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Chef🎃Bruso🦇👻🍂🌰 @brusowrites.bsky.social · 18h

Today’s rear window: Remnants of an I of a hurricane — Isaias brings back memories of Isabel in 2003. My wife & I had to get out & push our Jeep through floodwaters in early morning hours on our way to make sure the restaurant was okay. It was fine. It never lost electricity. Everyone else did

The window has been water blasted for hours yet you can see a very gray sky, bare fields, some scattered trees, asphalt, grass & a wet red shed

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Chef🎃Bruso🦇👻🍂🌰 @brusowrites.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

This all began as a craving for a PB&J… Next thing you know I’m folding eggs around Swiss cheese, mushrooms & ham. Listening to Josh Ritter’s The Animal Years

The omelette described, skillet potatoes with chives & chili crisp & sautéed scrapple. There is a toasted English muffin sitting open face, one with peanut butter the other with strawberry preserves. The peanut butter jar & jam glass are seen with a lemon soda in between

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Chef🎃Bruso🦇👻🍂🌰 @brusowrites.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Today’s rear window: I live an hour from the Appalachians & yet it’s been decades since I’ve seen the foothills. As a younger man, I ventured into the wilderness of that range. I’ve hiked the Maryland stretch of the AT several times. The air this morning smelled of the mountains, unlike yesterday.

A thin sheen of clouds with plenty of blue throughout over bare fields & trees along a stream. A tap dancing stag is in the distance. Shaded driveway, grass & the side of a red wooden shed also visible

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Chef🎃Bruso🦇👻🍂🌰 @brusowrites.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Friday, eh? I’ve got Big Thief’s Double Infinity on

A pepperoni & ham flatbread pizza, crinkle cut fries & a side of ketchup

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Chef🎃Bruso🦇👻🍂🌰 @brusowrites.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

That’s kinda cool! I have a closet rod over the machines & I just hung it

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Chef🎃Bruso🦇👻🍂🌰 @brusowrites.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Today’s rear window: You can’t see it, but yesterday these fields were fortified. So, for the next 48 hours-ish I get that fuzzy feeling smell of manure permeating everything. All of this beauty takes shit to keep it going. Out here in nature they practice Shitfielding.

Golden brown empty fields under a brilliant blue sky. There is a stag tree on the horizon with a row of small trees along a creek running horizontally across the midsection. Driveway, grass & the side to a red wooden shed also visible

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Chef🎃Bruso🦇👻🍂🌰 @brusowrites.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The sauce post will come later ~ for now it’s tacos birrias!! I put John Denver’s Windsong on for dinner, thanks 😊 @sicburns2.bsky.social

2 tacos Birrias with a sprig of cilantro, 3 chicken tamales with roast poblano pepper & a small teal bowl has pinto beans. Clockwise, from top of the plate ~ a Samuel Adams Oktoberfest, cup of birria juice, minced onion & cilantro & lime wedges

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Chef🎃Bruso🦇👻🍂🌰 @brusowrites.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Today’s rear window: “you remember that time…” is a phrase I wish I would receive a response to, but I only end up with a soliloquy, knowing full well how impossible it is to have that memory shared. My nostalgia from 1993-2023 cannot be intrinsically shared & I think I might be ok with that

Crystal clear blue sky over empty fields. Your stag tree in the distance has not lept yet. There are trees lining a stream between fields. Driveway, grass & the side of a red wooden shed also visible

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Chef🎃Bruso🦇👻🍂🌰 @brusowrites.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Today’s rear window: It was in the 30’s this morning for the first time since before the corn was planted. The fields are healing. A constant low hum from the mill only becomes noticeable when it pauses. Truck-quakes rattle this window hourly, from sunrise until well into the night.

