A Double Batch
Came home, ate leftovers, finished off the pol sambol, so I had to make a new batch, of course. A double batch, in fact, so I could freeze half of it. Cayenne and salt and lime and onion and coconut. Yum.
Serendib Kitchen
Last Photo for Vegan Serendib
Even though my stringhoppers themselves were sub-par, the stringhopper biryani came out pretty tasty. And the final photo looks fine, whew. That’s the last photo for Vegan Serendib. I want to say I’m done, but I’m pretty sure Stephanie Bailey still has tasks for me…
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A Mad Rush
It was a little bit of a mad rush getting ready to leave town for ICFA — I was trying to grade a bunch of student papers (done!), get all the winter Patreon boxes out the door (done!), and make and photograph stringhopper (idiyappam) biryani (done, in the end, but with additional drama!) The stringhopper
Hard to Go Wrong
Finished up the higher tier treat boxes yesterday and shipped them out. Will take a break from production for a month or so, then start working on the spring boxes. Also might take a break from eating sweets for a month too? We’ll see. What do you do with extra bits of milk toffee and
Garden Log 3/12/22
Working on the seedlings this morning — I’m really excited about the Thai sweet basil and the lemongrass. I’ve grown Thai basil before, but usually I’m hunting for it in nurseries when the small plants come out, and some years, I can’t find it, which is very frustrating, because Thai cuisine is one of my
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Codenames Game Night
Heh. I tried to play Codenames (for the SLF’s game night) and cook chicken curry at the same time, and I burned the onions a little and also contacted one of the enemy’s spies by mistake. Maybe I’m not as good at multitasking as I thought! Sorry, Spymaster Emmanuel!
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Halibut Sothi
Poor Stephanie has been waiting very patiently for me to get her ONE last decent photo of a dish so we can start the publicity process for Vegan Serendib, ordering galley proofs, etc., but the problem is that it’s not just a matter of cooking one dish. You see, the dish in question is stringhopper
Pink and Silver Pretty
Pink and silver are v. pretty together. This is what ended up in the Earth Tier “Narnia in Love” boxes: • Artist’s Valentine rose-cardamom iced cookie • “Caramel Loves Passionfruit” marshmallows • strawberry marshmallow • chocolate scone with cherry & orange • gingered red velvet crinkle cookie • brownie drizzle heart cookie • rose tea:
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Pretty Little Tumble
Just a pretty little tumble of dragonfruit & citrus chocolates.
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Pretty Confection Box
Very pretty confection box this time around, I think. • pomegranate chocolate rose • pistachio-rose truffle • rosewater & lemon Turkish delight • dragonfruit & citrus chocolate • cayenne chocolate rose Happy with the result.
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