Category: Food
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Waffle Furniture from Sapore Dei Mobili: Furniture Tasting
This is so cool! A waffle iron that makes mini furniture. This “Furniture Tasting” project by Japanese/Portuguese duo Ryosuke Fukusada and Rui Pereira of Sapore Dei Mobili was inspired by the idea that the contemporary furniture industry is feeding us so much that it’s nearly impossible to “digest” it all. I…
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Amazing Piñata Cookies
I have a thing for amazing cookies (see here). And these DIY Pinata Cookies for the Cinco de Mayo…or anytime actually look just out of this world. These multi-striped, burro piñata sugar cookies have hollow centers that you can fill with your favorite candies. The full recipe and detailed tutorial are available at SheKnows.…
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ABC Kids Cooking School -Tokyo
What a wonderful cooking school for kids in Tokyo this is! 4 -12 year old children learn the basics of food in this fun school with pink sinks and crescent shaped tables which are also very functional. I love the shot of the kids in their chef hats. Designed by Emmanuelle Moureaux Architecture +…
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Hot Cross Buns Recipe
I searched high and low for a great Hot Cross Bun for Good Friday and here they are! I will be attempting these today. There are many stories as to when the first Hot Cross Buns were made. Alan Davidson tells us in “The Oxford Companion to Food” that they were first made in…
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Oona’s 5th Birthday
It was Oona’s 5th birthday on Monday and I just felt so emotional about her turning five, it was irrational. Maybe because 5 is half a decade? Maybe because it seems like yesterday that she made her exit from me, and entrance into this world? Maybe because I just can’t believe my baby is…
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Amazing Cookies by Dainty Delights
We just had a perfect and timelessly romantic spring day here in New York and these cookies above just seemed to go hand in hand with their bright freshness and promise of new life! Who would have thought that cookies could do so much for me?! They are from the Spring/Summer Collection of very pretty…
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A Simple Birthday Party and Melted Crayon Art!
We celebrated Sweet Solène’s 2nd birthday yesterday! Oona asked me if we could combine their parties this year (which I’m all for!) so we did a simple Playdate Party with a couple of Solène’s buddies while awaiting greater things! I made the carrot cake and colored the meringues myself by dipping them in…
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Desserts Table With Macaron Towers
This whole table is just a rhapsody of beauty and nostalgia to me! I love everything about it including the wall behind it and the woodsy feel. It’s from Project Wedding but I think it would be fabulous for any party! I especially want to try making the Macaron Tower. See link below. …
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Victorian Inspired Cookies
I am so impressed at how far cookie art has come as you can tell from all the cookie posts I write! And these Victorian inspired little wonders from SweetAmbs, the Etsy store of Amber Spiegel definitely have the Wow Factor! The gold embroidered royal iced flowers and brocaded cameos are just amazing. A…