Dragon Pleased
Dragonfruit Nebulae chocolates: Details of gilding process. Pretty pretty. Dragon pleased.
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Pretty Without Gilding
Dragonfruit Nebulae chocolates: They are still very pretty without gilding, especially when poured into cool molds. While I love the dragon scale effect of the bars, I did do a bunch of little individual chocolates; those will be better for parties and tasting events. One set in gemstone shapes (so dragon!), and the other with
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Dragonfruit Nebula Bars Dev’t Notes
Dragonfruit Nebulae chocolate bars: recipe development notes. It took a little while, but I ended up settling on a set of flavors I’m really happy with. I tried various inclusions — pictured here are dried cherries, which worked better than dried pineapple, crystallized ginger, or dried cranberries — the pineapple and ginger were too sweet,
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Paper Crane, on Paperwhites
When you’re cleaning up the morning after board game night, and suddenly discover that a little crane has alighted in your kitchen’s paperwhites. Thanks, Nara! Surprise smiles are the best.
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Testing the first RPG I’ve ever designed
All set up for testing the first RPG I’ve ever designed. FUN. I have an hour ’til my playtesters arrive, and must work on the grant application that’s due today, but all I really want to do is make them more snacks. Handmade artisanal chocolates, ready. Chips and locally-made salsa, go. Oven for samosas, pre-heating.
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Happy Saturday: games and publicity
Happy Saturday. 🙂 I started the day with exercise, after a good night’s sleep, and it really is amazing how much more able to cope I feel! 30 minutes on the treadmill, just walking at 3.0, and then I had my weekly appt. (started up again last week after a six-month hiatus) with trainer Liz
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How do you define the edge?
I’m watching Restaurants on the Edge, a new Netflix show where they save failing restaurants around the world. Less yelling and actual chef/owner re-training than when Gordon Ramsey does it in Kitchen Nightmares, more travelogue and cultural history. Just a little ways in, and I mostly like it, though the Derridean in me is slightly
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Confectionery sampling + coffee =/= decent breakfast
Mary Anne, do not get so distracted by new student employees that you forget to eat meals. Confectionery experiment sampling + coffee ≠ decent breakfast.
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So many time sensitive tasks!
Gah! I woke up at 3:15 a.m., mind racing with time-sensitive things I had to do: SLF: • tell Akbar to go ahead and book his plane ticket for the SLF (counting on the community to donate the remainder of the funds to reimburse us for it, which is a little nerve-wracking, but time is
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LEAP YEAR giveaway: 3 days to enter!
LEAP YEAR GIVEAWAY CONTEST! A Feast of Serendib is my new Sri Lankan American cookbook, and the ebooks are perfect for referring to while cooking, using a tablet stand in the kitchen, or just browsing curled up on the couch. ($24.99 value!) Just 8 days to launch, eep, and I’m trying something different for this
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