For a complicated recipe like this, it is always best to start with the essentials. Of course for these cupcakes, brandy is absolutely required – and not just any brandy, either. I would recommend the Paulet Lallique or Pierre Ferrand Memoire Vintage Edition, (although the Pierre Ferrand Grande Champagne 1972 Vintage will do in a pinch). While tastes vary greatly, of course, it is advisable to secure the very best brandy in order to achieve the fine results this recipe ought to have. ...
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17 Sep 2009 16:00 GMT
Yes, I know, vegetable lasagne, yawn or whatevs. BUT! There is a reason that vegetable lasagne is the meat-free option of choice touted about by lazy restaurants: Because it is delicious, and hearty, and good for you (and really cheap to make, so the mark-up per portion is a ker-ching! fest as far as restauranteurs are concerned).
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17 Sep 2009 12:00 GMT
In honor National Cupcake Week, here is a fabulous post from this past July by the fabulous Alexandra Roumbas Goldstein about the best cupcake books on the market. Enjoy!I’m a big fan of baking, finding it a relaxing past time that has the brilliant side-effect of pleasing your family and friends by giving them drastic sugar highs. Hell, I even manage to induce euphor...
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16 Sep 2009 12:06 GMT
Autumn's closing in. It's getting to that time of the year when you spend more and more time in the house, when snuggling up with a book or in front of the TV suddenly seems more tempting than braving the rainy cold outside. But after an eventful summer your house/room is usually in need of some TLC.
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16 Sep 2009 10:00 GMT
If you work from home or have a particularly dull office space, purchasing office supplies with personality and color is key. Everyone can order the standard pens and stationary from their office manager, or waddle down to Staples or Office Max to purchase some plain yellow folders and paper. However, considering most of us spend the majority of our lives at our desks working, why not make your work space just as awesome as your home?
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15 Sep 2009 18:00 GMT
Alas, September has arrived, and having pitifully squeezed out only a handful of sunny days, the British sun has said 'fuck it', and pissed off back to California for another year. Well fuck you sun. We're looking forward to autumn here anyway, and the increasingly chilly weather is a perfect opportunity for a bit of delicious soup!
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15 Sep 2009 13:00 GMT
I’m all about supporting women who are doing it for themselves, and Molly of the glamorous cupcake bakery, Molly Bakes, is no different. At the beginning of 2009, Molly lost her job just days before her 24th birthday. After a few months of Unemployment Boredom and after she had “seriously run out of things to do”, Molly remembered she had a secret recipe for cupcakes in her mother’s cook book.
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15 Sep 2009 08:00 GMT
Hallelujah! This week is National Cupcake Week in the UK, and while it may seem that every damn week is National Cupcake Week, for the next five days we’ll be celebrating all things related to the cakes of the cup variety. While the fetishization of these little cake and the concept of baking has become a bit Stepfordy and obsessive – there’s no denying the popularity ...
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14 Sep 2009 07:49 GMT
There’s nothing I love more than being over at someone’s house who has the neatest little kitschy things sprinkled here and there and everywhere throughout their home. More often than not, people will say, “Oh, I got that on holiday...” or “Oh that? I found it at a neat little flea market in Helsinki...” and then you start to feel terribly uncool that you don’t have fun little treasures scattered all over your domain, too.
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11 Sep 2009 13:00 GMT
Did you know that you can buy a packet of smoked salmon trimmings in Sainsburys for 88p? Well you can! They have not even paid me to say that (though Sainsburys, if you'd like to, don't be a stranger), I just couldn't keep such a bargain to myself!
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08 Sep 2009 13:00 GMT