Monthly Archive for October, 2009

Um, no they don’t

Actually, frat boys, morons, and people entirely lacking taste buds drink Natty Light. But thank you for so misjudging me, Facebook. Continue reading

The Skeleton Dance

created by Ub Iwerks; directed by Walt Disney Continue reading

the only adequate response

the greatest coffeecake in the world*

* because Apple Pear Honey-Bourbon Caramel Coffee Crumb Cake is just too long. Last night, I baked something amazing. Riffing on two recipes and a lifetime in my mother's kitchen, I pulled together an apple-pear coffee cake with honey-bourbon caramel and enormous chunky crumb-topping. The basic coffeecake recipe was from smittenkitchen.com, where all of my greatest culinary inspiration comes from lately. The caramel recipe was borrowed from a sassyradish.com

Well, this is refreshing…

going

autumn baking

My boyfriend's restaurant is a drop-off point for the Enterprise Farms CSA, which means that every couple of weeks he'll come home lugging a giant box of dirt-encrusted organic fruits and veggies. It's amazing, and forces us to eat and cook with things that maybe we wouldn't have ordinarily picked out at the grocery store ourselves. This week's haul included squash, radishes, turnips, potatoes, and — a half-dozen of… Continue reading

Bridal Tableau

I've submitted a photo to JPG Magazine—go vote for it!! bridaltableau

I love San Francisco!

When boyfriend and I were in San Francisco last week, it happened to be Fleet Week. We flew into SFO ahead of Jeanne's wedding, picked up our ferry tickets to Napa at Pier 39, and had a few hours to kill before our boat came in. We ate Dungeness crabs melts on SF sourdough bread, and watched the Blue Angels flying in formation over the bay. When we headed outside to… Continue reading

we need a montage!

I had a lot of fun with the first project for my video class, and am really enjoying digging back into FinalCut Pro. Continue reading

when a nerd falls in love with a geek

Baking the Star Wars Cake

This labor of love is also a result of my love for smittenkitchen.com. The cake is Deb's Best Birthday Cake. It is filled with her Mango Curd and frosted with her Swiss Buttercream, the instructions for which include the directive, "Patience, young Jedis." As per her brilliant layer cake tips, I made the mango curd and… Continue reading