Early morning light over bare fields under a brilliant blue sky. A tree in the distance is attempting to prance away. There are trees along a stream & a larger tree behind a red shed is beginning to turn yellow. Grass & pavement also visible

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Chef🎃Bruso🦇👻🍂🌰 @brusowrites.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The kitchen smells faintly of a Thai restaurant between the sesame oil & star anise. There is an ethereal layer of egg on the flounder… Listening to Aoife O’Donovan’s In the Magic Hour

Flounder “francaise” topped with lime zest, chiffonade cilantro & crispy honey shallots, roast asparagus & sweet potato n Gruyere gratin. There’s a Sapporo beer, more shallots & a small bottle of sriracha

The flounder close up with the addition of sriracha

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Chef🎃Bruso🦇👻🍂🌰 @brusowrites.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Today’s rear window: What if a field of corn began popping? & it was multicolored as it burst open & it floated upon the fiery tassels & no foil lid could hold back the wave of butter as it gushed into town & the salt of the earth peppered the pathway? I’d start snackin’, that’s what I’d do

Brilliant blue sky over bare fields with a stag tree on the horizon, some other small trees along a creek, driveway, grass & the side of a red wooden shed in the foreground

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Chef🎃Bruso🦇👻🍂🌰 @brusowrites.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

My kinda Monday night meal ~ tagliatelle bolognese & garlic Nots 🤭 Listening to Carole King & James Taylor live recording

Described meal, pasta is in a light blue wide shallow rim bowl, the brioche garlic bread is in a smaller bowl & there’s a root beer float & container of grated Parmesan Romano

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Chef🎃Bruso🦇👻🍂🌰 @brusowrites.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Today’s rear window: I don’t miss the corn at this point. The odor of decay wouldn’t smell like the divine right of autumn undressing summer’s innocence. The manicured fields repose — lacking the sentience to comprehend crop rotation or the seasonal desire to lay under a wool blanket with you

Early morning autumn view across empty fields lit golden with yellow leafed trees running horizontally along a stream, trees on the horizon meeting blue sky & some innocuous poofy gray clouds. Driveway, grass & the side of a red wooden shed also visible

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Chef🎃Bruso🦇👻🍂🌰 @brusowrites.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Sometimes the cravings are as whack as cocktail sauce! & there’s nothing like fresh handmade breaded shrimp 🍤 Listening to the Decemberists’ The King is Dead & sending spiritual waves out into the universe…

A red bowl with crinkle cut fries, breaded shrimp & a small white ramekin of sauce. Pizza skins sits on the butcher’s block. It has Monterey Jack, mozzarella, Colby & Swiss cheeses, bacon, ranch & chopped Chinese chives, there is a side of ranch in your favorite fish dish

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Chef🎃Bruso🦇👻🍂🌰 @brusowrites.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

When I say I get a little excited to step onto the porch to harvest some Chinese chives, this is why…

Beautiful green shoots of herb with the white stems holding numerous offshoots. The blade of my chef’s knife is underneath on top of my wooden butcher’s block

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Chef🎃Bruso🦇👻🍂🌰 @brusowrites.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Today’s rear window: I dreamt about the corn last night. I was crowd surfing across its tassels, never quite reaching the stage, but the roar of the “crowd” was palpable. Seriously though, corn’s the perfect audience; can you imagine “listening” to Rock Steady in a field full of ears & no mouths

Bare fields of tarnished brown, trees in both the middle & far distance meets a gray rain filled sky. Driveway, grass & the side of a red wooden shed also visible

Note: Rock Steady reference is to The Whispers’ version 🤭

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Chef🎃Bruso🦇👻🍂🌰 @brusowrites.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

These turned out phenomenal ~ like a poor man’s Wellington 🤭 I’m here watching the Power to the People concert

Eastern European meat & cheese pie over a mushroom duxelles bordelaise & sautéed baby spinach with roast garlic chips, a small bowl with chopped parsley, a bottle of wine & a corresponding glass behind

Close up of meat & cheese filled brioche

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Chef🎃Bruso🦇👻🍂🌰 @brusowrites.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Повертаюся до своїх дурниць I hope that translation doesn’t get me blocked 🤭

Rolled out brioche dough with a ground beef & cheddar filling. It is a Pirozhki. There are additional mini dough balls behind it on a floured wooden butcher’s block

8 Pirozhki on a floured surface for the freezer & 2 on a metal sizzle plate for tonight

Mushroom duxelles in Cabernet Sauvignon ~ corresponding bottle & glass for the chef. Cheers 🥂

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Chef🎃Bruso🦇👻🍂🌰 @brusowrites.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Today’s rear window: My wife was a vampire. What I mean is that this window had a blackout blind over it for over 8 years. This view & this corn harvest have been new to me. She would’ve preferred to sleep in, & we did. Watching & learning & sharing the corn has felt therapeutic & joyful.

