New series: Quilt Blocks in the Wild
Inspired my current foray into quilting (my hobby is usually “buying materials for craft projects that I won’t actually finish” but I’ve managed to make pretty decent progress on a few quilts
Category: Crafts and cooking
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The Great Pandemic Baking Show: Trifle
Whoa. Trifle is a bit…much. But what is one to do when one has most of a batch of apple pie filling left? Right. Make a pie. (Or make apple cinnamon oatmeal.
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Great Pandemic Baking Show: Schnecken
Season 4, episode 6: Sweet breads For over a decade, my family recipe for schnecken has been sitting in a “wouldn’t it be nice to make this” pile. I finally made them,
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The Great Pandemic Baking Show: Puff Pastry
In The Great British Baking Show Masterclass, Mary Berry admits that she does not make her own puff pastry since it’s easier to buy it at the shops. Nevertheless, I lost my
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The Great Pandemic Baking Show: Lemon Tart
Follow up to season one, episode one: what to do when you have four leftover egg yolks. What is the best thing made with egg yolks? Lemon curd. There is no room
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The Great Pandemic Baking Show: Swiss Rolls
Netflix arrangement, season 1, episode 1. Cake week. Signature challenge: Swiss rolls. The contestants made: lemon curd roll orange and aniseed sponge with honey cream cardamom, pistachio, and coffee chocolate orange with
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Pancakes
Here I am two years after my last post sharing about pancakes. I’ll try to get back to more important things but really, pancakes are important, too. When Passover ends and you
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Red Pepper Pesto
If I’m going to post something every day this month, not every post is going to be deeply thoughtful. In that vein, I give you: Red Pepper Pesto Ingredients: About half a