When we decided on New York for our family vacation I asked for a list of things each person wanted to do… Empire State Building Lunch at Les Halles Rockefeller Center & Top of the Rock See a Yankee Game Shop at Supreme (Gavin) Have photo taken with The Wall Street Bull (Kellen) A day …
The flames of my girl crush on the most excellent Nigella Lawson have been fanned even higher with this beautiful new book. The recipes (so far) are no fail and so easy!
You. Guys! This is the most charming thing I’ve seen in a long time! The Paperman by Disney Directed by John Kahrs, uses a mix of traditional and CG animation techniques.
We didn’t make it to Pazzoria Bakery this year for our panettone bread so I thought, “How hard could it be?” As it turns out, not that hard! After some experimenting I think I’ve got it right. Panettone Loaf For the dried fruit mixture: 1/4 cup each of: Dried Cranberries Dried Currants Golden Rasins Dried …
This is a British derivation on a Swedish recipe created by the Hasslebacken Hotel a few centuries ago. I love that its super simple but looks very fancy. Perfect for my Christmas Eve feast! Hassleback Potatoes Preheat oven to 425 degrees. 12 Yukon gold potatoes of medium size 3 tablespoons Olive Oil Salt & Pepper …
Lets stay in our jammies and goof off out on the internet… Basement Jaxx always makes me smile. Who knew it was so hard to make a Manhattan in Paris? The Fine Art of Italian Hand Gestures. Just in time for that family gathering… (Heh) The fine art of The Last Minute Hostess Gift. Mind …
Okay enough of the re-blogging stuff! I did throw in a few new recipes though. I’d like you to meet Carol Gillott! She’s the painter, traveler and Francophile who writes the most superb blog Paris Breakfast Carol bounces around Paris with her trusty camera and long-suffering mascot Bear, snapping pictures of shop windows and street …
Here’s a few things to keep you amused while you watch that clock today. Alton Brown is on Twitter, did you know? Catch up on past tweets while you wait for this weeks cheeky “analog tweets”. Plan a trip, go far away with Wikitravel. Are you a writer? Here’s Neil Gaiman’s 8 rules of writing. …
This, my friends is professional level comfort food! At the same time it’s really easy and you can make it on a weeknight. Cheesy Grits 4 cups Milk 2 cups water 3 tablespoons Butter 2 teaspoons Salt LOTS of pepper 2 cups Corn Grits (I like Bob’s Red Mill) 1/2 cup Cream 1 cup grated …
Usually water and light isn’t such a good idea. However, the smarties over at Digitalarti figured out how to make magic. water light (click the link to see video)
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