Archive for April, 2012

Inspiration

Back from my trip to Boston and DC – more to come.  In the meantime, this is incredible.  Photographer Ian Ruhter made a truck into a camera and takes large format photos.  All by hand.  He makes these photos.  Incredible and inspirational.  


Molecular

I wanted to make these for Easter but didn’t get around to it.  I had this image in my mind to make a cupcake that looked just like a deviled egg.   I have an egg shaped cupcake pan and have made them before but my twist was to a spherification technique for the “yolk”. I […]


Sugar Club

I’m not talking about actual sugar.  The kind that’s good to eat but not good for you.  This is the good clean fun kind of sugar. A few weeks ago at Alison’s birthday party Tro told me she was going to be dancing and choreographing a burlesque show called Sugar Club.  I half way invited […]


Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins

These are goooood.  Really good.   Very similar to the recipe in my book Sweet Things but in muffin form and a couple of small changes.     I added espresso powder and took out the poppy seeds (although they would work in this recipe).   I also added some bran flakes to give them a little more density.  […]


Appliance

I’ve been living with apartment appliances for my entire adult life.    Everything worked but they were definitely the standard inexpensive versions of refrigeration and cooking appliances.   I had a microwave for a while but gave it up.   I was always worried about radiation, changing the molecules of my food and my insides getting cooked.   Crazy?   […]