The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for cooking, brewing, feasting and festing.
I consider myself to be an ambitious baker, but even I never thought that the average home chef could create a classic molded chocolate rabbit. Luckily, Epicurious is featuring a very detailed step-by-step method that makes it seem easy! Chocolate molds are available everywhere these days, and the only ingredients required are cocoa butter and […]
Continuing in this month’s upcycle tradition, Jarod Hermann shares his recipe for making savory chutney out of good fruit about to go bad. Chutney is an Indian accompaniment for a main dish, consisting of fruit, sugar, acid, salt, and spices. There are many, many kinds of chutney, but we’re going to focus on turning sweet […]
Alice Currah of The Savory Sweet Life created the most amazingly realistic Converse cakes for her nephew’s first birthday. The two little edible shoes are pretty much the cutest thing I’ve ever seen. Alice’s post includes great shots of her process and she goes into detail not only about her construction method, but also explains […]
PT @ Make: Online points us to this NY Times article about allowing NYC beekeeping! New York City is among the few jurisdictions in the country that deem beekeeping illegal, lumping the honeybee together with hyenas, tarantulas, cobras, dingoes and other animals considered too dangerous or venomous for city life. But the honeybee’s bad rap […]
This tutorial from Root and Wings Co will allow you to create whatever cookie cutter shape you can think of with just a bit of copper and some basic tools.
I imagine the only thing that could make this Death Star watermelon any cooler would be if its sculptor, Flickr user Silverisdead, was able to replicate the Death Star’s epic explosion. Can you imagine the mess? Nice. [via NOTCOT]
Today I’m heading out for an early afternoon crafty session with some friends, and I’m bringing cupcakes! I made cupcakes using Martha Stewart’s Perfect White Cake recipe, which is my favorite of all time. But I have to say, I took the plain cake to the next level with the best frosting ever- caramelized condensed […]
