Marvel: To The Heart by kyburg
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Fandom: Marvel Comics, MCU
Pairings/Characters: Kamala Khan, Tony Stark, Sam Wilson,
Rating: Not rated
Length: 5k
Creator Links:
kyburg
Theme: food, trauma, team, characters of color
Summary:
It's a service day at the Masjid. Lentils, rice and everything nice.
What isn't nice are some the memories.
Good people make you their friend. Good friends know how to get to the heart of the matter.
Reccer's Notes: This is about the Avengers meeting Kamala Khan, Ms. Marvel. But it's also about friendship, and trauma, and memory, and moving on.
Fanwork Links: To The Heart
Pairings/Characters: Kamala Khan, Tony Stark, Sam Wilson,
Rating: Not rated
Length: 5k
Creator Links:
Theme: food, trauma, team, characters of color
Summary:
It's a service day at the Masjid. Lentils, rice and everything nice.
What isn't nice are some the memories.
Good people make you their friend. Good friends know how to get to the heart of the matter.
Reccer's Notes: This is about the Avengers meeting Kamala Khan, Ms. Marvel. But it's also about friendship, and trauma, and memory, and moving on.
Fanwork Links: To The Heart
SGA: Devil's Food by trophic
Sep. 30th, 2025 12:22 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters/Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Rating: Explicit
Length: 2696
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply
Creator Links: trophic on AO3
Themes: Food and cooking, Established relationship, Humor, Just plain fun
Summary: John wants a cupcake. Rodney wants a blowjob.
Reccer's Notes: This story focuses on UST between John and a cupcake which Rodney uses in a light dom/sub scene to wind John up. It's funny, very hot, and features a nicely pouty, turned-on John, a deviously masterful Rodney, and a delicious cupcake.
Fanwork Links: Devil's Food on AO3
and there's a podfic: Devil's Food [podfic]
Characters/Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Rating: Explicit
Length: 2696
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply
Creator Links: trophic on AO3
Themes: Food and cooking, Established relationship, Humor, Just plain fun
Summary: John wants a cupcake. Rodney wants a blowjob.
Reccer's Notes: This story focuses on UST between John and a cupcake which Rodney uses in a light dom/sub scene to wind John up. It's funny, very hot, and features a nicely pouty, turned-on John, a deviously masterful Rodney, and a delicious cupcake.
Fanwork Links: Devil's Food on AO3
and there's a podfic: Devil's Food [podfic]
due South: Dinner and a Movie by Seascribble
Sep. 29th, 2025 11:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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Fandom: due South
Characters/Pairings: Ray Kowalski/Ray Vecchio, Ray Kowalski/Ray Vecchio/Benton Fraser
Rating: Mature
Length: 1878
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply
Creator Links: seascribble on AO3
Themes: Food and cooking, Polyamory, Domestic, Friends to Lovers
Summary: Benton has no reason to think anything in Chicago has changed during his absence.
Reccer's Notes: There's not a lot of food in this, but the Rays do make Benton dinner - even if it turns out that Ben's the main course. Some excellent Ray/Ray banter, a sensible discussion, UST finally requited, and a very hopeful ending. Fun, hot, and heartwarming - and the food sounded tasty, too!
Fanwork Links: Dinner and a Movie
Characters/Pairings: Ray Kowalski/Ray Vecchio, Ray Kowalski/Ray Vecchio/Benton Fraser
Rating: Mature
Length: 1878
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply
Creator Links: seascribble on AO3
Themes: Food and cooking, Polyamory, Domestic, Friends to Lovers
Summary: Benton has no reason to think anything in Chicago has changed during his absence.
Reccer's Notes: There's not a lot of food in this, but the Rays do make Benton dinner - even if it turns out that Ben's the main course. Some excellent Ray/Ray banter, a sensible discussion, UST finally requited, and a very hopeful ending. Fun, hot, and heartwarming - and the food sounded tasty, too!
