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starlitskvaderart · 4 years

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So hey! This is a Write, not a Draw, but it IS something for a zine I worked on last year - the Stay Home With Sonic fanzine benefitting Doctors Without Borders!

Definitely check out the link - there’s a lot of great work by a lot of great people! My entry is below the cut here!

“Looks like they’re just about done,” Bunnie said as she crouched in front of the oven, peering at the orderly little pan of pastries within. Behind her she could hear a soft rustling as Antoine shifted; she moved aside to give him a clear look at the oven, smoothing the pink and white ‘Embrasse le Chef’ apron she was wearing as she stood.

“Good, good,” Antoine said warmly. “The first you have made on your own, yes? Have pride!”

“Had you to walk me through,” Bunnie said. “We’ll see how I did soon enough.” She twitched her ears as the oven beeped, and opened the door to a rush of warm, fragrant air. So far so good - nothing burned, at the very least. “Right now in fact.”

“Yes, Now - do not forget the mitt!”

Bunnie laughed at that, peeking over her shoulder at Antoine with a grin and then peeling off the glove meant to keep flour and other debris out of her robotic arm, using the metal hand to remove the pan sans mitt as Antoine sputtered out frantic admonishments.

“You were sayin’?” she asked as she settled the pan on the counter, winking as she wiggled unblemished metal fingers.

“Well,” Antoine said after a moment. “That is fine also, I am supposing. So - let us see your creations!”

The tea cakes were certainly pretty - delicately shell-shaped, lightly crisped at the edges - and Bunnie carefully leveraged one out of the pan and set it on a plate.

“Well,” she said, “sure does look like they do when you make ‘em.”

“Go on and try, then,” Antoine urged. “Remember! They are best warm.”

“Right.” Bunnie nodded, gingerly picking the teacake up and bringing it to her mouth, the fresh pastry flooding her nostrils with warmth and sweet buttery scent; encouraged, she took a large bite, chewed twice, and nearly choked, spluttering against the dense, nigh-unchewable teacake.

“Bunnie?” Antoine’s voice went slightly tinny as he called to her. “Mon choux, what is being the matter?”

Bunnie managed to swallow the teacake and took a gulp of water, shaking her head as she eyed the teacakes still left.

“Well… somethin’ sure ain’t right. These little cakes are tough as frozen rubber!” She sighed, looking wistfully at the teacake; it had turned out so dense and tough that not so much as a crumb had fallen from the bitten section. “Thought this was an easy one… this never happens when you make ‘em.”

“Soon, I will be making all the teacakes you wish for,” Antoine said soothingly. Bunnie turned, smiling at her tablet where Antoine was displayed in the Talktime video window, slightly fuzzy and slightly lagging but smiling at her from where he was quarantined across the city. It had been nearly three months since she’d seen her husband on anything but this slightly out-of-focus little screen; when the bioagent began to rage through the populace and the quarantine order had been issued, Antoine had been out on a mission with Sally while Bunnie and Sonic awaited their return, and consequently Antoine had been quarantined with the princess rather than permitted to come home. Since then, daily calls had become routine, and when Bunnie idly mentioned missing Antoine’s cooking he had leaped at the chance to teach her a few of their favored dishes.

It was a treasured point of contact, even from afar - enough that, even with the awful choking texture of the teacakes fresh in her mind Bunnie was eager to try again.

“All right, Sugar-Twan. Tell me what went wrong.”

“Hm. Perhaps this time, I shall create them as well,” Antoine said. He left the camera’s range a moment; Bunnie could hear clinking as he opened the refrigerator on his end and gathered ingredients, and a moment later the picture on the tablet shifted entirely as he positioned his to look over the counter and stove. “You melted the butter?”

“Uh… no,” she admitted. “It makes a difference?”

“With baking, it can,” he said, taking out a small pan as she watched. “Ordinarily, cooking is an art of improvisation. Which you are very much skilled in! But baking - this is the art of precision, everything in its time and place and exactly as it must be.”

“And that’s your department.” Bunnie nodded, taking out a pan of her own to mimic Antoine as he melted the butter.

“Indeed, it is so.” Antoine sighed; even in the grainy picture, Bunnie could see how his brow furrowed as he worked. “It is… a comfort. In times such as these, a thing as it should be….”

He trailed off, voice lilting up into a troubled note. Bunnie hummed under her breath, watching the butter melt and ooze across the pan.

“Well… we’re all feelin’ healthy over here, Sugar-Twan,” she said gently. “So that’s all workin’ as it should be, ain’t it?”

“This is so,” he said slowly. “And… it is as well as it can be over here also. But still… with every bit of news it only seems to fall more apart. And whenever I am not speaking to you, seeing you… I remember past troubles, and it seems much the same.”

Bunnie inhaled softly, eyes half-closed as she recalled General D’Coolette’s long illness. In the video feed Antoine was stirring his melting butter with a slow, mechanical motion, a miserable set to his mouth and brow, and Bunnie reached out to lightly touch the screen as she spoke.

“Oh, honey. That… that ain’t what’s gonna happen here - we’re bein’ safe as anyone could. You know that, doncha?”

“I… yes.” Antoine ran a hand over his face and smiled weakly. “I know. But still… it is….”

