Please Don't Poop on the White Dress |
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How the FORK is it September already? Where did the summer go? I miss summer parties and gatherings, cooking for friends, and travel adventures. At least I got to ring the summer out in style with a fabulously-fashion-y Rooftop Garden Party collab with designer Viva Aviva. To shake up my usual routine of pajamas and yoga pants, I put on a white designer dress that looks like clouds of meringue, baked up a floral and ruffle inspired spread, and threw a quarantine party for me and the chickens. The big takeaway? We don't need a special occasion to put on a poofy white dress. Take care of yourself! Treat yourself! There's enough negativity and shitty things happening in the world right now. Sometimes putting on a fancy dress and throwing yourself a party is just what you need to pull yourself out of a funk. Oh and that funk... you know... the feeling of hopelessness, listlessness, lethargy, sleepiness, fear, and uncertainty? It's called "ACEDIA" -- a long lost 5th century word that exactly describes the emotion we're all feeling right now. I've been feeling it hard over the last month and finally being able to put a name to it definitely helps to pull myself out of the "noonday demon" pit of despair. You're not alone! Cheers to fall and pumpkin spice season whether we're ready for it or not. Election Day is coming up, did you register to vote yet? Of course you did because you're all responsible human beings. Bok-bok-BAKE! Christina |
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Your Weekend Baking Project |
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The iconic Black & White Cookie gets an upgrade with better ingredients. These cookies never did it for me, and I figured out why! I break it all down in a NEW EPISODE where I compare my version of the cookie with The New York Times recipe. Dare I say it? My version is SO MUCH BETTER. Boo-yah! Get the recipe, grab your ingredients, and make yourself some cookies. |
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Egg-stra! Egg-stra! Read All About It. |
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A roundup of egg-ucating and hen-tastic news and info from around the internet. If you see something cool, share it with me and it could end up here! |
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Cooking With Fig Leaves! Yes You Can Eat it. via Splendid Table Cooked fig leaves impart a toasted coconut scent onto food. Great for wrapping fish, meat, cheese, making into ice cream, and even smoked! Find it at your local farmer's market, or on a neighbor's tree. | | |
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How the Maraschino Cherry Became a Comfortingly Trashy American Icon via MelMagazine.com "Just when did the syrupy, lipstick-red lynchpin of ice cream sundaes, 1970s fruit salads and throwback cocktails conquer the world (and your grandparents’ home bar)?" | | |
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Not Fried Chicken Ice Cream Barsvia Life Raft Treats (Charleston, SC) This is not a bucket of fried chicken. This is waffle ice cream and a chocolate covered cookie “bone” covered in caramelized white chocolate, cornflakes and waffle cone bits. | | |
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| | If you're lucky enough to have the last handful of figs of fig season, make this tall and jammy Honey Earl Grey Fig Cake. Finally an earl grey cake that actually TASTES like Earl Grey. | | |
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| | Have you always wanted to try making macarons but have been afraid of the challenge? Step up! Try the Swiss Meringue method that just changed my life to make these Black Velvet Macarons. | | |
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| | MedMen, the biggest cannabis store in the U.S., featured our Cannabis Leaf Lime Sweet Rolls on their digital magazine -- EMBER! Will it get me high? Only if you want to. | | |
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| | Savor the last tiny bit of summer with this Blackberry Lime Tart. F this heatwave. Make it a no-bake recipe and whip up a chocolate cookie crust with crushed chocolate cookies, butter, and salt then fill it with blackberry lime mousse. | | |
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Wonderfully Awesome Chicken Facts |
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They can recognize up to 100 faces. They use more than 20 different vocalizations to communicate. They purr like cats. Chickens have full-color vision. There are 25 billion chickens in the world. There are more chickens than any other bird species! Chickens can taste saltiness but not sweet. Chickens have three eyelids. The chicken is the closest living relative to the Tyrannosaurus Rex. Rwar! |
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