Fanwork Links: Dinner and a Movie
Hawkeye: Slice of Life by aimmyarrowshigh
Sep. 27th, 2025 10:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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Fandom: Hawkeye, MCU
Pairings/Characters: Clint Barton, Kate Bishop, Bucky Barnes
Rating: teen
Length: 5k
Creator Links:
aimmyarrowshigh
Theme: food, team,
Summary:
“I’m not saying you need to decide right now. Or any time soon. But someday, you might want to walk away. And you’re luckier than most of the… superheroes… that I’ve ever known because you know what normal looks like. You know how to be normal. You can go back to normal if it’s what you want. And I know it’s not what you want right now, and I respect that, but I’m glad that it’s an option.”
Or, Clint and Kate challenge each other to prove they're the better New Yorker because they know the best food spots. Truths about superhero life and life in general come out along the way as they eat through the five boroughs.
Reccer's Notes: I love the humor and the support, and the way Clint mentors Kate.
Fanwork Links: Slice of Life
Pairings/Characters: Clint Barton, Kate Bishop, Bucky Barnes
Rating: teen
Length: 5k
Creator Links:
Theme: food, team,
Summary:
“I’m not saying you need to decide right now. Or any time soon. But someday, you might want to walk away. And you’re luckier than most of the… superheroes… that I’ve ever known because you know what normal looks like. You know how to be normal. You can go back to normal if it’s what you want. And I know it’s not what you want right now, and I respect that, but I’m glad that it’s an option.”
Or, Clint and Kate challenge each other to prove they're the better New Yorker because they know the best food spots. Truths about superhero life and life in general come out along the way as they eat through the five boroughs.
Reccer's Notes: I love the humor and the support, and the way Clint mentors Kate.
Fanwork Links: Slice of Life
Batman: Scheherazade by Cerusee
Sep. 27th, 2025 10:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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Fandom: Batman
Pairings/Characters: Jason Todd, Alfred Pennyworth
Rating: Gen
Length: 12k
Creator Links:
Cerusee
Theme: food, trauma, family, angst,
Summary:
Alfred angles himself so he can stir the diced pancetta, sizzling away in the pan, and watch Jason at the same time. “You’ve never shared the particulars of your…missing years.”
"Yeah.” The rhythmic thunk thunk of the knife against the wood falters. “The missing years."
"I wish you would.”
Or, the one where Alfred drags the tale of Jason’s death and resurrection out of him piece by horrifying piece.
Reccer's Notes: There are a lot of stories about Jason reconciling with his family and them learning all the things that happened to him from his death and resurrection onwards. This has a lovely focus on Alfred, and the trauma that Jason suffered, and their relationship
Fanwork Links: Scheherazade
Pairings/Characters: Jason Todd, Alfred Pennyworth
Rating: Gen
Length: 12k
Creator Links:
Theme: food, trauma, family, angst,
Summary:
Alfred angles himself so he can stir the diced pancetta, sizzling away in the pan, and watch Jason at the same time. “You’ve never shared the particulars of your…missing years.”
"Yeah.” The rhythmic thunk thunk of the knife against the wood falters. “The missing years."
"I wish you would.”
Or, the one where Alfred drags the tale of Jason’s death and resurrection out of him piece by horrifying piece.
Reccer's Notes: There are a lot of stories about Jason reconciling with his family and them learning all the things that happened to him from his death and resurrection onwards. This has a lovely focus on Alfred, and the trauma that Jason suffered, and their relationship
Fanwork Links: Scheherazade
DS9: Hunger Pangs, by AuroraNova
Sep. 27th, 2025 10:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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Fandom: Deep Space Nine
Pairings/Characters: Kira Nerys
Rating: Gen
Length: 871 words
Creator Links:
AuroraNova
Theme: food and cooking, worldbuilding, trauma & recovery, old fandoms, gen, female characters, backstory
Summary: Starfleet personnel mistake minor inconveniences for real suffering. Kira knows the difference all too well.