“I know.” Bunnie took the pan of melted butter from the heat. “So… we’ll talk whenever you need. Much as you need. Ain’t gonna be forever, Sugar-Twan, an’ you’ll come home before you know it.”

“Yes. So!”

He turned fully to the camera, giving her a wide (if brittle) smile. “While the butter cools a bit, we will now work with dry ingredients!”

“All right then.” Bunnie smiled, reaching for the flour. “Could it go wrong there too?”

“Hm, well - it is best to weigh ingredients, rather than scooping, for the very best precision. But! I cannot believe this, but the Princess: she has no kitchen scale! Are you able to believe it?”

“Can’t imagine it,” Bunnie said, stifling a giggle. “Don’t worrry, honey. I’ll use yours, and this’ll be the most precise batter this kitchen ever saw!”

Antoine laughed, nodding his approval; with the rhythm of baking taking hold the bravado he’d been attempting bloomed into genuine cheer as he called out measurements and steps in a singsong rhythm and playfully scolded her for overworking the batter (“we do not literally beat it, mon coeur”). By the time they were seated in front of their respective tablets with plates of fresh teacakes (hers shell-shaped, his round as to his immense disapproval Sally also lacked a proper scalloped pan) they were both in high spirits, and he lifted a mug in a toast (Sally did, it seemed, at least own proper coffee paraphernalia) that Bunnie eagerly echoed before taking a bite of pastry.

Perfect this time - light and airy, the teacake crumbled pleasantly as she bit down, and Bunnie closed her eyes in pleasure as she ate.

“You see?” Antoine smiled, chin resting in his hand as he watched her. “Precise, and thus as perfect as its maker.”

“Precise teacher helps too,” Bunnie said. She sighed, glancing at the clock in the corner of the tablet screen. “But… I should get goin’. Got some things to take care of, but… tonight?”

“Tonight,” Antoine agreed, “and this time, you shall be the teacher? Perhaps you will teach me to make… euh… critters?”

“Fritters.”

“Yes. Fritters.” He nodded, still smiling. “You will teach me the fritters?”

“You got it, Sugar-Twan. Tonight.”

She kissed her fingertips and pressed them to the camera; on his end, Antoine did the same.

“Tonight,” he echoed. And then, more softly: “Soon.”

“Soon,” Bunnie said, nodding.

The video ended, and Bunnie gazed at the blank screen a long moment.

Then she got to her feet, nibbling one of Antoine’s teacakes as she got to work cleaning up the kitchen.

Soon.

#stay home with sonic #archie sonic #sonic fan fiction #buntoine

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The Best Mother’s Day Gifts to Keep Isolated Moms in Good Spirits

When I was growing up, Mother’s Day celebrations always took place at my great uncle David’s house. We’d sit at a big round table, eating heavily buttered Lender’s bagels. The conversation was often over my head, which didn’t really matter because I’d escape as soon as possible to play my uncle’s ancient Frogger, pretty much the only video game I’ve ever played in my life.

This year, I find myself looking back on that time in black-and-white, so unattainable that I almost can’t believe it ever happened. I’d love to spend Mother’s Day sitting around the table with my family and eating wonderfully crappy bagels. But this year I’m in quarantine in Brooklyn, with my mom in Boston and my family spread out all over the country. Many of you, I’m sure, are feeling the same way, longing for the chance to hang with your mom but unable to do so.

It’s also likely that there are those of you who might be quarantined with your mom and wishing you could have a little more distance. So this year, whether you’re 100 miles or 100 paces apart, we have a few gifts in mind to make this difficult period in history a little more celebratory and comforting.

A few tips: If you’re in quarantine with your mom, try using this new equipment or enjoying these tasty snacks together. And if you’re apart, have a Zoom session to experiment in the kitchen with each other. Of course, it’s possible your mom relishes her time in the kitchen because it’s the only moment of alone time she gets in the day. So, in that case, give your gift. Then give the woman some privacy.

For Cooking and Baking

Tagine

A new piece of cooking equipment is a nice way to help Mom expand her repertoire. This beautiful tagine makes for an impressive cooking vessel and serving dish. Pair it with a printed-out (dare I say, laminated?) recipe for a flavorful North African stew for cozy nights in.

This particular tagine, which is handmade in Tunisia, comes in a few different colors, so you can select whichever one suits your mom’s preferred color palette. Better yet, pick one to match her kitchen, and she can keep it on display all year long.

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Rice Cooker

Whether it’s burned, gloopy, dry, or just plain glued to the pan, a bad batch of rice is a deeply disappointing experience. But a good rice cooker takes all guesswork out of the equation. The Cuckoo model shown here is our favorite for cooks who regularly purchase and eat lots of different rice varieties (you can see our other picks in our full rice cooker review). If that’s your mom, she’ll enjoy all of the custom presets the Cuckoo has to offer. What’s more, this machine has a small footprint, which will be appreciated by apartment and house moms alike.

Pick one of these up for her, and save her from disappointing-rice hell for the true gift that keeps on giving.

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Vitamix

Maybe Mom’s a smoothie person, or maybe she’s into milling her own flour (what with flour being out of stock these days, maybe we should all do this). For that, she’ll need a kick-ass blender. Our exhaustive testing of high-powered blending lands on the Vitamix as a go-to for blasting through everything from wheat berries to fibrous kale.

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Quality Wooden Cutting Board

Like the Vitamix, a quality wooden cutting board is an investment piece. While the price may be high, if you take care of this board, it will take care of you—and your knives.

