Most of my gifts for Kevin and Jed were experiential this year, delivered in the form of print-outs of the items, folded into paper airplanes and clipped to the tree at the last minute. I was originally going to wrap them in boxes, but this was much easier, less wasteful of wrapping paper, etc., and […]
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So, as part of the Kickstarter, I promised to do some cooking videos. I’m working on them now — I recorded one with Kavi yesterday, making bombatoast, and one with Jed today, making beet curry. Kavi’s going to show me how to edit them (at least the basics), and we’ll get them up soon. But
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We have lots of interesting games here, but sometimes the kids just want to “Go Fish.” Classics stay classic… #serendibhome
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We were very tired last night, but we wanted to do something Christmas-y with the kids, so the kids put on their new Christmas pajamas (traditional Christmas Eve present), cut open a tube of cookie dough, and pulled out the sprinkles and M&Ms. Too tired to even make royal icing! The end results were mostly
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Banana bread gets fancy. Made in a bundt pan, sprinkled with powdered sugar, plenty of dried cranberries and crystallized ginger stirred into the batter, and graced with fresh chopped strawberries and raspberries. My recipe for chai-spiced banana bread is here: http://serendibkitchen.com/2019/12/13/chai-spiced-banana-bread-recipe/ #serendibkitchen — in Oak Park, Illinois.
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I have a deep desire to make cordial cherries, because I loved them as a kid, but these days, the chemical-y taste of the preserved fruit displeases me. Tips, recipes? My plan is to do two varieties — one with cherries soaked in hard liquor (already soaked and ready, in a mixture of arrack and
I’ve sent Kickstarter backers the PDF of Feast! WOOT! ePub and Kindle editions coming later today! I’ll just note this again, in case any of them are reading here and miss it in my e-mail, that backers should please feel free to download an extra copy to gift to a friend or family member. Happy
A few people have asked about the earlier photo of the paperwhites, whether they continued to work in those individual vases (hyacinth glasses, picked up over the years from Trader Joe’s in the spring). Mostly yes, with a little help. As you can see, I couldn’t find one of my copper stakes (I think it’s
And Jed has finished the Kindle and ePub versions of Feast, and I have sent them to the Kickstarter backers, and the cookbook is officially, y’know, done. Whew. Off to collapse in a heap now. Well, collapse for twenty minutes, and then wrap presents, but you know what I mean… Here’s some sleepy, sparkly #spacecats for you; that seems
Today I dragged Jed around with me to Walgreens and the post office and Paper Source and Scratch ‘n Sniff, and while he kind of collapsed at the last one (he’s not used to marathon holiday shopping sessions, poor thing) and had to step outside into the quiet fresh air for a bit, I think I may
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