Reccer's Notes: This is short, but it packs a punch and explores the differences in perspective between Kira and the rest of the command staff in a very visceral way.
Fanwork Links: Hunger Pangs
Pairings/Characters: Kira Nerys
Rating: Gen
Length: 871 words
Creator Links:
Theme: food and cooking, worldbuilding, trauma & recovery, old fandoms, gen, female characters, backstory
Summary: Starfleet personnel mistake minor inconveniences for real suffering. Kira knows the difference all too well.
Reccer's Notes: This is short, but it packs a punch and explores the differences in perspective between Kira and the rest of the command staff in a very visceral way.
Fanwork Links: Hunger Pangs
Sherlock: you are what you eat (and you know what that is) by coloredink
Sep. 27th, 2025 12:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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Fandom: Sherlock BBC
Pairings/Characters: Sherlock/John
Rating: Mature
Length: 3044 words
Creator Links:
coloredink
Theme: Food and cooking
Summary: He just wanted John right down to the amino acids that made up his body, and he wanted them in his own body.
Content notes: Cannibalism. Sort of.
Reccer's Notes: This fic exemplifies what I loved about Sherlock fandom: the potential to explore rather uncommon ideas and concepts of love. Like Sherlock wanting to actually consume a physical part of John because he loves John so much. Coloredink is a fantastic writer on the sentence level, and they perfectly capture the energy of the Sherlock/John dynamic while also being funny as hell.
Fanwork Links: you are what you eat (and you know what that is)
Pairings/Characters: Sherlock/John
Rating: Mature
Length: 3044 words
Creator Links:
Theme: Food and cooking
Summary: He just wanted John right down to the amino acids that made up his body, and he wanted them in his own body.
Content notes: Cannibalism. Sort of.
Reccer's Notes: This fic exemplifies what I loved about Sherlock fandom: the potential to explore rather uncommon ideas and concepts of love. Like Sherlock wanting to actually consume a physical part of John because he loves John so much. Coloredink is a fantastic writer on the sentence level, and they perfectly capture the energy of the Sherlock/John dynamic while also being funny as hell.
Fanwork Links: you are what you eat (and you know what that is)
Leverage: simple machines, by vexedquestion
Sep. 27th, 2025 12:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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Fandom: Leverage
Pairings/Characters: Alec Hardison/Parker/Eliot Spencer
Rating: M
Length: 61264 word long series (first work with 20345 words, second with 40919)
Creator Links:
vexedquestion
Theme: food & cooking, bisexual/pansexual characters, polyamory, series
Summary:
part 1: you do not have to be good.
Come hell or high water, Eliot is going to figure this out.
part 2: your place in the family of things
He's here, he's queer, he's sort of getting used to it, or, Eliot realizes that he still has some work to do on understanding himself. With bonus new!team members.
Reccer's Notes:
This story features an Eliot Spencer who might have, in the back of his mind, known that he wasn't fully straight, but didn't let it sink in until he got close to having a relationship with Parker and Hardison. Growing up with the background homophobia of his childhood, and then the Don't Ask, Don't Tell of the military, he didn't think about it, didn't apply labels such as "bisexual" to himself. So realizing that he indeed wants a relationship with Parker and with Hardison leads to some serious reconsidering and soul-searching as he works through that. It is very much a "coming out later in life" story. The first part focuses on coming out to himself and his partners, and the second part focuses on finding his place in the wider queer community.
These stories feature a copious amount of food metaphors in the likes of "bretzels", actually co-owning a brewpub, and Eliot working through his feelings in late-night visits to the kitchen, and showing Parker and Hardison he loves them by cooking them food. The second part of the series especially is set in the brewpub as kind of a home base and develops the location as a legit place of business. For example Eliot creates longdrinks for the pub that convey his feelings, and they each are described at the end of chapter, it's delightful.
I like how the story portrays it as a multidimensional three-way-relationship: Each of the duos have their own relationship, and also the three of them function together in a way that's different than their two-way-relationships. Much like in canon, actually. Eliot is the POV character, and he has important scenes with Parker along, with Hardison alone, and with them both.