For a really nice board, we look to The BoardSmith, a small, family-run company that makes all its boards by hand. Its maple end-grain board is thick, solid, and long-lasting (Daniel’s been using his for years!). It comes in a few different sizes and offers some customizations like a juice groove and feet.

If you’re worried about your mom handling the upkeep, we’ve got her covered. Just print out our cheat sheet for cutting board maintenance, and she’ll be good to go.

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Chef’s Knife

Like my mom, maybe yours has been using the same knives for years. To remedy that dull situation, grab her a new chef’s knife. You can go Japanese or Western—Western blades tend to be heavier and more curved than their Japanese counterparts—but these two took home the top prizes in our chef’s knife review—out of a whopping 27 candidates! They’ll revitalize your mom’s knife skills and make slicing and dicing much safer.

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Mortar and Pestle

If she’s all set on knives, I’d recommend a mortar and pestle. There’s a wide variety of styles and use cases. Sure, they’re ideal for grinding up sauces and pestos, but no matter what style you opt for, they’re guaranteed to help Mom work out some stress and anxiety, too. *Take that, quarantine!*

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Piping Tips

There’s lots to get for your mom if she’s into baking. If she already has the essentials, treat her to some decorative tools like piping tips. These large ones are perfect for piping out creamy Oreo filling and dollops of chocolate Swiss meringue buttercream onto cakes. The set comes with several different shapes like swirls and stars, so she can get as creative as she’d like.

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Marble Pastry Slab

This marble pastry slab isn’t just a pretty base. It’s a smooth and cool surface for rolling out buttery pie crusts, laminating dough, and even tempering chocolate. It’s also good-looking enough to act as a serving platter for all those baked goods. And what mom doesn’t love a multitasker?

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Scale

If your mom is just starting out on her baking adventures, she needs a good scale. We’ve said it time and again, but measuring cups aren’t accurate enough on their own. Sure, she should have some, but a scale is indispensable if she’s going to produce beautiful breads, pastries, and treats.

We especially love this pull-out scale from OXO because it’ll show measurements even if there’s a big bowl on top of it. And lord knows we’re into batch-baking right now. The bigger the bowl, the better.

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Baking Dish

This Staub baking dish is another multitasker that Mom will love. The “splurge winner” for our baking and casserole dish review, it’s nice and heavy, it’s oven-safe at up to a whopping 575°F (300°C), and with excellent heat retention, it’ll keep what she’s made hot longer than the average baking dish. With a four-quart capacity, it’s large enough to hold not just brownies but roasts and big, holiday-friendly casseroles.

Maybe instead of wrapping this one, make a huge Hasselback potato gratin, serve it, and tell her it’s all for her.

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Baking Steel

Maybe now’s the time to get Mom into pizza-making. (That’s what’s happening to us, anyway.) For better, faster pizza at home, pick her up a Baking Steel to get that crust extra-crispy. Upon trying his own, Kenji noticed that his New York–style pizza dough even got those traditional oven-charred spots and a super-crisp bottom that’s hard to achieve, even with a pizza stone.

The Baking Steel will also prove useful if Mom is into baking bread, since it can measurably improve the performance of her oven by adding thermal mass. This means it’ll keep her oven hotter, ensuring those loaves get a full rise.

In layman’s terms, a Baking Steel is a piece of kitchen badassery that anyone would love. Plus, it’s too heavy to return, so she’ll keep it forever no matter what.

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KitchenAid Pasta Roller Set

For homemade pasta and ramen noodles as good (if not better) than what you’ll find at restaurants, pick up a KitchenAid pasta roller that will attach right to her mixer. You can even print out our exhaustive walk-through of how to make fresh pasta from scratch. It’s more reliable than anyone else in the family.

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A Supportive Floor Mat

It might not seem critical, but having a supportive mat on the kitchen floor can make cooking (and dish-washing) much more comfortable for cooks of any age. These GelPro mats are nice and squishy, providing good support for feet and knees. Maybe it’s not glamorous, but it’s a gift she’ll appreciate after a long day in the kitchen.

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A Chic Apron

This linen apron from Etsy is as functional as it is good-looking. It has a big pocket for thermometers and tongs, and it doesn’t have annoying ties, which is perhaps its greatest appeal. Mom can just slip it on and get cooking.

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For the Home

Robot Vacuum

It’s an indisputable fact that the worst part of cooking is cleaning. That’s why this year we’ve added a good vacuum to the list. And not just any vacuum, but one that requires almost zero energy from your mom. It’s an iRobot Roomba. Plug this baby in, turn it on, and let it go. It’ll pick up all of those stray crumbs in the kitchen and living room. And if your mom is anything like me, she’ll name her robot vacuum, start to talk to it, and by the end of quarantine, she’ll have made a new, very helpful friend.

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Wine Glasses

While mom is sitting back and relaxing, letting the Roomba do the work, make sure she has everything she needs for a nice self-care session. That should start with a nice glass of wine. (Yes, the wine should be nice, but the glass should be, too!) These reasonably priced (for crystal) glasses from Riedel did exceptionally well in our tests, impressing professional sommeliers (and yes, the casual wine-drinkers among us) with their ability to capture the aroma of red, white, and bubbly wines.