Trees on the horizon meet a clear whitish blue sky that is cloud covered closer to the lens. Empty fields extend away from the grass, driveway & side of a red wooden shed. There are some smaller trees along a creek in the middle, horizontally

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Chef🎃Bruso🦇👻🍂🌰 @brusowrites.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I keep having diner breakfasts for dinner on Fridays (not a complaint) anyhow ~ my freezer keeps spitting out these banana walnut dark chocolate chip pancakes (also not a complaint ) Listening to TfF’s The Hurting (Deluxe)

The pancakes are topped with butter & maple syrup (also in background in jug & small monkey dish), 2 eggs over easy, chili crisp roast baby gold potatoes, a slice of bacon & 2 chicken apple sausages. There is a porter beer, yes it is my 2nd. I told you the Murpheys goes down too smooth

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Chef🎃Bruso🦇👻🍂🌰 @brusowrites.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Today’s rear window: I’ve answered to “Chef” 5 times the number of times I’ve answered to my given name, Brian, & twice as much as I’ve said “Yo” when I hear “Bruso!”, though if I’m in the same room as my 2 brothers then you will receive “yo-huh-whaduyuwant” chronologically descending.

Blue sky with numerous wispy white clouds over a farm where tillage is in process on a bare field. There are trees in the distance along with a few along a stream in the middle ground. Grass, driveway & the side of a red wooden shed also visible

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Chef🎃Bruso🦇👻🍂🌰 @brusowrites.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Last of this year’s basil from the porch. I’ve been using it since the end of June. 5 batches of pesto & the occasional heavy handed use, like tonight with sweet sausage stuffed into half an acorn squash… Listening to Dawes’ All Your Favorite Bands

Cheesy sloppy Joe tater tots in a small bowl, half an acorn squash stuffed with sweet Italian sausage, Asiago, Parmesan & mozzarella cheese & shredded basil in a leaf dish, pepper grinder & a Sam Smith’s Nut Brown Ale

Close up of the stuffed squash with a basil garnish

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Chef🎃Bruso🦇👻🍂🌰 @brusowrites.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🎶I’m not waiting on a lady I’m just waiting on my 10 wheeler 🎶

2 harvesters (1 larger) sit with their feed arms extended, waiting for the transportation truck to haul away the corn. There are plowed fields, trees, and outer building & blue sky

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Chef🎃Bruso🦇👻🍂🌰 @brusowrites.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I forgot about my mini Bundt pans Thinking Apple upside down now

2 mini Bundt pans, a red bottom one resting upon the white enamel right side up one

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Chef🎃Bruso🦇👻🍂🌰 @brusowrites.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Today’s rear window: They plowed until after 10pm, their lights bobbing across the uneven rows as they harvested this year’s gold… Tillage commenced this morning as I awoke. Manure & herbicides will be applied over the next couple weeks. My view has opened up like a cool autumn breeze

The wall of corn has been harvested. There is a green tractor hauling a tiller behind it in the middle of the field. There is a cornfield still standing in the distance where the horizon meets a cloud filled sky. Driveway, grass & the side of a red wooden shed also visible

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Chef🎃Bruso🦇👻🍂🌰 @brusowrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today’s corn update: There was this strange anticipatory excitement coddled with fear when I heard the harvester outside yesterday. I can’t believe I am emotionally preparing myself for this. Maybe it’s because soybeans aren’t as engaging to watch grow, or it’s the thought of the first frost…

Wall of corn, almost completely brown, under a broken, but mostly cloudy sky with bright cloud edges in a pillowy fashion. Driveway, grass & the side of a red wooden shed also visible

