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These felt fish were inspired by a wall-hanging I bought in China. An auspicious symbol, they’re a great craft idea for the upcoming Chinese New Year. I hand drew my pattern and have yet to digitize it (coming soon!) so I don’t have anything available for download. You can always enlarge the photo above and [...]

As you may already know, I’m a wee obsessed with Trader Joe’s refrigerated pizza dough. Most of the time I keep it pretty basic– a little sauce, mushrooms and cheese. But, every once in a while I like to change it up and I’ve become a big fan of the shrimp and mushroom variety.

If you haven’t already jumped on board the baker’s twine train, you should. Baker’s twine is great for a variety of purposes– wrapping gifts, crafting, scrapbooking…the list goes on and on. I love the variety of of colors from DIVINE TWINE. Available in singles or sets (The Sweet Dozen, shown above) you’ll find all the twine [...]

Make your own pocket ninja! Pattern included in post.

Every time I visit Durham, my friend, H., makes this awesome Thai coconut soup. Finally got the recipe: 2 chix breasts (sliced) or shrimp or both 1 can chix broth 2 cans coconut milk 1 can straw mush (fresh is better if you can find them) 1 package button mushrooms 1 can oyster mushrooms (fresh [...]

I can’t wait to get my hands on one of these do-it-yourself cheese kits. Fantastic! Mozzarella & Ricotta Kit $22 from Urban Cheesecraft

For years, I’ve been keeping my cooking oil in a plastic squeeze bottle. Before that it was a repurposed glass bottle but the oil often dribbled down the side. The squeeze bottle– designed for dressings–worked well but for those of you that have used plastic bottles before, you know this delivery method isn’t long-lasting. Inevitably, [...]

I am a recipe junkie. And the iPad is making it really easy to get my fix. Cooking’s never been more convenient. Here are my favorite apps: EPICURIOUS As a long time Bon Appetit subscriber, I’ve been a fan of Epicurious.com for a long time. Pros: The Epicurious app has a lot of great features– [...]

BELVEDERE Bloody Mary is infused with black pepper, horseradish, bell pepper, chili pepper, vinegar distillate, tomato and lemon. Check out the recipe for Fresh Tomato Bloody Mary below.

When my friend, F., sent these to me my response was only two words: Um…AWESOME. If I need go on an explain why, you just don’t get the awesomeness. Molded from rugged, food-safe ABS plastic. Each cookie cutter measures approx. 4 inches x 3 inches. $7.99 at Perpetual Kid

I finally decided to jump on the slow cooker wagon with this braised short rib recipe I found on Epicurious. I set my cooker on low and after about five hours the meat was still quite tough. I turned the heat up to high and cooked it an additional five hours, adding the potatoes for [...]

The James Beard Foundation maintains a great blog called Delights and Prejudices. In December, heralded D.C. chef (and James Beard award winner, 2007), R. J. Cooper, shared this recipe for brown butter bourbon pound cake. I made it for a friend’s party and it was a huge hit. You gotta try it yourself. Ingredients: Pound [...]