My friend Annie has never heard of the legendary rock group ZZ Top.  How in the H-E-double hockey sticks could something like this happen?  While I’m over fifteen years older than Annie, American, and a dirtbag:  I consider ZZ Top necessary in a young person’s formation of sexual self.  How did Annie figure out what was appealing in a woman without watching the “Legs” makeover montage several times a day between the ages of eight to ten?

Hmm.  It just occurred to me that the British impulse would be to call ZZ Top, “zed zed top,” which is libido crushing, and not very rock and roll.  So, instead of lamenting the cultural divide and sexual miseducation of British youth, I should be kind and introduce them now to what’s important…always pairing stilettos with boner-giving pink ankle socks, and never ever wearing glasses.

Next week: wielding power tools with The Fabulous Thunderbirds in “Tuff Enuff.”

Pumpkin Donuts

• 5 large eggs
• ½ cup coconut milk
• ½ cup maple syrup
• ½ cup pumpkin puree
• ¼ cup coconut oil, melted
• 1 tsp vanilla
• ¾ cup almond flour
• ½ cup coconut flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
• ¼ tsp sea salt
• the ability to let go of what a donut should taste like

1. Preheat oven to 350f/180c
2. Place the eggs, coconut milk, pumpkin puree, maple syrup, coconut oil, and vanilla in a  high speed blender for 15 seconds.
3. Add the dry ingredients.  Blend on low for 10 seconds, and on high for 20 seconds more.
4. Fill donut pans 2/3 of the way full.  Cook for 20 minutes, cool for 10, and then frost with the icing of your liking.
5. These are more like MOIST cake than donut, but it’s still a treat.