I’ve mostly been revising my syllabus recently, but I still have two things to show you today. * * * Handmade present: * * * And something edible: The recipe is sort of a mix of the pastry technique from Chez Pim’s rustic fruit tart, and the way my French (now former) roommate M does [...]
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Blue & Amber.
Posted in crafts, food, tagged apple, baking, French cooking, jeans, pastry, sewing, upcycled crafts on July 17, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Summer, so far.
Posted in bento, crafts, food, personal, photography, tagged baking, infinity scarf, Megan Nicolay, nigella lawson, reading, sweet potato crescent rolls, teaching on July 7, 2010 | 4 Comments »
New Books. * * * New Recipes (Sweet Potato Crescent Rolls recipe from Land O’Lakes) * * * Cleaning out my childhood room. Digging up old treasures. * * * A couple of bento. (I finally convinced my parents to let me pack meals for them. The pear-ginger muffin is from Nigella Express). * * [...]
Four Bentos + An Experiment
Posted in bento, food, tagged bento on March 20, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I’ve built up a bit of a bento backlog in recent weeks, so I figured it’s high time that I unloaded it. Valentine-y Bento (eaten 2/12/10): Taller tier: Kiwi, carrot sticks, hard-boiled egg, strawberry gummies. Shorter tier: Mini onigiri (1 furikake, 1 w/ rou soong filling), pepperoni, edamame & corn, green olive, soy sauce in [...]
Pizza “Brick” Bento
Posted in bento, food, tagged bento, Pillsbury, pizza on February 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Why am I calling my pizza a “brick”? Because that’s how my Pillsbury pizza dough turned out this time: fat rectangles with a lot of dough and crust, and not so much of anything else. I made pizza last Thursday night for dinner because M & I were going to see a play and there [...]
Bees and Bracelets
Posted in crafts, food, tagged baking, handmade, honey bee cake, jewelry, nigella lawson on January 24, 2010 | 4 Comments »
First, a birthday cake for my roommate M. Nigella’s Honey Bee Cake, to be exact. With Marzipan Bees and Roses. Closeup of the bees. (They’re staring at you). I did not have a springform so I baked it in two tins and layered it with raspberry jam. Would’ve tasted better if I hadn’t let it [...]
All together, now! [Christmas 2009 Makes]
Posted in crafts, food, holidays, tagged bundt cake, Christmas crafts, gift wrapping, gingerbread, Ikea, knitting, upcycled crafts, vintage, wrist warmers on January 18, 2010 | 3 Comments »
It’s been forever since I last posted, and the New Year has long since swooshed past. (I can’t believe it’s already the middle of January!) Nevertheless, I promised photos of the things I made at home this past Christmas, so photos it is. I didn’t have the time to do a lot of handmade gifts [...]
Individually Sized
Posted in food, tagged baking, chocolate icing, cupcakes, muffins, pistachio cupcakes on December 5, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I don’t understand the whole cupcake craze. Cute, yes, individually portioned, yes. But they are difficult to eat, and tend to fall apart when you bite into them. By contrast, a nice, slender slice of cake (whether a layer cake or a quickbread-type loaf) that you eat with a fork is more delicately portioned, and [...]
