How To: Make North African Shakshuka
Last night I concocted this dish, well I thought I did, till a fellow instagrammer pointed out that in the North Africa it's affectionately known as Shakshuka and is an Israeli staple... go… Continue Reading
How To: Make Designer Marimekko-Inspired Macarons
You may be familiar with the Unikko pattern, an iconic floral print from Finnish textile giant Marimekko. The bold print has been around since 1964 and graces everything from bedding to ceramics to shoes to cotton fabric-by-the-yard. It's the floral darling of the textile design world. It also, apparently, makes for a fine-tasting macaron! … Continue Reading
How To: Butternut And Lemongrass Soup
This is one of my favourite 'one pot' winter warmers. The lemongrass adds an aromatic freshness to the dish, which is perfect for warding off those winter chills.
I like to garnish it with deep fried sage and serve it with a Parmesan encrusted crostini, but it works equally well garnished with fresh cilantro or sour cream and fresh… Continue Reading
Bake It: Homemade "Insta-Graham" Cookies
Bahaha... "Insta-Graham" cookies. Pure silliness, but so nerdy, I just might have to make some.… Continue Reading
Our Daughter's DIY Princess Party (Not in a Pack), Part II
Last week, I wrote about some of our inspiration and preparation for our daughter's Rapunzel-themed birthday party. To recap, we wanted to give our four-year-old the party of her dreams without purchasing everything from a princess party pack. So, we enlisted the help of Pinterest and our Silhouette Cameo cutting machine and made it magical. Read on to see what we did.
Not So Blue Kitchen Makeover
The only things worth salvaging in this kitchen might have been the big box of Cheez-Its and the stove. Strike that...only the stove was worth saving. See a… Continue Reading
Planning a DIY Princess Party (Not in a Package)
Our little girl is turning four next week, and we're in full party planning mode. This year's planning is especially interesting since we're living in a house with no kitchen, and in various but consistent states of complete chaos. Nevertheless, it's our four-year-old's birthday, and there will be a rockin' little kids' birthday... in, um, an octogenarian par-tay room.
Embroidered Bread
Yup. You read that title correctly. Embroidery artist Catherine McEver is the creator who uses sliced bread as canvases. Why? She says we have to read Umberto Eco's Travels in Hyperreality to understand.… Continue Reading
3D Dinosaur Cookie Cutters
Had your fill of seeing all those traditional Christmas cookies yet? Then these new 3D dino cookies will most definitely clean your palate. They come in T-Rex, stegosaurus, brachiosaurus and triceratops shapes. (Each sold… Continue Reading
Roundup: 10 Delicious Christmas Side Dishes
Each family has its own tradition over Christmas lunch, maybe you're being adventurous with a 3 in one bird, a glazed gammon or plump chicken, either way I've rounded up a few of my favorite sides to compliment your main meal.
1. Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Sunflower Seeds, from Martha Stewart
2. Braised Leeks, from Simply Recipes
3. Creamed Spinach,… Continue Reading
How To: Make Easy Homemade Holiday Lollipops
Still looking for a quick and easy gift idea for all those friendly acquaintances in your life? Whip up a batch of these homemade lollipops, tie them up in a fancy bow, and you're set! … Continue Reading
A Curbly Mom's Best Christmas Cookie Recipes
At this time of year, the kitchen of my childhood home was covered in a thin blanket of flour. That's because my mom when into baking overdrive around the second week of November and didn't stop until the day after Christmas. We kids all had our favorites and Mom always obliged. These six recipes, by far, were and still are, at the top of the list of must-haves at Christmastime.
Because some of these recipes have been in my family generations, you'll notice one particular ingredient that would make dietitians faint. That ingredient is shortening/Crisco. When I make these cookies now, I swap the shortening out for butter, which my mother thinks is an expensive, unnecessary extravagance. Also, these… Continue Reading
How To: Bake Your Own Gingerbread House
Making your own gingerbread house is a longstanding European tradition. Gingerbread is known as lebkuchen (life cake) in German because ginger preserves the cake for a longer period of time, a classic ode to all things sugar and… Continue Reading
Roundup: Stunning Christmas Cookies
When you think about it, decorated Christmas cookies fall into two primary categories. There's the 'cute' category filled with smiling Santa faces and candy cane shapes and such, and then there's the 'stunning work of art' cookies. In this roundup, we're going to looking at some of those that fall into the second bunch. Gorgeous, too… Continue Reading
Ceiling Beams in Kitchens? Not Here.
When I think of ceiling beams in kitchens, I imagine English country cottages. They seem to work in such places. In the kitchen above? Not so much. It looks as if the plan actually flipped the kitchen's original footprint. Whatever… Continue Reading
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