Monthly Archives: December 2007
Why, oh, why do I not live in Britain?!
So the Doctor Who Christmas special airs today. And do you know who his companion is? Do you? IT IS KYLIE! How can I be expected to wait for the series 4 DVD now?!
A holiday dinner!
Our family’s tradition is to have a nice, fancy dress-up dinner on Xmas Eve. This is a little awkward as it requires my mother and me to time everything so that we still have a few moments at the end … Continue reading
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Fallingwater, pt. 3…
…FINISHED! So, three days and six batches of gingerbread dough later, we have: I think it looks good considering this is the first gingerbread house my team and I have ever made! We’re going to decorate the hell out of … Continue reading
Nom, nom, nom!
In the midst of the gingerbread baking, I took a moment to make this lovely recipe from Smitten Kitchen – Pear Crisp with Vanilla Brown Butter. Fairly easy, very yummy. I don’t think my crisp turned out right – it … Continue reading
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Fallingwater, pt. 2
A very productive day in Frank Lloyd Wright gingerbread – I managed to finish today with lots of flour on my shirt, but very little icing in my hair. I call that a positive. So this morning, we got to … Continue reading
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Fallingwater, pt. 1
Okay, here we go! First of all, apologies for the awkward photography – the lighting’s fairly sketchy in my parents’ kitchen – all the bulbs up under the cabinets went out this evening. So yesterday I made six batches of … Continue reading
And they’re good for you!
Last night I made Super Macaroni and Cheese. I didn’t take any pictures because, at first, I doubted its super…icity. But it ended up being pretty good. I did the substitution of milk + yoghurt for the half-and-half and, just … Continue reading
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A slight madness, y/n?
So this year, after seeing this post over on Simply Recipes, I thought ‘Well, that doesn’t look too hard, I’m going to give it a go!’ But, of course, I want to make a cool gingerbread house, so I e-mailed … Continue reading
And now, I proudly present…
…GINGERBREAD DINOSAUR THEATRE. O Cruel Fate, that created us so we can only run unto the tiny little arms of our enemies! A surprising twist of Fate. Rejoice! For truly ours is a merciful god! Or…not.
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Gingerbread dinosaurs!
The holiday party at work was today which means that I spent my weekend doing some baking… I adore the gingerbread recipe from the Moosewood Book of Desserts – so yummy – I really like my gingerbread or molasses cookies … Continue reading
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The State of the Union…
So. I was at the Post Office yesterday, attempting to mail a package to South Africa (heads up, Debby!) and had the following conversation with the clerk: Me: I’d like to pay for this envelope and then to send it … Continue reading
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Aaaaaiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeee!
So in a fit of ‘I hate Martha’-ness, I skipped ahead to the episodes with John Simm and John Barrowman at the end of series 3. HOLY FUCKING HELL! John. Simm. Is. AWESOME. Seriously, I am overwhelmed with the amount … Continue reading
It’s snowing!
And you know what that means! I posted this last year on the first snow and I’m posting it again now. If you live in a place where it snows (granted, I know that’s not many of you), snag this … Continue reading
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I forgot!
There was a very pretty sunrise this morning. It’s a little blurry as I was still fairly sleepy when I took it. Alas, the beautiful sunrise did not turn into a beautiful day – instead there was freezing rain which … Continue reading
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