How-To: Easy Chocolate Peppermint Cake
The peppermint and chocolate combination is definitely a staple in my holiday kitchen, and this easy chocolate peppermint cake recipe from Shannon at Madigan Made looks absolutely delicious!
Food & Beverage
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for cooking, brewing, feasting and festing.
Food Makers: Aquaponics
17-year-old aquaponics innovator Pierre Beauchamp has been building systems since he was 13. In this episode of Food Makers he explains his interest in aquaponics and the system he designed for Del Oro High School in Auburn Calif.
Stop-Motion Canning Video & Free Labels
CRAFT’s Lish Dorset made this sweet stop-motion video showing some of the presenters of The Henry Ford Museum canning jellies and veggies at Firestone Farm. You can also download these adorable canning labels for free thanks to the museum website.
How-To: Roasted Garlic Thyme Butter
Flavored butter: yes! Make your own, freeze it, and slice off chunks as needed. This Michael Chiarello recipe for Roasted Garlic Thyme Butter looks fantastic.
This Week on Food Makers: 17-year-old Aquaponics Innovator Pierre Beauchamp
In this week’s episode of Food Makers on Nov. 28 at 2pm PST/ 5pm EST, I’ll be talking to Pierre Beauchamp, a young entrepreneur who is making a name for himself in aquaponics. Watch the episode here on Google+.
Food Makers: Thanksgiving Tips
The day before Thanksgiving, MAKE senior editor Stett Holbrook checks in with food bloggers Lillie Auld of Butter Me Up Brooklyn and Julie Ruble of Willow Bird Baking who shared their pre-Thanksgiving tips. MAKE editorial director Gareth Branwyn also popped in to chat.
Food Makers: with Stett Holbrook, Senior Editor at MAKE Magazine
MAKE’s first bi-monthly Food Makers Hangout on Air (1st and 3rd Wednesday, 2pm Pacific). This week features John Robb (resilientcommunity.com), Dorn Cox and Severine Von Tscharner Fleming from FarmHacks, and Jordan Miller, a research bioengineer who prints out chocolate and sugar creations that he uses to provide templates for casting vascular networks and wireframes for living tissues.
More info:
John Robb, Resilient Communities, http://www.resilientcommunities.com/
Farm Hack: http://www.youngfarmers.org/farm-hack/
Jordan Miller: http://www.hive76.org/
Baricuda Sugar Extruder: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:26343