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Otherland Candles

Pair that glass of wine with a nice candle, and you’ll really be in business. For candle-gifting these days, I’ve been using Otherland, a company founded by an old high school friend of mine. The candles smell wonderful, they’re handmade (and free of parabens and chemicals), and the packaging looks like a gift unto itself.

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Breville Espresso Machine

If your mom is an espresso drinker, help her sip in style with a fancy espresso machine. This is actually the machine we use in our office (not that we’ve been there in what feels like an eternity). It produces beautiful espresso, is easy to use, and can even whip up frothy milk! Sure, it costs a whole lot, but Mom’s worth it.

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Jono Pandolfi Espresso Cup

So maybe you won’t be splurging on that espresso machine, but you can still help her sip in style with a Jono Pandolfi espresso cup. These beautiful little cups are all handmade. Plus, they’re dishwasher-safe, which as far as I can tell, is the best gift anyone could ask for.

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Parlor Coffee Subscription

You could also treat your coffee-loving mom to a subscription from Parlor Coffee and support a small business in the process. They source their beans from all over the world, offering single blends and origins, plus weekly and monthly shipping.

Better yet, grab yourself a subscription as well, especially if it’s been hard finding coffee at the grocery store.

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Powerful Coffee Grinder

If you’re going to treat Mom to good coffee, make sure she has a good grinder to match. Baratza’s Virtuoso coffee grinder was a favorite in our review. The conical burr produces a wide range of grind sizes, the machine is solid (made from both metal and plastic), and the customer service is excellent, which is important when your caffeine intake is on the line.

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For Eating: The Sweet Edition

Beautiful Caramels

Our new features editor, Daniela, says that while pastry chef’s Susanna Yoon’s chocolates are some of the best in the country, her soft caramels are the sleeper hit. They come in rich flavors like raspberry, brown butter macadamia nut, sea salt, and salted peanut, and they’re available in 10- and 20-piece gift packs. Each luscious little caramel is individually wrapped in cellophane paper for a delicious little treat far more elegant and elevated than any supermarket brand.

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Raaka Chocolates

If you do want to go the chocolate route, pick up some Raaka chocolate bars. This trio pack comes with wild flavors like pink sea salt and bourbon cask–aged. What’s more, the wrappers are a piece of art themselves. They’ll make Mom’s chocolate break all the more glorious and exciting.

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Real-Deal Chocolate Hazelnut Spread

We’ve long championed this chocolate-hazelnut spread from our friends over at Gustiamo. It’s rich, luscious, and might just ruin the original. Is that a bad thing? Perhaps. But once Mom’s hooked, you can make sending her a jar of Gustiamo’s concoction a regular thing. Birthdays, holidays—send a jar, and you’ll be all set.

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Pistachio Brittle

This Iranian toffee from Persian Basket is flavored with saffron and cardamom. It’s nice and sweet, just like English toffee, and it’s topped with toasty pistachios. The buttery hunks are packaged in a lovely, colorful box—and the website says the toffee pairs well with wine. No mom could say no to that.

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Pistachio Spread

Our founder, Ed, is constantly praising Gustiamo’s pistachio spread (which we hope he shares with his wife when he has it!). While it’s a pricey everyday purchase, this pistachio spread makes for a very special gift, made with Italian pistachios and little else.

While you could obviously just dive in with a spoon, this rich treat would also taste excellent spread over your morning toast, smothered on a sticky bun, or drizzled over ice cream.

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Frog Hollow Citrus Basket

I suppose citrus would fall under the sweet category as well. If Mom always has lemon in her water or is constantly digging into grapefruits, get her a gift box from Frog Hollow Citrus. This farm has been practicing regenerative agriculture since your mom was in her early days. Giving her one of its boxes packed with citrus is an excellent way to send a little sunshine even in the depths of quarantine doldrums.

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Bergamot Marmalade

Of course, if she prefers that citrus on her toast, then add some bergamot marmalade to her Gustiamo order. For the uninitiated, bergamot is a citrus fruit that’s sort of a cross between bitter oranges and lemons. In other words, the perfect pairing to hot biscuits and English muffins.

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For Eating: The Savory Stuff

A Great Spice Mix

My love for this particular spice mix is undying. Filled with pink Himalayan sea salt, grains of paradise, shallots, garlic, and more, the World’s Fair Barbecue Rub is versatile and delicious. It transforms everything it touches, from eggs to steak to tomato sauce. Whenever I feel like a dish is just a little bit bland, I add a few sprinkles, and it turns the whole thing right around. Starting at $6.99, a bag or glass jar of this mix from The Spice House is an excellent, affordable, and useful gift for Mom. (She’s over tchotchkes and so are we.)

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A Spice Set

I happen to know some moms whose pantry is full of old spices that have basically lost all of their flavor and are now just dust particles. If this is your mom, consider getting her a new set of spices to revitalize her collection. We’re particularly enamored with this gift set from Burlap & Barrel, which has all of the essentials. As Daniel puts it, these spices are not just fresher than what you’ll find elsewhere, but they’re “er-er,” which is his way of saying that they’re “better in every way from the ho-hum stuff on supermarket shelves.” If that isn’t an endorsement, then I don’t know what is.

