Get on this, fandom.

No, I'm not doing Yuletide this year - I've got enough long-term responsibilities and projects that adding a fairly short-term one to the list wouldn't do anyone any good.

But if I was, I would absolutely, without question, nominate historical author RPS, because Oscar Wilde and Walt Whitman probably had sex once. Which is so, so beautiful, even as an idea. And that is, as ever, where fic comes in.

This is like finding out Emily Dickinson once secretly stowed away on a ship bound for England and spent a weekend with Jane Austen at a bed and breakfast, doing it. This is like finding out Ernest Hemingway finally let his guard down one night in Spain and let F. Scott Fitzgerald lean across the table and kiss him. This is like finding out Gwendolyn Brooks lost her virginity to Willa Cather.

Come on. It practically writes itself.

Savory Scones with Rosemary and Chevre

From Covered in Honey by Mani Niall.

1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/3 cups semolina
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup mild herbal honey, such as lavender, sage or eucalyptus
1 large egg
1/2 cup cream or whole milk
1 1/2 teaspoons minced fresh rosemary, divided
5 ounces chevre goat cheese

1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit.

2. In a medium mixing bowl, mix the flour, semolina, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.

3. In a separate bowl, combine the olive oil, honey, egg, cream or milk and 1 teaspoon rosemary. Whisk lightly, just enough to break up egg yolk and blend honey. Set aside.

4. Use a pastry cutter or your hands to work chevre into flour mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs. Make a well in center and add wet ingredients. Mix with wooden spoon until dough forms a ball. Knead gently several times and turn onto lightly floured board. Knead again a few turns, just enough to form a workable ball.

5. Pat dough into a circular shape measuring about 8 1/2 inches in diameter and inch thick. If edges crack, simply use palm of your hand to shape and repair them. Cut with a knife or dough cutter into 8 or 10 triangular pie-style wedges. Sprinkle with remaining rosemary. Gently lift each scone onto prepared baking sheet and place about 1 inch apart.

6. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, until golden brown.

Note: dried rosemary works in a pinch.