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Chef🎃Bruso🦇👻🍂🌰 @brusowrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It may be sloppy, but it’s in its place! Squashes are my favorite autumn vegetable Getting ready to heat back up tomorrow for a couple days before fall really gets here

Roasted baby gold potatoes, brioche toasted garlic bread, sloppy joe across the plate topped with Monterey Jack cheese & scallions. There is half an acorn squash in a leaf bowl

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Chef🎃Bruso🦇👻🍂🌰 @brusowrites.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is the field to the west of my bedroom. The field I’ve been updating daily is to the north. It could be a week; it could be tonight 🤷‍♂️

The rear of a harvester is driving away through a cornfield. There is grass & a blue sky with some large poofy clouds

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Chef🎃Bruso🦇👻🍂🌰 @brusowrites.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today’s corn update: I imagine the ghosts of children from centuries past frolicking amongst the stalks, not in King-esque fashion, but more a Norman Rockwell early autumn Post in overalls & houndstooth cotton with laughter & the sound of joy once found in an agrarian society

Wall of corn, now 90% brown, under a gray but dry sky. Driveway, grass & the side of a red wooden shed also visible

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Chef🎃Bruso🦇👻🍂🌰 @brusowrites.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

When I get a craving for buttered egg noodles I could almost eat just that, but I grabbed a little extra kielbasa at brunch yesterday & it seemed like a natural fit Listening to Poi Dog Pondering’s live album, Liquid White Light

Meal described with haricot very sautéed with shallots. There is a marzen which I heated the kielbasa in a little, spicy brown mustard & a container of grated Parmesan

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Chef🎃Bruso🦇👻🍂🌰 @brusowrites.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Today’s corn update: 50 tons of corn! 1,785 bushels worth! That’s how much sweet corn is eaten every year at the Hoopeston Natl Sweetcorn Festival. & those bushel baskets ~ when art became artisan & basket weaving was a proud occupation & loading a basket with ears was life in the slow lane…

Wall of corn with some green left in the midsection under a cloudy sky. Driveway, grass & the side of a red wooden shed also visible

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Chef🎃Bruso🦇👻🍂🌰 @brusowrites.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Sunday travel day pizza n fries! Reflection upon my octogenarian parents living their 1st year in an apartment (always houses before) there’s always a construction project going on on their campus 🤭 Listening to Iron & Wine

Pepperoni flatbread pizza with hand cut fries, a side of ketchup, a glass of Côtes du Rhône & a bottle of malt vinegar

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Chef🎃Bruso🦇👻🍂🌰 @brusowrites.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Today’s corn update: The corn feels lonely this time of year. I wonder if it thinks it’s been left to grow back into the ground, knowing full well their energy is on its last leg. Does it cheer the harvester? Does it dream of being thrashed & how good that might feel?

Wall of corn, 85% brown, under an overcast & stormy sky. Driveway, grass & the side of a red wooden shed also visible

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Chef🎃Bruso🦇👻🍂🌰 @brusowrites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Today’s haul from the pumpkin plant growing in the front yard

7 mini white pumpkins on a porch railing with pink & purple wildflowers behind it under an overcast sky

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Chef🎃Bruso🦇👻🍂🌰 @brusowrites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Today’s corn update: Crickets in the cornfield be singin’ “that’ll be the day.” That will be the day the rustling blades & bleating chirps blend together celebrating indian summer’s reluctance to relinquish its seed. Cornflower blue, oak bark tan — the colors of late September.

Wall of corn, now 80% brown, under a partially cloudy sky with a triangle of blue on the horizon. Driveway, grass & side of a red wooden shed also visible

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Chef🎃Bruso🦇👻🍂🌰 @brusowrites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Sticky bun entree with a side of cheesy eggs n chorizo & a couple tamales I didn’t begin to understand cilantro until the first time I had it with chorizo & it was soap no mas Listening to the Grateful Dead’s 1985 here in Maryland

Described meal with a Golden Monkey Belgian style Tripel

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