I’ve loved making fortune cookies since I first laid eyes on instructions how to pinch these goodies into existence.
In my ceramic days I would make bright shiny raku fired cookies to hand out on Valentine’s Day, tucking little fortunes inside too.
This last weekend I took a class in making jewelry out of silver clay- [...]
I was happy to relocate my favorite vinegar supplier in Eugene, Susanna’s Vinegars. She had a table at the side wing of the Holiday Market, a location I only discovered on the last day of the market!
The vinegar table ended up being an example of buying for myself when also shopping for [...]
I’ve been enjoying the freeze dried fruits of Just Tomatoes, etc for a couple of months now, ever since I first picked up a tup of their crunchy dry strawberries.
Only now am I discovering their website for the first time and finding all sorts of great freeze dried items that my local stores [...]
My Christmas present givers helped remind me of a significant gift for foodies in the kitchen: a kitchen aid stand mixer!
We promptly broke it out of its box and made fluffy eggnog with it. Good mixer.
In a moment of divine food blog inspiration, Michelle at Accidental Scientist made a batch of Christmas marshmallows- a [...]
I’ve really enjoyed creating t-shirts in my Cafe Press store. My t-shirt making obsession started out with making fun of co-workers taking the elevator up one flight (while holding sacks of fast-food). It’s a great outlet for fun ideas, and doodles too!
Sweets came up with this newest t-shirt slogan, I crave the cook [...]
In the category of cute packaging…
Tea Forte.
I always enjoy reviewing re-designs of common objects. Tea bags are a definite common everyday object in my household. We toggle back and forth between using loose tea and using bags. However, I don’t consider myself to be at odds with the design of the [...]
Here’s a great practical joke to play this Thanksgiving. This story came via email, I do not know if its real or urban legend. It is very do-able though!
PREGNANT TURKEY
One year at Thanksgiving my mom went to her sister’s house for the traditional feast. Knowing how gullible her sister is, my mom [...]
I recently received an invitation to view a wonderful website from my neck of the woods. Sub Rosa is a virtual restaurant based out of Dundee Oregon, an area south east of Portland that is full of wineries and correlating tasting rooms. Michael Sherwood and Linda Lausmann run this tasty adventure that [...]
Michelle and I had the good fortune to sample slices of Salumi’s Mole Salami this past weekend at the Slow Food chocolate event. The balance of spice, chocolate and sheer meatiness was surprisingly easy to get carried away with.
I don’t exactly consider myself a salami sort of girl, but this magic concoction [...]
Oh my word! Michelle and I found oursleves in quite the cozy theobromine binge on Sunday. This was the For the Love of Chocolate benefit we attended put on by the Eugene Slow Food group. The following pictures are Michelle’s, who has already posted her report!
I arrived with scarcely any time to [...]
