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Chocolate Chestnut Mousse Trifle

By Felicia C. Sullivan Light on effort and heavy on flavor, trifle is the sort of dessert that looks deceptively decadent, but is actually a cinch to make. If you’re seeking the epitome of show-stopping desserts, look no further than the Chocolate Chestnut Mousse Trifle. A cloud of sweet chocolate mousse and slices of buttery […]

ChuChi Plush Night Light

Yury Gitman makes unique and thoughtful toys with snuggly plush and custom electronics. We’ve looked at his My Beating Heart toy before, and now he’s come up with ChuChi, the plush night light. Yury narrates this adorable demo video. Yury teaches a class at Parsons The New School for Design, where I met him when […]

Recession Economy Gingerbread House

Artist Andrew Salomone has a new take on the traditional gingerbread house: Abandonded Gingerbread House Building Sites is a site-specific project I made for my show, everything is as it seems to be, at The Space in Cork City [Ireland]. When the global economy unravelled last year the Irish countryside was left with a lot […]