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Sichuan Peppercorns

Málà is that wonderful flavor you taste and feel when you’re eating Sichuan cuisine. And that hot and numbing sensation comes from Sichuan peppercorns. If you want the good stuff, look to Mala Market, a small company that imports all of its ingredients straight from China. Their Sichuan peppercorns will give your chili crisp more buzz—and will be your mom’s gateway into the wide world of Sichuan cooking.

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AeroGarden

Whether your mom has a green thumb or a black thumb, she’ll revel in an AeroGarden. Especially during this time of quarantine and limited grocery trips, having an AeroGarden is not only satisfying but useful. Without much effort at all, your mom could have all the herbs she could ever want growing just about anywhere in the house, regardless of her natural-light situation.

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Lots of Pasta

We cannot get enough pasta here at Serious Eats. (Did you even see Starch Madness?) While we’re perfectly happy eating pasta from supermarket brands, sometimes we like to splurge, and the splurge is almost always at Gustiamo, which imports Faella dried pasta from Italy. During Covid times, Gustiamo is offering five-pound bags of certain shapes, including penne. While mom is trying to stay home, there’s probably nothing better to gift her than a gigantic bag of pasta. The fact that it’s from Italy and is really, really delicious? Well, that’s just icing on the pasta cake.

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Meat From D’Artagnan

Now it’s time to talk meat. Our culinary team has long looked to D’Artagnan for specialty meats, like porcelet collar and duck. And when shelves at grocery stores are bare and you want to fill your freezer, D’Artagnan is a great place to look. While the steaks and specialty meats can be pricey, I’d look to the ground beef as a gift. Sure, it’s not sexy, but wait, what am I talking about? A good burger is definitely sexy.

If you’re quarantined with Mom and you decide to go the duck route, you’re in luck. We have all sorts of recipes from our duckstravaganza. Maybe go for a group project and dry-age your duck for the best duck breast either of you will have ever had.

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Pantry-Friendly ‘Nduja

You’ve also likely seen us talking a lot about ‘nduja lately. Why? It’s an affordable pantry ingredient that can amp up all sorts of dishes, from casual beans and greens to mac and cheese and even eggs. Better still, ‘nduja lasts for ages in the fridge, so Mom can take a scoop whenever the mood strikes.

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13 hands-on cooking classes to fire up your inner masterchef

Does the thought of hosting a dinner party make you wilt faster than a basil leaf in a Brisbane kitchen? Have you lost your mojo to come up with clever new weekday meals?

Whether you’re a wizard when it comes to Insta-worthy creations or a toasted sandwich kinda chef, your kitchen will rule after signing up to one of these hands-on cooking classes, all within a few hours of Brisbane.

1. Spirit House, Yandina, Sunshine Coast

Expect a little spice when you book a class at Spirit House. Located just off the Bruce Highway, two hours north of Brisbane and about 20 minutes inland from Noosa, total immersion in nature also awaits. Oozing oriental charm, the alfresco restaurant is nestled amongst towering bamboo trees and a picturesque lotus pond.

If you love the flavours of Thai and Vietnamese cuisine, but the daunting recipes make you run for your Uber Eats app, this cooking school is for you. They aim to serve up a basic knowledge of Asian ingredients and methods, with classes including ‘Gluten Free Asian’, ‘Asian Shared Table’ and ‘One Bowl Wonders’.

At the end of your four-hour session, you can wash the fruits of your hard work down with free wine and beer!

2. Life’s a Feast Cooking School, Noosaville

For a homely vibe, this boutique cooking school is housed in a… well, a private house, a few minutes’ drive from Noosa’s Main Beach.

The freshly-baked muffins on arrival give you a taste of owner and teacher Gail Rast’s cooking style – that is, effortless, wholesome and crowd-pleasing. Her class options take you on a global tasting experience, from authentic American barbecue cuisine to flavoursome Moroccan feasts and advanced pasta-making.

But Gail’s teachings involve more than just a pinch of this and a sprinkle of that; at Life’s A Feast you’ll also score piping hot tips on menu planning, food and wine pairing, and food presentation. We guarantee your knife-cutting skills will go up a notch or four under her careful tuition.

3. James St Cooking School, New Farm, Brisbane

This Brisbane institution was serving up culinary lessons long before James Street emerged as a cool dining (slash everything) hub.

With super fresh ingredients at your disposal, the chefs at James St Cooking School encourage you to get messy. Forget just tasting; these guys are big on touching and smelling the food to really get absorbed in the cooking process.

Although they cover a bunch of different cuisines, their most popular class is ‘Fast and Furious Seafood’ – think pan-fried fish in bush spice or prawn cutlets poached in coconut milk. Delish!

4. Wild Lime Cooking School, Scenic Rim

Who cares about food when the scenery is this tasty? Ninety minutes’ drive south west of Brisbane is The Lost World Valley, an inspiration for your taste buds encircled by the dramatic ranges of Lamington National Park.

For a true gourmet getaway with friends, attend one of the monthly Wild Lime Cooking School classes, then spend the night at the delightful homestead next door and wake up to the bleating sounds of roving sheep.

The focus here is on using local produce to create everyday dishes that are elevated to perfection. Learn how to make leek-wrapped scallops, mint couscous with native greens or lamb shoulder with fig paste, and sit back on the huge balcony to drink in the country scenery while you devour it.

If you’re travelling with kids, the local homestay operators work in unison, so you can drop them off at nearby Cedar Glen Farmstay for horse riding and milking cows while you create grown-up flavours.

