Finished up the knitting-themed treat boxes (employee thank you gifts) and sent them off. They include: – Rose & cedar soap (rose scent) – Knit mitten soap (pomegranate & vanilla) – Candy-coated fennel seeds – Sri Lankan pistachio & cashew love cake (2 pieces) – Sri Lankan gilded cashew milk toffee – Dragonfruit chocolate bar […]
If you’re using embossed rollers for your cookies, sometimes the pattern can show up pretty subtly. I like to highlight them with edible gold or silver, and in the past, I’ve used edible dust mixed with a bit of vodka for that. But this is even easier — I’m really loving these Chefmaster Glitter Glaze
Finishing up the knitting-themed treat boxes, shipping out shortly, with some stockinette stitch dark chocolate, impressed with dried cranberries. Yummy. I knitted it all myself too.
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This was nice to put together — someone contacted me and asked about treat boxes for their employees; I put together 7 dragon-themed boxes and 4 knitting-themed boxes for them. I can’t scale up to doing this kind of thing in bulk (not without hiring a lot more staff), but doing a few orders like
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Sometimes you have an idea, and you get all excited, like — oh my gosh, wouldn’t it be great to have a pumpkin curry tea towel to sell along with the Sri Lankan cookbook!!! So you design it and Kavi draws you a pumpkin, and you get it printed, and you sew it up, and
Not Completely Off-Base Read More »
Look! We have Serendib Kitchen stickers now, featuring Kavi’s design. So cute. A little cooking magic.
A Little Cooking Magic Read More »
About a month ago, we added some higher tiers to the Patreon subscription boxes that go out once a quarter. If you’re stumped on what to get someone as a gift, maybe a Serendib House 2021 subscription box might be nice? 10% off for annual subscriptions! We’re happy to customize the boxes to work with
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(5 minutes, serves 2) When I visited Paris, I got to try hot chocolate the way they make it, which is pretty much melted chocolate & cream — very different from the rather watery (and sometimes gritty) version Americans often encounter. This recipe is a touch lighter than the French version, and inflected with spices
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Yesterday, I shipped out all the Earth tier Patreon boxes ($10 / month), so that was a bit of a relief. I have oddly mixed feelings about these boxes — I love composing them, and for the most part, enjoy making them, but the little race up to get everything out the door in time
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After yesterday’s frustration with the dragon candle and its many, many failed attempts, it was really a delight to have this one come out perfectly on the first try. So cute! I can’t include it in the small Patreon boxes, because it’s just a little too big to fit into the small priority mail box,
