Had a really nice 2-hr chat with Ana Constantinescu today, talking about small business art stuff. We’re going to do another Maram Makerspace weekend in late September, it looks like — she’s going to teach an introduction to flower pressing class, I’m teaching a Sri Lankan cooking class, and I’m hoping to find some more […]
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Another one for the Patreon boxes! (30 minutes, makes 30 bars) What’s summer without s’mores? You can make these with brown sugar, of course, but jaggery adds an extra dimension of yumminess. They are very gooey, in the best way. 1 c. butter, melted 2 eggs 2 c. jaggery (or dark brown sugar), packed 2
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Finishing up the Patreon baking. For the fairy theme, I thought it’d be fun to do a spin on classic fairy bread, which is bread and butter with sprinkles, popular in Australia and New Zealand. I did sugar cookies instead of bread, spread with a rose & vanilla buttercream and covered in sprinkles. The end
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Yesterday was a rough day — I slept terribly, waking up over and over. I think it’s mostly stress — the semester is coming, like an onrushing train, and the long, long list of things I wanted to accomplish over the summer is still long. I will need to pause and recalibrate to settle down,
I was a little nervous about trying cabling again, because it’s been long enough that I’d forgotten how to do it, but I put on the Fellowship of the Ring for company and inspiration (because this particular cable pattern looks very Tolkien-elvish to me), and dove in, and look, it’s starting to do the thing.
Hey, I was thinking about how difficult it can be to transition to eating more plant-based meals, and I was wondering would anyone be interested in a vegan cooking club? – every Saturday, I’d e-mail you three Sri Lankan vegan recipes, that you could put together into a nice meal – once a month, I’d
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Kitchen experiments for the Patreon boxes — homemade marshmallow fondant (tasty, easy to make, stretchy and therefore easy to work with, very sweet, the kids like it). Also used an embossing set for these fairy dust cookies (and then gilded the embossed portions). The result doesn’t look super-professional, but I figure fairies probably aren’t super-professional
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Slightly complicated day today — I have a slew of things I need to do, AND we have a plumber coming to deal with various broken things (one toilet out of commission, one kitchen faucet with a broken regulator that sprays wildly)… …but also, it’s the last relatively hot day before Kavi starts school next
You get a pic of me along with the meal I served the reporter yesterday, because I knew she’d be taking photographs so I actually changed out of grubby summer garden clothes for a change. I really go a little wild / feral in the summer. But look, clean hair! Earrings that match my dress!
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It was interesting talking to the reporter yesterday about jackfruit — she’s a very accomplished chef (much more than me), but hasn’t really worked with jackfruit. I told her that yes, you could often find jackfruit nearby at Pete’s or Tony’s grocery stores, if you wanted to buy fresh and break it down, but to
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