HOW TO – Make Your Own Tofu
Lisa at U-Handbag shares Part 1 of a 2-part tutorial on making your own tofu at home. I’ve had homemade tofu and it really does taste better than store-bought. Once I find a tofu mold I’ll definitely be trying this.
Food & Beverage
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for cooking, brewing, feasting and festing.
HOW TO – Brains… Melon Brains…
Both Collin @Make and Chrisjob at Curbly found scoochmaroo’s Instructable for making melon brains out of watermelon. Mmmm… brains.
Calavera Sandwich
CROQ Zine put up this really cool looking Calavera sandwich made with seeds and berries for Dia de los Muertos. Via the CRAFT Flickr pool.
HOW TO – Frosted Animal Cookies
Dessert First helps us get over the sad news that Mother’s Cookies is going out of business, by showing us how to make our very own version of their pink and white frosted animal cookies.
HOW TO – Bleeding Heart Pie
Spotted in the CRAFT Flickr pool: Coo-Koo-Ri-Koo shares her recipe for yummy (and only slightly sinister-looking) Bleeding Heart Pie. (Don’t fret…it’s just raspberries!)
In The Sweet Kitchen
Take advantage of apple season with this amazing recipe for “Sticky Spiked Double-Apple Cake with a Brown Sugar-Brandy Sauce“, reprinted with permission from In The Sweet Kitchen by Regan Daley on The Kitchn. I don’t think this cake could look tastier if it tried!
Gingerbread Skeletons
Heidi from MyPaperCrane had the genius idea of decorating gingerbread men (and owls!) with icing piped on to look like bones, turning a Christmas-time treat into something decidedly spookier.
