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Thomas Lecaque

@tlecaque.bsky.social
45K followers 5.2K following 12K posts

Scholar of religious violence and apocalypticism from the Crusades to contemporary America, living and teaching on occupied Baxoje, Meskwaki and Sauk land. Joyful swearbear. Amateur cook. He/him.

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They aren't pretty but Sonoran style hot dogs were delicious. I'll get proper bolillos next time and make a homemade salsa.
Bacon wrapped hot dogs with pico de galo, choribeans, and cotija on them
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Bon appetit to me.
Plated.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Not. Mad. At. This.
Smashed potatoes in a bowl, creamy mushrooms, caramelized onions, steak resting.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is scrumptious.
Creamy mushrooms
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Sauteeing onions too.
A messy kitchen with potatoes boiling and a steak salted and sitting out and garlic chopped and onions sauteeing.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It smells so good.
Chicken and rice with feya and parsley
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Into the oven we go.
Burbling Dutch oven with chicken thighs on a soupy base.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Like, seriously bro. Get fucked!
The usual Twitter face as attack post......from a douchebag who has TeamTERF in his bio.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It smells good.
Pork burgers on sourdough with grilled onions, red peppers, and mustard. Leinrnkugels next to it.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Cubana and a Chicken Milanesa and now I guess I need to buy cookbooks.
CubanaChicken Milanesa
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The people have spoken.
Tortazo by Rick Bayless
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
In addition to the usual suspects:
Felix the CatLittle Nemo: Adventures in SlumberlandFlight of Dragons
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Grilling accompanied by a delicious beer from a friend's brewery.
Burgers, cheese, grill, growler and glass.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Now the real test: how many children will eat it.
Noodles and a casserole dish of hot saucy peppers and sausage
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Now to bake.
Transferred to casserole pans
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Ok yeah this'll be good.
All mixed up in a bowl.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Making sausage and peppers for dinner from Christian Petroni's Parm to Table.
Onions and peppers in a bowl, many sausages on a cutting bowl, seasoning behind
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Bon appetit to me (my firstborn is also having some)
Messy plate of chilaquiles plus water plus coffee is a faded Tulane mug.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Pleased with it.
Refried beans and saucey tortilla chips and cotilla cheese added to the previous spread.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Making school morning chilaquiles.
Chorizo, fried eggs, red onion to the side, salsa heating in a pan.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Not much to look at but it was delicious.
Tostada with beans and chicken and cotilla cheese
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Making Tosadas de Tinga de Pollo from Rick Martinez's Salsa Daddy for a first day of school dinner for my kids.
Pan of black beans with crumbled bacon on top and a pot of shredded chicken in a deep red sauce
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
A @cindyermus.bsky.social book at a 4th grade soccer practice. I've had significantly worse Tuesday afternoons.
Cindy Ermus, The Great Plague Scare of 1720, youth soccer practice blurred in the background
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Zucchini spears.
Sliced up zucchini in a bowl
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Grilling time.
Marinated chicken and a beer by my grill.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
So, this 1721 painting? This is the kind of stuff I mean. The Great Plague of Marseilles in 1720 (read @cindyermus.bsky.social 's book!) spread north, Le Puy quarantined, and the bishop had everyone pray to the Virgin to spare the town. And the plague didn't arrive, there was a healing miracle, so.
Painting of townsfolk around the statue of Notre Dame de Puy en Velay
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Hot damn it's scrumptious.
Red stew of lamb and white beans
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
This is hell
Dominion.chat. a Christian AI assistant built on a Biblical worldview.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I got to see a papyrus papal bull fragment, as a treat.
Papyrus fragment of a papal bull, the seal of Pope Leo still visible
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
And this is why I wanted to be a professor.
My dad in his office on campus.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
This is why I like cooking, watching my dad at every big holiday my whole life. And yes, he is grumpy about that buche de noel, he absolutely threw one out earlier in the day and yelled about it and went out on a walk and then made a second after.
My dad in the kitchen, presenting a Buche de Noel
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Went to Saint-Nectaire on my way north today. My dad taught me how to "read" Romanesque churches there, on my first research trip for my dissertation. I could almost hear him with me today, and it made me smile. I will always miss him, with all my heart, but he's with me, too.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Eating well in Toulon tonight.
Tapenade and anchoiade, moule gratinee, and rillettesMUSSELSRoasted red pepper
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Hello Toulon.
Mont Faron behind the Toulon cityscape
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
It was good.
Pasta baby!
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
My plate. Bon appetit!
Salad, potatoes, caronnade, beer.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Lunch time.
Saucy pot on the table
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Half way through the cook time, adding beer, some red wine vinegar, some salt.
Adding beer
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Argentina can go ahead and harvest mightily the fruit of the dick tree and choke on it.
Medieval dick tree
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Hello sweet pot of meaty glory.
Orange Le Creuset in the oven.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Just put this bad boy in the oven. Put in a 75 cl bottle of beer, then spice bread with Dijon mustard spread thick face down. Now, 4 hours of cooking.
Caronnade with the bread on top
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Beef is in, we're going to reduce the sauce a bit before we put the beer in.
Beef in with the onions but liquid level clearly high
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Tonight's cooking is brought to you by a profound hatred of the Argentine national football team and Jenlain beer.
Jenlain Amber beer
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Put in both veal base and a veggie bouillon cube with a little water.
Simmering oniony goodness
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
COOK, YOU BEAUTIFUL BASTARDS, COOK
Guanciale and onions and two bouquet garni together
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
A pot of onions, a giant skillet of beef chunks, a pan of guanciale.
Kitchen, onions in an orange Le Creuset (red, shallots, green), guanciale in a pan rendering, big browned beef chunks in a pan
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
And here's the other side.
One line of frescoes
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
One side has scenes from Genesis and the Parable of Lazarus.
Two lines of frescoes
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
The Christ above the altar.
Christ surrounded by angels over the altar.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Saw some incredibly cool 12th c. frescoes at the church of Saint-Martin in Lignieres-de-Touraine today.
Scene of frescoes over the altar space.
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