The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for cooking, brewing, feasting and festing.
Last night The Brooklyn Kitchen held a cupcake class, and our friend Michelle Kempner was there to catch the action. The class was really cool. The teacher showed us how to make two types of cupcakes and then gave us lots of decorating tools and types of frostings (ganache, fondant, buttercream, etc.) and had us […]
Elsie Marley made these carrot cake cookies from a recipe on Martha Stewart. Being that carrot cake is my favorite kind of cake, I don’t think these will last very long if I make these. But that cream cheese filling looks scrumptious! Elsie writes: The recipe says they make 18, but I only got a […]
As our Crafting with Nature month draws to a close, plant some veggies! This weekend Seattle Tilth is having their edible plant sale where you can score some awesome organic veggies and herbs and learn about food gardening and composting. Via New World Geek.
I’ve been grilling a lot in the last few weeks, and I love how easy it seems to make dinner time for us. These tips on grilling veggies from Wise Craft are great, and this yummy grilled veggie salad she tossed together is really making my mouth water.
My good pal, Jodi, tipped me off to this insanely decadent-looking dessert from CakeSpy. It’s a sweet take on the traditional grilled cheese sandwich, and involves butter, pound cake and cheesecake (i.e. my three favorite things). Healthy? Unlikely. Fabulous? Most definitely. Thanks, Jodi!
My friend Matt Mets has been coming up with some great uses for the bags and bags of lemons we’ve been trying to use up. This time he’s making Vietnamese salty lemonade, made with brined (and pickled) lemons.
Patti at New World Geek has a nice post up about making galettes, which are like “pies for lazy people:” pastry dough wrapped around a filling and baked.
