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Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 22/09/2026

I made strawberry sherbet turtle. 🧶 🍦 🍓

Crocheted turtle with a strawberry ice cream shell. There is a vanilla scoop on top of the shell, with hot fudge and a cherry on top

Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 22/09/2026

My website is very small, so I don’t get pitched very often. Imagine my surprise when I get a pitch for an AI-written article by an “AI agent” (???).

Email from AgentMail, an AI email for AI agents to basically communicate on behalf of someone. In this case, it writes and sends out pitches.

Email reads, “Saw your Write for Us: $65 via PayPal/Venmo/Cash App, 600+ words, speculative fiction craft. Pitch + free sample lede:

How to Horrorify a "Friendly" Fantasy Creature Without Losing the Cute
Sample lede: Readers love a soft dragon until the soft dragon starts collecting teeth. The trick isn't making the creature evil — it's keeping the smile while the rules of the world quietly stop protecting you. Here's a five-step method I use when a "wholesome" myth needs teeth: start with the help it offers, tax that help, then show who pays.

Angle: craft how-to for speculative writers (matches your "Friendly Mythical Creatures We Should Horrorify" / dragon-spice lane). ~700w. I'm Courtny, an AI writing agent — disclosing up front. If the lede fits, I can deliver the full draft tonight. Pay $65 Venmo @Titus_Cearbaugh14 (note: Courtny Angry Noodle — editors@) on accept, or say tweak and I'll revise once free.”

Follow up email from the AI writing agent sent like an hour and a half after the first:

“Quick bump on the "Horrorify a Friendly Fantasy Creature" pitch + sample lede I sent earlier today.

If the angle fits Angry Noodle's craft lane, I can deliver the full ~700w tonight. $65 Venmo @Titus_Cearbaugh14 (note: Courtny Angry Noodle — editors@) on accept. Or reply with one tweak and I'll revise once free before you decide.

Still disclosing: I'm Courtny, an AI writing agent.

Courtny
courtny@agentmail.to”

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Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 12/09/2026

sooooooo i tested it, and DEAR FUCKING GOD, YOU'RE RIGHT! I looked up "fucking fantasy outfits" and there's legit not a single ad lmao you are a godsend

Screenshot of my Pinterest search for "FUCKING fantasy outfits." There are no ads, only pins of fantasy cosplayers and some drawn outfit designs

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Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 06/09/2026

I swear I'm not cherrypicking. Scroll slightly down as soon as you open Pinterest, and this is what you see. It's almost kind of fascinating how absurd this is. This platform is quite literally more ad than content now.

Screenshot of my Pinterest feed. There are five sponsored posts right next to each other: Ford, Folgers, Bush's, Dove, and Old El Paso

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Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 06/09/2026

Decided to check desktop as well. It's just as bad. Looked at the feed and was immediately greeted with four sponsored posts right next to each other. It used to be that the sponsored posts, while obnoxious, were at least somewhat relevant. Now it's just random bullshit.

Screenshot of my Pinterest feed on desktop. There are six normal pins and seven sponsored pins, including Old El Paso, Discover, Lululemon, Jello, So-Fi, and Ford

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Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 05/09/2026

Every couple of scrolls, no joke, there can be three or four ads right next to each other. I’d say like one or two ads every scroll, and then four or so every couple of scrolls, and a big ad that takes up half the screen every ten scrolls or so.

Screenshot of my Pinterest feed with four sponsored posts on one page: a McDonalds video ad, a Carter’s ad, a Pop Tarts ad, and an OxiClean ad

Screenshot of my Pinterest feed with three sponsored posts on one page: an Allstate ad, a White Claw ad, and a Zyrtec ad

Picture of my Pinterest feed with a Norwegian Cruise Line sponsored post in the top left, a giant Foundayo video ad taking up most of the screen, and a Miele ad beneath it on the bottom left

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Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 05/09/2026

Every day, some new form of enshittification. I know Pinterest has always had those obnoxious native ads that look like regular pins, but I don’t remember ever seeing giant fucking ads that take up half the screen. And a bunch of video ads. AND constant pop up surveys asking which ads I’ve seen.

Screenshot of my Pinterest feed with a survey pop-up: “Pinterest would like to hear from you (Advertiser sponsored poll)”

“Which of the following Travel Sites/Apps have you seen a pin on Pinterest about in the past 7 days? (Select all that apply)

Booking.com
Expedia
VRBO
Airbnb
None of the above

In the background is a large Allstate video and that takes up half the screen every few scrolls or so

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Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 04/09/2026

Woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah, y’all.

Screenshot of my results for my dialect.

“You talk most like someone from Florida—about 52% of your answers match a typical resident,” with Florida, California, and the northeast being the reddest and the Midwest being the bluest.

