The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for cooking, brewing, feasting and festing.
My friend Beth posted about this fantastic gluten-free orange polenta cake and I finally got around to making it. It’s delicious! I changed a few things in the recipe to make it lower in sugar, and we gobbled it up. I particularly love the idea of infusing the finished cake with the orange syrup. Yum. […]
Sam Wilkinson wrote in to share his SpaceBread experiment, part of the International Space Apps Challenge: By using the process of bread aeration, by which carbon dioxide is actually forced into the bread, the only ingredients required to produce dough are water, flour and carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is mixed with water to form a […]
Jasmin of 1 Fine Cookie puts a new spin on homemade rock candy, by turning it in to wearable jewelry. It’s interesting to see the various ways she configures the bases for the candy crystals to create different designs and pieces. In the comments section, she says that the jewelry is, indeed, wearable and that […]
Need a gift for the mom who has everything? You can’t go wrong with cookies! Check out these custom Mother’s Day cookies from Meaghan at The Decorated Cookie to learn how to make your own. More: Mother’s Day Project Roundup @Craftzine.com blog Mother’s Day: Homemade Hand Scrub @Craftzine.com blog Cross-Stitch Mother’s Day Card @Craftzine.com blog
This cupcake-filled cupcake pinata from Stef at Cupcake Project is all kinds of brilliant. The best part: if you start ASAP, you still have time to whip one up before Cinco de Mayo! Head over to her site to see how it’s done. More: Roundup of Beautiful Tissue-Paper Crafts for Cinco de Mayo @Craftzine.com blog […]
Fifty Five Hi’s cool Shot Glass Card takes the hassle out of trying to find a decent shot glass when it comes time to crack open a bottle.
In an attempt to make brewing his small batch beer even more fun than it already is, Android hacker and home brewer Paul Carff created KegDroid, an NFC/RFID enabled smart tap for his home bar. Presenting the device with a MiFare-based RFID/NFC compatible tag will cause it to authenticate the user and pull up their preferences on an Android tablet.
