A Periodic Table

a wee donut tutorial + voting day.

shannon — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:31:12 +0000

Hello! As many of you know, today everyone casts their vote for Bake My Cake 2013. I’m looking forward to it; even when I don’t win, I love watching the results throughout the day. I...

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my entry for Bake My Cake 2013: an epic graduation cake.

shannon — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:26:08 +0000

(Setting: early Summer in the American Middle West. Shannon has been up for hours planning the day, doing some grocery shopping, and has just returned from the gym. A thought occurred to her while on...

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individual strawberry basil crisps.

shannon — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:52:45 +0000

There’s something very special about picking your own berries in the summer. It’s almost a sacred event to me, and I really geek out on it. You gain an entirely new respect for the thing...

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good morning sunshine bars.

shannon — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 21:32:31 +0000

Pre-bathing suit dieters: avert your eyes and avert them now. Go quickly to a health food blog, do an emergency keyword search for things like “quinoa” and “fennel,” and do...

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classic barbecue sauce.

shannon — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:10:37 +0000

It occurred to me the other day that it is, once again, summer. It’s hot and humid here, my Arizona friends and relatives are posting about near-Hades-like temperatures in the Southwest (but...

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individual party pavlovas for feast magazine.

shannon — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 11:28:52 +0000

Some of you may remember this from Facebook, but I made this pavlova a few months ago. And then I never wrote about it on the blog. Like, ever. Some of you may have wondered, “Where did that...

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the momofuku perfect 10 cookie (karlie’s kookies.)

shannon — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:01:28 +0000

Bonus track! Bonnie, this one’s for you. We talked about this on Facebook a few weeks back, when I asked if you knew about Momofuku Milk Bar’s new mini-line of healthy cookies. Dubbed...

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individual strawberry + peach galettes.

shannon — Thu, 30 May 2013 12:04:23 +0000

It’s time for the individual galettes recipe! Big things going on around here, and sometimes when I’m in the midst of getting my near-future life organized, my present-day life takes a...

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memorial day, part two: the recipes.

shannon — Tue, 28 May 2013 13:49:31 +0000

As promised, here are some of the recipes from Memorial Day, all of which we thoroughly enjoyed. None of them requires much in the way of ingredient-purchasing or time committment, which is great...

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you’re invited: memorial day, part one.

shannon — Mon, 27 May 2013 22:40:56 +0000

It’s a good thing I consider Memorial Day to be a weekend event and not a one-day-only event, or we’d be in trouble. At this moment, it’s pouring down rain, with thunder and...

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