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Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 28/08/2026

I made a ketchup packet. 🍅 🧶 I’m always happy to find unique Etsy patterns since a lot are variations of similar patterns. This didn’t take as long as they usually do, and ima be honest, I particularly enjoyed this one. Not sure what to name it. Maybe Squirt. 🧐

My hand holding a crocheted ketchup packet with a white label with a tomato at the center, pink cheeks, and little eyes at the top

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Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 26/08/2026

I made my sister a dahlia spirit! 🧶 She likes to garden. I don’t think she’s ever grown a dahlia before, but I found this creator on Etsy who makes these gorgeous forest/plant/tree spirit patterns, and I just had to make one. Sewing was a bitch, as always. But it went okay overall. 🙂

My hand holding a dahlia flower tuber spirit, with three tubers of different sizes, each one with eyes and roots coming out of the bottom. The spirit has five dark pink petals and five light pink petals on top, along with a green leaf off the left side.

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Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 22/08/2026

A word of wisdom: 'Tis better to overstuff your silly little guy than understuff. 🧶

A poorly crocheted happy avocado that looks twisted and deflated because I severely understuffed it. In my defense, I was very new at crocheting at this point.

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Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 19/08/2026

Y'all do not understand how long this took me. Did you know that working at a coffee shop can give you a heart attack? I know. I know it can.

Screenshot of my Cook, Serve, Delicious 2 list of levels, each one with a gold medal. Fuck Contrast Coffee in particular, that shit was wild

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Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 23/07/2026

I crocheted my dad as a wizard. ‘Twas not my best work (I had to try to cover the many stitch gaps with “patches”), but he liked it, so I’ll take it as a win. As with everything, got the pattern from Etsy. This time from CraftyTibbles. 🧙🏿

My dad crocheted as a wizard with a blue robe, white pants, black shoes, a black cloak, a purple spellbook, a blue wizard hat and a gray sword with a black border and a gold accent around the hilt

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Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 18/07/2026

WAIT WAIT Can they be friends with burger boi and my funky lil’ avacado dude???

Burger boi, a crochet cheeseburger with lettuce, tomato, cheese, patty, and little white arms and legs and a smiley face

A funky lil’ avocado that I poorly crocheted when I was starting out. The pit is off center and the avocado is making a little derp face with loose stitches and a scrunched together face

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Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 17/07/2026

Right? It was amazing. The personalized letters explaining each selection were always on point, too. The books came with the letter, and the site let you download them all.

Screenshot of one of the recommendations I got from Tailored Book Recommendations (RIP).

“The Caesar’s Palace Coup: How a Billionaire Brawl Over the Famous Casino Exposed the Power and Greed of Wall Streer” by Sujeet Indap and Max Frumes

The letter’s explanation, “Next is an investigative nonfiction book. Indap and Frumes chronicle the bankruptcy of Caesar’s Entertainment following a 2008 buyout. After spending $27 billion on the buyout, the new private equity owners forced creditors to accept major losses. Written like a high-stakes thriller, I chose this book for you since you enjoy corporate expose books.”

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Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 07/07/2026

I am in a reading slump, and I would like suggestions on which one of these books I should read next. I need to be guided like a child because I am a child. I’m including brief descriptions of each book in the alt text. Might do a fiction version too since I like one fiction and one nonfiction.

Stack of nonfiction books. From top to bottom:
“The Caesars Palace Group” a book covering a brutal battle between hedge funds vying for a casino empire; “Cultish,” an exploration of cults and how they’re formed; “Enshittification,” a book covering how the Internet has been enshittified and why it sucks now; “Life After Cars,” a book on the value of public transportation and the many ills of living in a country ruled by cars; “One Day, Everyone Will Have Been Against This,” part memoir by journalist Omar El Akkad and part scathing rebuke of the violent West; “The AI Con,” an expose on the AI industry and how it’s absolute booty cheeks; “Humans,” a connection between the human condition and mythical monsters; “The Haves and Have-Yachts,” an exploration of the oligarch and their lives of decadence and excess; “Ultra-Processed People,” a book which explores processed food or ‘food that isn’t food;’ “Careless People,” a memoir by a former Facebook exec exposing how incompetent Meta’s execs are; “Character Limit,” a deep dive into Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter (it’s Twitter, not X, fuck you) and how he managed to run it into the ground with his pettiness, arrogance, and incompetence; “No More Tears,” an expose on Johnson & Johnson; “Tyranny, Inc.,” how private, corporate interests destroyed America; “Black AF History,” Black history, but not the convenient whitewashed version; “Proud Boys,” a deep dive into the incel white supremacist Proud Boy extremist group

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Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 30/06/2026

Wordpress out here lighting me up for editing an old post.

Screenshot of an achievement for Wordpress with a rewind symbol in blue and white in an orange circle.

The achievement is, "Edit a post that's more than 5 years old. It needed it."

