Mole Rat Cake
It’s amazing what people can do with some fondant and some airbrushing supplies, like this mole rat cake.
Food & Beverage
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for cooking, brewing, feasting and festing.
Discover The Magic of Mesquite: No-Knead Mesquite Bread Recipe
Around this time of year one might notice that their local variety of mesquite tree is littering the neighborhood with odd figured legumes. These curly, hooked and sometimes pom-pom shaped pods (screw bean, honey and velvet) offer up a nutritious treat to the creative forager. With a bit of mastery, the pods can also become high value products – flour and sweetener that sell for 30X their white flour and sugar standards. Mesquite’s sweet, dark taste makes it a great match for pancakes, breads, molasses and a host of baked goods.
DIY Kitchen Drawer Organizer
Make your own custom drawer organizer from Plexiglas.
Humboldt County Fair Decorated Potato Contest
Garth Johnson of Extreme Craft has a knack for picking out the wacky and wonderful. He now soaks up the country life living in Humboldt County, and he did a fun post about the creative entries to the annual Decorated Potato Contest at the Humboldt County Fair (an annual event that’s been going on since […]
How-To: Champagne Sabering
Kathryn Borel Jr. shows how to open a bottle of champagne with a knife, some force, and a whole lot of style in this short video. Via BoingBoing.
Recipe: Split Pea Chowder
When the weather gets cold there’s nothing like a bowl of hot soup to make you feel good. I’ve never attempted to make a split pea soup but this recipe for easy peasy split pea chowder on Indie Fixx sounds super easy to make.
Sweet Paul’s Chanterelle and Spring Onion Frittata
I dont recall how I found Sweet Paul’s blog, but I adore his styling, his food, and his crafts.
