Category: cooking

  • Happenings

    yum!

    We went up to my parents’ house in North York for a family birthday lunch – my 2 sisters and I all have our birthdays in August. Mmmmm, tiramisu cake!

    madelinetosh prairie

    I wasn’t feeling very well yesterday, so I spent most of the day in bed with a book. If you’re into sci-fi, I loved the Spin series from Robert Charles Wilson! I borrowed the books from the Toronto Public Library system and read them on my ipad. I think I might need to get a new e-reader, as I gave my old (and crunchy from iced tea being spilled on it…) one to my little sister. Does OverDrive work well on Kindle? Kobo? It’s pretty annoying to use even on the ipad!

    Why hello, peach cobbler!

    We made this peach cobbler last night and it is very yummy indeed. The recipe was interesting to me because you get a bit of a head start in baking the peaches – you mix them with sugar and lemon and cornstarch, but then bake them naked (without a topping) for 10 minutes before putting the topping on. Yum. I think it would be really awesome with plums, too.

  • O is for Oracle

    Oracle in progress.

    O is for Oracle

    Try, try again - this skirt is looking pretty okay.

    A little bit of sewing is happening. I modified the Zinnia pattern a bit for this one, and did the side seams on the serger!

    mmmmm chocolate

    Double chocolate cake doughnuts from Joy the Baker. I wished I had sprinkles, but they were so! good! anyway.

  • Weekend Snapshots

    mmm pie

    Blueberry pie with star top crust. So good!

    off the needles

    I finished my plain chunky cardigan (my own pattern, Quince & Co Osprey). I still haven’t been able to knit much due to wrist pain, which is driving me nuts! I finished the second sleeve of this one very slowly. The ends are woven in and it just needs a good bath. I think I’ll add a zipper and maybe some embellishment – a cross stitch design? Wool felt elbow patches? Hmmm.

    spinning

    I did manage some spinning though! I’ve been working on this red merino for so long, but I’m starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel – that little bag is all that’s left.