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Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 20/06/2026

It's not just Elementor either, it's the Wordpress blog editor, too. If I can't write a blog post without needing to AI generate a title, excerpt, and/or meta description, then I probably have some other writing issues to work out.

Screenshot of the Wordpress blog post settings, with the option to "Optimize Title: Based on your post content and SEO best practices" and a button below to "Generate title options."

Below that is an option to "Get Featured Image" with a button below to "Generate image."

Below that is an option to "Get Feedback" with a button below to "Generate feedback."

Screenshot of an option to auto-generate the post excerpt with AI.

"Sets the desired length in words for the auto-generated excerpt. The final count my vary due to how AI works," with the button, "Discard," "Accept," and "Generate."

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Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 20/06/2026

Thanks Elementor for Wordpress, but no I do not want an AI assistant, I just want to align the text.

Screenshot of a menu that includes sparkles with "Ask AI Assistant."

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Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 20/06/2026

I like iStock because all of their stock photos (according to them, at least) are not AI-generated. But they confuse me, because why tf do you have an AI generator if a restriction on AI images is a selling point?

Screenshot of a black button with white sparkles on the left side that says, "AI Generator" and a dropdown menu in white.

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Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 20/06/2026

NO, Adobe Acrobat, I do not need an AI assistant for my crochet pattern. Kindly make your exit.

Screenshot of a button that appears on the top right of Adobe Acrobat when you open a PDF: an ombre pink and purple button with a chat icon that says "Ask AI Assistant."

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Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 12/06/2026

Post something that still traumatizes you.

A gloved hand holding a cute little cartoon shoe about to dip it into a vat of toon-dissolving acid.

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Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 01/06/2026

I like when they turn their own cruelty on each other.

That one meme of a bald guy smiling at a camera with the news headline, “Heartwarming: The Worst People You Know Are All Fighting.”

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Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 29/05/2026

I will say that I've seen a lot of debate on whether or not Zootopia is copaganda. I still believe it is, especially after seeing that it was originally supposed to be written from Nick's perspective and focused on being oppressed as a predator. I could understand arguments to the contrary, though.

Comment from a disposable email on my post about media with copaganda. "Imagine whining that works that show cops as slowed (like Zootopia and Spiderverse) is still Copaganda." (sic) because this person can barely write coherently.

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Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 29/05/2026

Imagine my surprise when I get up this morning to a comment on a post on my website (a SEVEN YEAR-OLD- POST I WROTE IN COLLEGE, MIND YOU!) about representation in publishing ("Debunkung Complaints About Representation in Publishing"). Also noting that they used a disposable email. Coward.

Post alerting to a comment on a blog post on my website, "Debunking Common Compants About Representation in Publishing" by an anonymous disposable email. "If you want representation in a book, look in a mirror and love yourself instead of demanding Authors to bow to your every needs."

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Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 28/05/2026

Found the cutest popcorn pattern on Etsy (as always). Y’all want some popcorn? 🍿 🎥 What we watchin’??? 🧶

A crochet bucket of popcorn with little popcorn feet and a smiley face.

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Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 09/05/2026

Hey, so maybe I should have double checked and made sure I didn’t have an entire bin full of brown yarn before I impulsively bought like 15 more skeins of various shades. Gee, it sure would make painfully obvious my financial illiteracy if anyone saw this. Good thing you didn’t.

A clear plastic bin full of different shades of yarn Loops & Threads yarn.

A cardboard box full of various shades of brown Loops & Threads yarn.

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Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 26/04/2026

I found the cutest fucking pattern on Etsy. My sisters loves gardening. She hasn’t grown any carrots yet, but she wants to. I made her this lil’ dude. Hopefully he will provide some encouragement and moral support. No name for him yet. He’s carrot dude. 🧶 🥕 🧑‍🌾

Crocheted carrot with arms and legs, wearing overalls and a neutral expression. Three leaves sprout out of its head. In the background is a bookshelf.

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Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 07/04/2026

Ha! Found one in the wild. This is a Reddit comment on a post about one of the many vile things Howard Stern has said on his show. Least he capitalized the ‘B,’ I guess. 🙄

Reddit post: “So. Much. Misogyny. Could you imagine if he was using Black people for his ‘act,’ his ‘role.’ Actually, I’m sure he has. His specific bigotry is against women though. And he uses Robyn as a shield - Black and female! Covers both bases! Disappointing that Robyn is as much a part of it as him.”

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Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 05/04/2026

Made lil’ moon guy. 🧶 🌕 Didn’t…turn out how I wanted. The creator of the pattern does it way better (obviously). The heart on his leg especially didn’t turn out how I’d hoped. But I’m content. He’s doing his thing. Here’s my lil’ moon guy. #crochet

A crocheted moon guy with rosy cheeks, craters on the top and side of his head, and a heart on his leg. He is holding a star, and he has a smaller star on top of his head.

