It is a different look, don’t you think? Where did all the green go? Seems like yesterday. Our garden is hibernating.
We are already preparing for upcoming new season. There is a talk of what to plant and what to skip this year, what new to try and what new tomatoes are on the market and what was good last year and what didn’t do so well. How many broccoli plants to put it and how many tomato plants should we plant. Where too look for our favorite frying peppers “Aruba”, what kind of spring onions to plant…
Summer 2012
When I said that the garden was hibernating, I meant : it is, partly.We planted garlic in the Fall 2012, covered it with a thick layer of leaves for insulation to prevent it from freezing in winter months. We should have first garlic ready to harvest in the Spring 2013. As we haven’t grown our own garlic before we both are really excited about it. I can’t wait to make my own braided garlic. It will be so beautiful.
For those who are curious, we bought locally grown garlic at a local farm, separating each clove and planting it into the ground, in October. There are about 100 of them in the ground. If all goes well, you’ll be seeing some garlic field in the Spring. I’ll make my mom’s famous garlic soup with little hand-thrown flour dumplings.
Have you ever wondered how to make a Concrete Texture Royal Icing? JUMP TO RECIPES AND TOOLS I’ve been eyeing images of modern Concrete Cakes on Instagram for months. They are so gorgeous. An I love this minimalist decorating approach, too. My favorites are from Don’t Tell Charles. This cake artist makes beautiful concrete buttercream…
Our friends were coming for dinner on Saturday and I decided to surprise them with an unusual frozen dessert. I made the strawberry puree several days before, was secretly munching on it too. Don’t tell anyone, okay! Well anyhow dessert was a hit, it is all gone, and that is what I…
When Lewis Caroll wrote his renowned fantasy novel Alice in Wonderland in 1865 I’m sure he had no idea centuries later we’d making cookies, cakes and other treats inspired by the popular story. I made these adorable Alice in Wonderland inspired cookies for a little girl who loves Alice in Wonderland. Also, since this is…
Patriotic Holidays are ahead of us, with Memorial day coming this Monday I think a little Blue Red and White is in order. If you remember I’ve made 3D cookie hats several times already. Not so long ago I made Bunny in the Hat Cookie Centerpiece and then also St. Patrick’s Day 3D Cookie Hats….
This is the cake I made to go with Bridal Shower Calendar Cookies. Delicious Lemon Pound cake filled with vanilla buttercream. This cake gave me a bit of a headache, It’s been really humid here these few past days and when I made swiss buttercream, it ended up being really runny, so I…