’m pretty sure I stayed mostly in the mulling spices range: allspice, black peppercorns, clove, cardamom. I’m pretty sure I put in a few coriander and mustard seeds too. Could always add in some cinnamon or nutmeg/mace. Also pretty sure I used plain distilled white vinegar, but I bet apple cider vinegar would be an interesting variation.

They made a nice accompaniment to charcuterie and even ice cream.