Holidaying
Gorgeous flowers from Alec, provided by local micro-florist Pickle Hill Parties, I think.
Gorgeous flowers from Alec, provided by local micro-florist Pickle Hill Parties, I think.
Kavi made the devilled eggs this year.
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Kavi and her friend Rose cut out cookies for me a few days ago, and I baked them, cooled, refrigerated for a few days — just got around to icing them now. For these, I use my super-lazy way of icing — make the icing a little runnier than usual, put it in a wide
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Scones! I hadn’t planned on making them, because I was trying to be reasonable and minimize party cooking, but they had some mix at the store that just required adding water, so I thought, what the heck! I stirred in some crystallized ginger and dried cranberries, baked — super-easy. I haven’t tried them yet, so
Had a momentary panic last night when I realized I was somehow out of masoor dal, the red lentils we prefer in Sri Lanka. But I did have plenty of split green lentils (moong dal) on hand, so I thought I’d try subbing those in — they’re good! They take maybe 15 minutes longer to
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Almost done with the Autumn in Wonderland treat boxes — just shipped out the Milky Way boxes. Just Interstellar tier to go; I want to try making one more item for them, so will hopefully ship those tomorrow. Pictured here, little dragonfruit-citrus-white-pepper chocolate crowns. I thought the Queen of Hearts would like her chocolates a
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Chicken curry done, trifle done, lentil curry going, how many more dishes can I knock off tonight? Devilled potatoes, I think — that one, I’ve made so many times I can basically do it in my sleep. Curries are usually better the second day, so nice to do them in advance. And then save the
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I had a clean kitchen four hours ago. There comes a point in every party prep when you look at the chaos you’ve generated and ask how you could possibly get to party-ready by tomorrow. And yet somehow, it all comes together in the end. How? I don’t know. It’s a mystery.
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Finishing up the last Kickstarter orders — only 6 more to get out the door! This one added on a copy of The Stars Change and its accompanying tea towel. This was a fun one to design, working off Jack Kotz‘s design for my book cover.
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