“Dearest Mother, I see that you have made another lovely set of chocolates overnight. Might I possibly have one?” “Only if you’re willing to pose for a photo — you actually perfectly coordinate today with this batch of sweets!” The kids definitely approve of the recent confectionery trend. #serendibkitchen #serendibdaughter 🙂
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Oof. It’s not so easy, folks, doing social media publicity without feeling like you’re just being utterly obnoxious and bothering everyone. I am trying to think of it as, “I’m letting people know about a cool thing they’re going to be excited about,” but it’s hard. Girls aren’t supposed to self-promote, right? We’re supposed to
GIVEAWAY! A fortnight to launch day, and we’re launching daily giveaways for the next two weeks! Every day, I’ll be giving away three (3!) gorgeous eBooks of Feast, perfect for referring to while cooking, using a tablet stand in the kitchen, or just browsing curled up on the couch. ($24.99 value!) So that’s 42 chances
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Morning ritual # 1 — it’s 7 a.m., and the kitty alarm clocks have arrived. Breakfast, mama? Breakfast breakfast breakfast? This is despite the fact that Anand has been the one feeding them breakfast for the past two months. Somehow mama still has to get up. #spacecat Morning ritual #2: By 7:30, Anand is safely
Quick note — I realized this morning that 6 people are already signed up for the new $10 / month subscription tier on Patreon (US-only, edible treats and such), and I want to be sure that it stays manageable for me, so we don’t run into fulfillment problems. So I’m capping it at max 25
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15 days ’til launch. Eep. I was thinking maybe for the last two weeks, I do ebook giveaways here? How would people feel about 3 ebooks / day, starting tomorrow, posted on my Facebook wall, comment to enter? Exciting, yes? 🙂 Tell me if you want me to do it!
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Sripati update. Short version, everything is expensive but fine, and he’s coming home today. Dramatic version follows. Some of you may have seen my post that Sripati was missing. He went out on the startlingly warm day we had, Sunday February 2, and didn’t come back. We didn’t fret too much at first — the
Chicago folks — anyone know what happened to Read It & Eat, our cookbook store? I stopped by yesterday, hoping to schedule an event with them, but there was a ‘for rent’ sign in the window! The website looks completely normal still, very confusing. Scheduling a book tour isn’t as easy as you’d think…
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One of the lantanas I overwintered (which was really almost dead for a bit this fall, due to neglect) has come back strong, and even started blooming in its sunny window. Apparently all my plants think spring is coming. Yes, please.
Super-happy with this Neapolitan confection experiment! I had some bowls of chocolate left over from the Valentine’s fruit-dipping, and I didn’t want to waste them — had the brainwave that I could do a layered set of chocolates. And they are SO SO good. Luscious, creamy. The kids love them, and so do I. I
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