The first part is about figuring out how they work as a relationship together, about Eliot figuring out his queerness in relation to Parker and Hardison. The second part is about how that interacts with the outside world, portrayed through some very nicely flashed out side characters from the brewpub as well as another group of (rather young, very queer) criminals they're recruiting. In the second part especially, the focus is on their polyamory in that outsiders learn about it, and especially Eliot learns to show his love for his people.
Fanwork Links:
simple machines series link, ao3-locked
you do not have to be good. part one, ao3-locked
your place in the family of thingspart two, ao3-locked
Pairings/Characters: Alec Hardison/Parker/Eliot Spencer
Rating: M
Length: 61264 word long series (first work with 20345 words, second with 40919)
Creator Links:
Theme: food & cooking, bisexual/pansexual characters, polyamory, series
Summary:
part 1: you do not have to be good.
Come hell or high water, Eliot is going to figure this out.
part 2: your place in the family of things
He's here, he's queer, he's sort of getting used to it, or, Eliot realizes that he still has some work to do on understanding himself. With bonus new!team members.
Reccer's Notes:
Bisexual/pansexual Characters
This story features an Eliot Spencer who might have, in the back of his mind, known that he wasn't fully straight, but didn't let it sink in until he got close to having a relationship with Parker and Hardison. Growing up with the background homophobia of his childhood, and then the Don't Ask, Don't Tell of the military, he didn't think about it, didn't apply labels such as "bisexual" to himself. So realizing that he indeed wants a relationship with Parker and with Hardison leads to some serious reconsidering and soul-searching as he works through that. It is very much a "coming out later in life" story. The first part focuses on coming out to himself and his partners, and the second part focuses on finding his place in the wider queer community.
Food & Cooking
These stories feature a copious amount of food metaphors in the likes of "bretzels", actually co-owning a brewpub, and Eliot working through his feelings in late-night visits to the kitchen, and showing Parker and Hardison he loves them by cooking them food. The second part of the series especially is set in the brewpub as kind of a home base and develops the location as a legit place of business. For example Eliot creates longdrinks for the pub that convey his feelings, and they each are described at the end of chapter, it's delightful.
Polyamory
I like how the story portrays it as a multidimensional three-way-relationship: Each of the duos have their own relationship, and also the three of them function together in a way that's different than their two-way-relationships. Much like in canon, actually. Eliot is the POV character, and he has important scenes with Parker along, with Hardison alone, and with them both.
The first part is about figuring out how they work as a relationship together, about Eliot figuring out his queerness in relation to Parker and Hardison. The second part is about how that interacts with the outside world, portrayed through some very nicely flashed out side characters from the brewpub as well as another group of (rather young, very queer) criminals they're recruiting. In the second part especially, the focus is on their polyamory in that outsiders learn about it, and especially Eliot learns to show his love for his people.
Fanwork Links:
simple machines series link, ao3-locked
you do not have to be good. part one, ao3-locked
your place in the family of thingspart two, ao3-locked
Star Trek: Amok Time Cake, by jb612 and violetnebula19
Sep. 23rd, 2025 08:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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Fandom: Star Trek: The Original Series
Characters/Pairings: James T. Kirk's nipples
Rating: Not rated, but G+ for fondant nipples
Creator Link:
jb612 &
violetnebula19
Theme: Food & Cooking, (Not Really) Character Death
Summary: A birthday cake.
Reccer's Notes: Our founder
jerakeen once lamented that we hadn't ever had a fancake recced on the comm. Now that we've had The Untamed cupcakes, it reminded me I've had this rec sitting in my drafts for literal years, so: Please enjoy this beautifully rendered cake of James T. Kirk's nipple window as seen on TV in the episode Amok Time, 1967.
Fanwork Link: Star Trek Amok Time Cake
Characters/Pairings: James T. Kirk's nipples
Rating: Not rated, but G+ for fondant nipples
Creator Link:
Theme: Food & Cooking, (Not Really) Character Death
Summary: A birthday cake.