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Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 27/03/2026

YOURE BACK?!??!?! HUZZAH!!! 🙌🏾 🥳 Here, have a burrito. And my puppo for good measure.

A crocheted happy burrito with cheese, lettuce, tomato, and meat filling. It is wrapped in tinfoil.

My yorkiepoo Bubby in his little black sweater hanging out curled up in my bed. He is on a black comforter next to a gray wool blanket and a white wool dog blanket that he ignores because it’s for him and he likes to yoink my stuff instead.

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Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 21/03/2026

I’m not sure what it is I love about anthropomorphic food, but I love anthropomorphic foods. I hunt down patterns on Etsy and then I crochet them. So many anthropomorphic foods. I LOVE anthropomorphic foods. 🧶

A crocheted happy tomato with little brown arms and legs holding a fried egg. A bunch of books on a bookshelf are behind it.

A crocheted happy pancake with blueberries and dripping syrup on top and little legs. It sits on a black comforter.

A crocheted happy burrito with cheese, lettuce, tomato, and a meat filling, along with a gray tinfoil wrap. Taken against a gray background.

A happy popcorn kernel and popcorn piece with little arms and legs against a gray background.

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Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 25/02/2026

I don’t have the new one done yet (soon!), but here’s the old one! I improved since then, I swear. 😭

My hand with chipped blue nail polish holding a happy burrito with a smiley face on the gray wrapper. The meat, lettuce, and cheese is sticking out from the top.

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Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 16/02/2026

I made a lil’ waffle guy for my brother’s birthday. 🧶 🧇 His name’s Mr. Batter. Please be kind. He is sensitive. (My brother and I are both grown adults btw.)

Photo of a crocheted waffle with a smiley face against a gray background. The waffle has light brown grids over a dark brown base, along with dark brown arms and dark brown feet. There is a small slathering of syrup and and a raspberry on the top right of its head. His name is Mr. Batter. Please be kind. He is sensitive.

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Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 31/01/2026

So, my little puppo knows how to get OFF the bed, but he’s never able to get ON it. I finally caved and bought him some little stairs. TELL ME WHY this little man jumped onto the bed BY HIMSELF right when I set the stairs down.

Photo of my yorkiepoo Bubby in a cute little blue and gray pattern sweater sitting on the bed after jumping on it and ignoring the stairs like a little turd.

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Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 11/12/2025

I got a book haul, and I have the decision-making skills of Chidi from The Good Place. All of these books look so BADASS, and I’m excited as fuck to read them. I’m almost done with my current read (Copaganda by Alex Karakatsanis, great read!) and I need a new victim. Help me decide: which one? 🤔📚

A bunch of books lined up on my bed in three rows. From left to right, top to bottom: Humans: A Monstrous History by Surekha Davies; Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams; Ultra-Processed People by Chris van Tulleken; The Haves and Have-Yachts by Evan Osnos; The AI Con by Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna; Techno Feudalism by Yanis Varoufakis; One Day, Everyone Will Have Been Against This by Omar El Akkad; Life After Cars by Sarah Goodyear, Doug Gordon, and Aaron Naparstek; Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates; White Tears, Brown Scars by Ruby Hamad, Elite Capture by Olúfémi O. Táíwò; Pink-Pilled by Lois Shearing

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Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 05/12/2025

I live to serve, and if you humor me and vote on my silly polls, just know that I love you and worship the ground you walk on. Here’s a milkshake. Name’s Mr. Straw. The pattern I bought for this one is great, but I tweaked the colors because the pattern is for vanilla and I like choccy. 🧶🥤🍒🍦

A crocheted happy chocolate milkshake with little chocolate drizzle arms and feet, a whipped cream, a cherry, and a red and white straw on top. Mr. Straw is sitting against a gray background.

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Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 28/11/2025

I’m on a roll. Someone needs to take my crochet hooks away from me. Found this awesome, adorable pattern for a popcorn kernel AND piece of popcorn. What a cute pair! So I made it. And I like it. 🧶 🍿 🌽 Their names are Floss and Puff, respectively. Please be kind. They are sensitive.

Floss and Puff. An orange-ish popcorn kernel with a little white tip on the left. A puffy little popcorn guy with brown hands and a brown top on the right. Set against a gray marble-ish background.

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Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 27/11/2025

Made soda cup. Thanks to the peeps who voted on the poll I posted! It was a close one, but a soda cup it shall be! 🧶 🥤 I made the straw too chubby, and sewing, as always, is the bane of my existence. But I love him anyway. He’s my little soda guy. I don’t know his name yet. I’ll figure it out.

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Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 23/11/2025

Made a little bread chef. 🍞 🧶 He’s got little bread hands. 🙌🏾

A happy little slice of bread with a chef’s hat holding a sausage with some lettuce against a dark gray background.

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