5. Vanilla Zulu, Teneriffe, Brisbane

A modern set-up, this Teneriffe school for culinary adventures is run by Zimbabwe-born Melanie Townsend, who has travelled the world to bring foodie tricks to Brisbane.

Perfect for the reluctant cooks and shy bench-sitters, Vanilla Zulu is all about giving you a hefty dose of confidence, while showing that you can pull together gourmet meals without losing too much precious Netflix time over a hot stove.

Classes run two to four days a week, and the list is pretty extensive with a focus on rustic Italian or vegan one day and meat lover’s or pastries the next. Or, for the ambitious, Melanie also runs a six-week chef skills course.

6. The Golden Pig, Newstead, Brisbane

Take a funky warehouse in inner-city Newstead, add a plethora of premium chefs, and you’ve got Brisbane’s edgiest cooking school.

The groups at The Golden Pig are big, but so too are the flavours. Whip up a classic beef pho from scratch in the new ‘Vietnamese Soups & Noodles’ class, trim beef like a real chef in ‘Kitchen Essentials’, or learn to preserve and cure pork in the ‘Pork Charcuterie Class’. Bread and pastry on your learn-to-master list? They’ve got classes for that too.

A big supporter of local, small-scale producers, there’s also a coffee bar, lounge, rear BBQ deck and retail goodies to browse.

7. Tenteram Cooking School, Gold Coast

If you’re on a mission to be a bit more #health focussed in the kitchen, then a four-hour class at Tenteram, and its lush Bali-inspired property in the Currumbin Valley, is the place to start.

Owners Kay and Justin have a passion for Indonesian cuisine – and creating healthier versions of it. The bench tops here might be sans refined sugars, fish sauce and white rice, but the dishes you create are so bursting with rich (and medicinal) flavours that your palate will be none the wiser.

They also sell their own gourmet product range, Tenteram Fine Foods, that you can stock up on before you leave.

6 more cooking classes to get your kitchen cred soaring

Tamarind Cooking School, Spicers Tamarind Retreat, Maleny Take the lead from expert chefs in a beautiful rainforest setting at this Sunshine Coast delight. Cuisines include French, Italian and Thai.

Norman Hotel, Brisbane With their 20 years of meat-flipping, this is the number one place to learn how to fire up the grill in a two-hour Mastersteak BBQ cooking class.

The Jam Pantry, Greenslopes (Brisbane) Fancy yourself a kombucha fiend? Upgrade (or get introduced to) your pickling and fermenting skills with monthly workshops here.

My Thai Kitchen, Auchenflower (Brisbane) The sumptuous flavours that come out of this kitchen also fill the cooking classroom, led by the restaurant’s chef Taya Meeikeaw.

The Sauce Kitchen, Toowoomba This foodie haven sits within a heritage building and offers a range of classes from baking and Asian cooking to coffee education.

Mecca Bah, Brisbane and Gold Coast For pizza-making lessons with a twist, head to this Middle Eastern and Mediterranean-inspired restaurant. Competitive cooks, take note: Prizes are up for grabs!

Have we missed any great classes? Let us know in the comments below.

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Hello, I’d like to introduce myself...

I’m Elena Moffatt and I’m in the Baking and Pastry Arts Management program at George Brown College. I’m 22 years old and previously completed a bachelor’s degree in International Food Business between Dalhousie University and Aeres Hogeschool in the Netherlands. Something unique about me is that I can say the alphabet backwards with ease. During my bachelor’s degree, I realized that this isn’t the program I wanted or the career path I could see myself heading towards. It became clear that baking was more than just a hobby for me and decided to pursue the college route.

A nutrition topic that interests me is fortified foods. Until the first lecture, I hadn’t realized that micronutrients were added to different foods that are part of my daily diet. I would like to learn more about these fortified foods, as well as the obesity epidemic. It would be interesting to learn more about how to promote healthy diets but also how the different food guides differ between countries and compare that with obesity statistics.

As far as my career goes, I’d like to begin by working at a small-scale local bakery where I get the opportunity to do a bit of everything. I enjoy getting my hands dirty and learning new skills, and I think working at a small bakery is the way to do this. In five years, it’s possible that I could still be working at a small-scale bakery, but I would love to have the opportunity to open my own business that not only sells baked goods directly to customers, but also to other local businesses that need any treats to sell.

I think nutrition is already playing an important role in the culinary industry. With the trend of plant based diets becoming more and more common, chefs are needing to develop new recipes and dishes that incorporate some non-traditional ingredients. They must take into account the amount of macronutrients in dishes, particularly protein which may be more difficult to get in appropriate quantities. People are becoming more mindful of what they’re eating, and restaurants need to reflect on that.

Now, I’m going to compare the reliability of two nutrition websites. I will be comparing the Dietitians of Canada website along with DoctorYourself.com, a website made by Andrew Saul who is a natural health educator.

When googling “unreliable nutrition website,” Saul’s website pops up numerous times which should say enough about his website. Saul has published numerous books, is on the editorial board of the Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine, “holds three state certificates in science education” (Doctor Yourself, n.d.), and has “taught nutrition, health science and cell biology at the college level” (Doctor Yourself, n.d.). However, his website is lacking and at first glance, definitely appears untrustworthy. The text continuously changes from bolded, caps lock, italics, and a series of blue links waiting to be opened. It reads messily and almost as though the author is shouting at the reader in parts. Saul primarily links his own publications on his website. (Doctor Yourself, n.d.)