Reccer's Notes: Our founder
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Fanwork Link: Star Trek Amok Time Cake
due South: Sunday Dinner by ArtConundrum (SpaceTimeConundrum)
Sep. 23rd, 2025 01:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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Fandom: due South
Characters/Pairings: Benton Fraser, Ray Vecchio, Diefenbaker, Francesca Vecchio, Ma Vecchio, Vecchio family
Rating: Gen
Length: three-panel comic
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply
Creator Links: ArtConundrum (SpaceTimeConundrum) on AO3
Themes: Food and cooking, Family, Domestic
Summary: Dinner at the Vecchio house is always an adventure.
Reccer's Notes: An excellent set of panels with Dief and Ma Vecchio cooking, Fraser feeding the smallest Vecchio, and all of them at the dinner table. It's cheerfully domestic and perfectly captures the warm chaos of a Vecchio family dinner.
Fanwork Links: Sunday Dinner
Characters/Pairings: Benton Fraser, Ray Vecchio, Diefenbaker, Francesca Vecchio, Ma Vecchio, Vecchio family
Rating: Gen
Length: three-panel comic
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply
Creator Links: ArtConundrum (SpaceTimeConundrum) on AO3
Themes: Food and cooking, Family, Domestic
Summary: Dinner at the Vecchio house is always an adventure.
Reccer's Notes: An excellent set of panels with Dief and Ma Vecchio cooking, Fraser feeding the smallest Vecchio, and all of them at the dinner table. It's cheerfully domestic and perfectly captures the warm chaos of a Vecchio family dinner.
Fanwork Links: Sunday Dinner
SGA: A Place On The Corner by Cesare, anatsuno
Sep. 23rd, 2025 12:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters/Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, Ronon Dex, Teyla Emmagan, Radek Zelenka, Elizabeth, Carson, and other Stargate characters
Rating: General (later works in the series are explicit)
Length: 8467
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply
Creator Links: Cesare on AO3, anatsuno on AO3, rhea314 on AO3, rhea314 on Audiofic Archive
Themes: Food and cooking, Friendship, Friends to Lovers, Series, Comfortfic, Complete AU
Summary: Grounded by an injury, John Sheppard leaves the Air Force and, at loose ends, takes up running the bakery he inherited from his mother's family in Colorado Springs.
Reccer's Notes:
This is the first story in a long series called Foster's Bakery. It's a "coffee shop" AU in which John's a baker, and Rodney is of course drawn in by the coffee he serves and becomes a friend, and then a lot more. The relationship is established in this initial fic, and is deepened in later stories in the series. It's a charming story, with the usual Stargate characters as regulars at the bakery - Radek even does a bit of matchmaking. The whole series is very much recommended.
Fanwork Links: A Place On The Corner, and the podfic read by
rhea314 is here
Characters/Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, Ronon Dex, Teyla Emmagan, Radek Zelenka, Elizabeth, Carson, and other Stargate characters
Rating: General (later works in the series are explicit)
Length: 8467
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply
Creator Links: Cesare on AO3, anatsuno on AO3, rhea314 on AO3, rhea314 on Audiofic Archive
Themes: Food and cooking, Friendship, Friends to Lovers, Series, Comfortfic, Complete AU
Summary: Grounded by an injury, John Sheppard leaves the Air Force and, at loose ends, takes up running the bakery he inherited from his mother's family in Colorado Springs.
Reccer's Notes:
This is the first story in a long series called Foster's Bakery. It's a "coffee shop" AU in which John's a baker, and Rodney is of course drawn in by the coffee he serves and becomes a friend, and then a lot more. The relationship is established in this initial fic, and is deepened in later stories in the series. It's a charming story, with the usual Stargate characters as regulars at the bakery - Radek even does a bit of matchmaking. The whole series is very much recommended.
Fanwork Links: A Place On The Corner, and the podfic read by
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