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For those of you who don’t know Elena Nazzaro, she’s one of our favorite illustrators. Elena creates magic from watercolor and her boundless imagination, and has contributed two enchantingly illustrated recipes to the pages of CRAFT. She recently shared her newest illustrated recipe with us: Ice Cream Cake!
Happy Friday everyone! These Wild Things cupcakes are just too cute. The nose on the one on the left reminds me of The Count on Sesame Street. I’m also quite fond of the double entendre in the title above. Via BoingBoing.
The Kitchn has a roundup of 15 snacks that are perfect for packing lunches for yourself and your family. More: CRAFT Recipe: Ranch Dressing
I made two loaves of this banana bread Sunday night, as a back-to-school breakfast treat. On Monday morning, an entire half a loaf was gone, and I got up at 7 a.m. I was, however, able to sneak part of a loaf out of the house and into the office; it too was gone in […]
Apartment Therapy’s food blog, The Kitchn, has an easy and better-for-you way to make microwave popcorn, plus lots of seasoning ideas, yum! More popcorn: How-To Tuesdays: Pink Party Popcorn Super Easy Stovetop Popcorn How-To: Make Popcorn Balls
This week’s question comes from the inside: Craftzine Managing Editor Shawn Connally asks: “I got out my loaf pans to make banana bread this afternoon and one of the pans had rust in it. I scrubbed it well, but the rust is still on there, or at least the color of rust is on there. Can I still use the pan, or is it dangerous and should be used to store loose screws or something like that?” First off, if your pan is nonstick or coated with any sort of flaky chemical coating, toss it. Shawn’s pan, pictured above, isn’t coated, so it’s just metal we’re dealing with, not harmful disintegrating nastiness that’s going to leech into your baked goods. If it’s not coated, you can deal with the rust and save your pan.
I think whoever made the decision that strawberries and rhubarb go together is an absolute genius. I love the sweetness of the strawberries with the tanginess of the rhubarb, and that’s why it was an easy decision to plant both in my garden. Both are perennials (meaning they come back year after year) so it’s a well done investment the first year.