Comparing Saul’s website to the Dietitians of Canada website is like night and day. The Dietitians of Canada website appears much calmer and put together which puts me, the reader, at ease. The dietitians are part of a professional association in Canada who are “governed by a Board of Directors” who are elected (Dietitians of Canada, 2018). The website links readers to affiliate sites like EatRight Ontario, Dietetics Association, and PEN Nutrition. Overall, the website is organized much clearer for readers.

That’s all for now! Thanks for reading this post.

Elena

Bibliography

Dietitians of Canada. (2018). About DC. Retrieved from Dietitians of Canada: https://www.dietitians.ca/About-DC.aspx

Doctor Yourself. (n.d.). About the Author. Retrieved from Doctor Yourself: http://doctoryourself.com/aboutme.html

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The Fantastic Realm of the Marriage Cake

dorty praha In present day world there are just so many distinct options and choices available to us. We can get a hold of individuals by standard mobile phone, sensible telephone, common cell cell phone, e-mail, or regular mail. If we want to get someplace we can push a car or truck, experience a bike, get a bus, or stroll alongside. Presented all the different possibilities offered to us nowadays, it is only all-natural that this selection should perform its way into 1 of our most cherished and honored traditions...that of the wedding ceremony cake. Choosing the taste of the cake and the coloration of the icing is just acquiring commenced with the method. You will also will need to acquire some time to pick the best wedding ceremony cake topper for your particular cake. In this short article we will be checking out the realm of the marriage cake. 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No matter if you decide on the baker down the highway, a talented family members member, or a pastry chef who specializes in these delicious masterpieces, if you strategy properly in advance you will be in a position to handle whatever road blocks may appear your way. Some bakers demand only a least detect, while many bakers are booked far in progress. It can be a shame to have that best cake of your goals be "cancelled" due to the simple fact you can not allocate a baker's time. What is that you say? You have no notion who will be baking your wedding day cake? If you really don't have a unique baker in head, you have a little bit of homework in advance of you. Store about and get some great suggestions from family and close friends. Look through the yellow pages and the web as they are the two valuable informational methods. If you come about to be surfing the internet you will see that quite a few bakers right now are submitting photographs of some of their masterpieces. As a kind of masterpiece cake gallery, they showcase what they are capable of producing. This will jog your creativity as to what you would like your individual wedding ceremony cake to look like.

Do not Forget Your Budget Be certain to think about your spending budget prior to you let your creativity get the much better of you. You want your wedding working day to be one particular of celebration, not the day that you began your journey into monetary disaster. Numerous people are shocked at the value of a wedding cake. Hold in head that you are asking an artisan to generate a masterpiece for you, and this can generally be mirrored in the value that he/she will be charging. The price of labor is often the premier expense in the development of a marriage ceremony cake but hold in thoughts the simple truth that fondant is more high-priced than buttercream. Have you imagined about staging your masterpiece? This arrives next. Be absolutely sure to just take the wedding ceremony cake stand into consideration throughout your organizing stage. Even though some cakes can be only placed on flat boards that will not be observed by the basic community, others are elaborately displayed on gorgeous stands for absolutely everyone to see. Keep in head the easy truth that true measurement of the cake desk ought to be in proportion to the genuine sizing of your cake. A table that is as well small will make the cake search way too massive, even though a desk that is far too large will make it search like a tiny cupcake. And in advance of we fail to remember, your cake desk will will need a lovely covering to compliment its strategic area at the marriage reception. Oh, don't overlook the cake knife and cake server. There wants to be a location on the table for these two objects as very well.

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The Fantastic Realm of the Marriage ceremony Cake

