The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for cooking, brewing, feasting and festing.
Here’s a great tutorial for Borek, a popular fried filled pastry: The general name of this food is “Borek” (also depending on the nationality & language, it’s called burek, byrek, boereg, pirog and some other variants on the name) is a type of baked or fried filled pastry, from Turkey, made of a thin flaky […]
I came across Cap’n Ron’s lamb made of butter shavings the other day, and I find it really endearing. According to Wikipedia, it is a Polish Catholic tradition to make a lamb out of butter for Easter. Which got me curious about other interesting traditional Easter foods out there. Of course there are Easter eggs, […]
One of my students, Garrett Tillman, made this tutorial for creating a space-saving under-the-shelf magnetic spice rack. More of my students’ work: How-To: Convert Hand-Drawn Illustrations to Vector How-To: Papercraft Box for Trail Mix Raw Cookies How-To: Hankerchief Tissue Box Cover
Amber of Giver’s Log shares this great UpCraft tutorial for an interchangeable tiered cake stand. Because of the way it’s assembled, you can swap out plates as needed to go along with your decor, party theme or serving needs. Brilliant!
I am so glad that Not Martha has been sharing photos from her vacation to Paris. Her shots are beyond amazing, and she seems to find interesting and beautiful things everywhere she goes. She’s blogged about cheese, chocolate, and cake, but the mangosteens are the most exotic and interesting to me.
With Easter coming up, the smell of chocolate is definitely in the air. Luckily, our friends at BurdaStyle turned us on to Chocri, a German chocolate maker that offers people the chance to design your own high-quality, just-for-you bar. We were delighted to try the process, and came up with some delicious creations. And naming […]
This fantastic papercraft gift box for raw trail mix cookies tutorial was made by two of my students at Parsons, Kirsten Halterman and Cats McDaid-Kelly. Download and print the box template, fold it up, and stuff it with a cookie for your favorite friend! The walnut-cinnamon raw cookies are super easy and delicious.