chlebíčky In modern planet there are just so a lot of unique alternatives and alternatives offered to us. We can get a maintain of individuals by conventional telephone, smart telephone, standard cell mobile phone, e mail, or regular mail. If we want to get someplace we can travel a car, trip a bicycle, take a bus, or stroll alongside. Offered all the various possibilities readily available to us these days, it is only pure that this assortment need to perform its way into one of our most cherished and honored traditions...that of the wedding ceremony cake. Deciding on the taste of the cake and the coloration of the icing is just finding commenced with the process. You will also need to consider some time to pick the finest marriage cake topper for your specific cake. In this write-up we will be checking out the realm of the marriage cake. We will be providing some qualifications specifics on the tradition, and sooner or later performing on up to the variety approach of the great topper for that quite specific marriage ceremony cake. The marriage cake is generally proudly and strategically placed during the wedding ceremony reception. Typically towering way up into the heavens, it can compete with the bride as the "middle of consideration" on her huge working day. This mouth watering work of art establishes a focal position that the other factors of the reception can revolve about. For all those who desire a flare for the dramatic, the marriage cake can be wheeled into the place at the stop of the reception, delivering a "grand entrance" for everyone to see. To many persons this grand entrance will maybe trigger recollections of the bride who walked down the aisle before in the day. For Starters The wedding day cake has evolved in excess of the years. Starting off off as a simple symbol of fertility, it has remodeled alone into an inventive custom that can have numerous various artistic interpretations. For many historical peoples wheat was a symbol of fertility and a bountiful harvest. The Historic Romans utilised to throw grains of wheat at the bride and groom to "wish fertility" to the new few through their wedding. This personalized eventually developed into bringing minor cakes created from wheat to the marriage ceremony banquet by itself. Folks would then crumble this cake more than the head of the bride to desire the content pair "many young children". The company would then eat the fallen crumbs as a image of sharing in the couple's great fortune. Quite a few assume that this "crumbling of the cake" about the bride's head may well have advanced into another wedding working day tradition? Do you know what it is? In purchase to defend the hapless bride from the wheat shower that is to arrive, bridesmaids draped a fabric in excess of her head prior to the "crumbling custom" took position. Quite a few feel that this easy fabric progressed into the marriage ceremony veil of currently. Welcome The Middle Ages In the course of the Center Ages buns or sweet rolls experienced replaced the authentic wheat cakes, but it was nonetheless quite customary for guests to bring these delicious treats to the wedding ceremony. Positioned in a big pile between the bride and groom, if the delighted pair was in a position to kiss above this large stack of wheat, it was believed that they would be blessed with several kids. It is commonly considered that the next move in the evolution of the regular cake was done by a French pastry chef through the 17th century. Through a journey to London he occurred to notice this "cake piling" ceremony. Upon his return to France he dusted the stack of buns with sugar, and therefore "cemented" them jointly into a single delicious artwork form. This was to turn out to be the initial rendition of the tiered and frosted wedding day cake, and a forerunner as to what was to come in the many years forward. The Vintage Fashion Are you common with the traditional type of the modern day working day wedding day cake? You know, the one with the distinct design and style of scaled-down tiers as the cake builds vertically? It is believed that this design was impressed by the spire of the 14th century Saint Bride's church in London. How's that for a bit of trivia for you? Victorian England has introduced us many of today's valued wedding traditions. For illustration, Queen Victoria herself is claimed to have experienced a cake that weighed in at three hundred lbs. As confectioners and bakers grew to become more daring and skillful, their creations turned even additional daring and elaborate. When England's Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip had been married again in 1947, their wedding cake weighed in at a whopping 500 lbs, and was 9 toes tall. The Variation of These days In present-day world the elaborate wedding cake is no for a longer time reserved for the prosperous and well known. Every couple can share in the custom of obtaining a marriage ceremony cake extra to their major day. The marriage ceremony cake specialists of present day planet have taken their artwork to towering heights (pardon the pun). Very long absent are these bland days when you had been limited to a white cake with white frosting. While a white cake will almost certainly constantly be the most well-liked because of to its traditional meaning, present-day few is minimal only by the limitations of their creativeness (and spending budget) when it will come to their wedding ceremony cake. Why White? White is surely the colour of a marriage, but did you know that there is another purpose why the white is the customary coloration of a wedding cake? Back again in Victorian periods the finer components of a wedding cake had been scarce and challenging to appear by. If the cake experienced a white icing, this unveiled the fact that only the very best and most pricey white sugar was becoming employed. Brown sugar was significantly much more widespread, and as a result significantly much less costly. So, the far more white the cake, the richer the folks. Be Certain To Prepare Ahead Really don't go away your particular wedding day cake until the very last minute. This is one particular of the most important factors that you can don't forget. Regardless of whether you choose the baker down the highway, a proficient household member, or a pastry chef who specializes in these delicious masterpieces, if you plan very well in advance you will be ready to handle whatever obstructions could come your way. Some bakers need only a minimal notice, whilst many bakers are booked significantly in progress. It is a shame to have that great cake of your goals be "cancelled" thanks to the simple fact you are not able to allocate a baker's time. What is actually that you say? You have no notion who will be baking your wedding day cake? If you will not have a certain baker in head, you have a bit of research in advance of you. Store around and get some fantastic suggestions from family and pals. Search the yellow web pages and the web as they are each useful informational resources. If you transpire to be browsing the world-wide-web you will see that quite a few bakers today are putting up images of some of their masterpieces. As a form of masterpiece cake gallery, they showcase what they are able of producing. This will jog your imagination as to what you would like your individual wedding ceremony cake to appear like. Will not Neglect Your Price range Be sure to look at your price range ahead of you let your imagination get the far better of you. You want your marriage ceremony day to be 1 of celebration, not the day that you started your journey into economic catastrophe. Quite a few persons are stunned at the charge of a wedding ceremony cake. Preserve in thoughts that you are asking an artisan to make a masterpiece for you, and this can frequently be reflected in the value that he/she will be charging. The cost of labor is generally the most significant cost in the development of a marriage cake but maintain in thoughts the easy actuality that fondant is much more pricey than buttercream. Have you assumed about staging your masterpiece? This comes upcoming. Be certain to take the wedding ceremony cake stand into thing to consider throughout your preparing period. Although some cakes can be simply positioned on flat boards that will not be seen by the general public, other individuals are elaborately shown on stunning stands for everybody to see. Retain in head the straightforward fact that precise sizing of the cake desk have to be in proportion to the real measurement of your cake. A desk that is too little will make the cake appear way far too large, although a desk that is too substantial will make it appear like a small cupcake. And prior to we overlook, your cake table will want a beautiful covering to compliment its strategic site at the wedding day reception. Oh, will not fail to remember the cake knife and cake server. There requirements to be a position on the desk for these two products as well.

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