Whether you like sweet scones like the ones Chris Chun offered up for us a few weeks ago or the savory ones from this week, there’s nothing like having something great to go with them. Amy Azzarito suggests fried chicken with this week’s savory scones and Damon Lee Fowler’s Fried Chicken: The World’s Best Recipes (Broadway Books) is a great resource if you’re looking to head in that direction. But, if you don’t have $210 to buy that out-of-print first edition (Glad I got my copy at cover price 11 years ago!), have a look at this week’s books which can help you make something to go on your scones, or with them.
CLICK HERE for Kristina’s cookbook reviews after the jump!
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October 16th, 2009 - 12:00pm
i met emma as we both frantically took notes during survey 1 in the history of decorative arts and design program at parsons. i remember standing next to her at the photocopy machine that very first semester when she told me that she really wanted to be a baker. my first thought was ‘what are you doing here?’ closely followed by ‘wonder if she’ll bring treats to class?’
emma graduated from parsons in may and has managed to marry her two loves – she teaches the history of decorative arts to aspiring interior designers and she just started dulcinea. in addition to making specialty cakes and baked goods for order, the cornerstone of the business is emma’s weekly delivery of baked goods, which are inspired by the best seasonal produce available. it’s a csa for baked goods! (wouldn’t it be the perfect gift for a new mom or newlyweds?) although after sampling way too many herb and gruyere scones, i can safely say that this is a gift that would make anyone smile! -amy a
CLICK HERE for the full recipe after the jump!
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October 16th, 2009 - 11:00am
Once upon a time, I was a real fashion fiend. Obsessed with clothes, I hoarded copies of Harper’s Bazaar, continually redressed strangers on the street in my mind, and fretted for hours about what I’d wear to school the next day. I took all of the costume design classes my small, public liberal arts university offered, read fashion designer’s biographies, and even aspired to attend the Fashion Institute of Technology and soak up all of the fashionably turned out eye candy the Big Apple has to offer. [image sources clockwise from top left: dawndh, your green review, greenloop, inhabitat, jane goodall]
My preoccupation with fashion was nurtured by my mother. Her closet and it’s accompanying ever-expanding accessory empire is the stuff of legends. She is the sort of woman who has a purse for every occasion, an earring for every fashion whim, and who never met an animal print she didn’t like. In high school, when my fashion cravings really began to kick in, it was her closet I’d regularly raid. I’d curate outfits like I was putting together an installation for the Met. My budget was limited, so mom’s closet was a saving grace. So were thrift and consignment stores. My local Salvation Army store knew my fashion preferences so well, they’d set aside items for me. I wore vintage gowns (REALLY vintage, as in, 1920’s) to my junior and senior proms, both found for bargain-basement deals tucked away in dusty antique stores.
Although I eventually moved into the natural food and lifestyle career path and away from haute couture, I still remain committed to certain aesthetic ideals. Durability and, whenever possible, sustainability now top my list of fashion musts. Fortunately, a number of “green” designers are moving to the fashion forefront, taking to runways on the local, national, and international level. Recent New York , London , and Paris Fashion Weeks presented a number of eco-chic designers,while Portland, Oregon showcased green fashions on a smaller scale.
CLICK HERE for the rest of Ashley’s post on green fashion after the jump!
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October 16th, 2009 - 10:00am
in honor of today’s new recipes and cookbook reviews i couldn’t resist adding these beautiful illustrations by blexbolex for i know how to cook by ginette mathiot. phaidon bought the rights to this classic french home cooking book and assigned one of my favorite bloggers of all-time, clotilde dusoulier, to oversea an updated american version with illustrations by french illustrator blexbolex. with over 1400 recipes and pages upon pages of gorgeous illustrations, what’s not to love? click here to order online. thanks, sonya!
October 16th, 2009 - 09:00am
it’s been such a pleasure having elisabeth dunker of fine little day on the d*s guest blog this week. i’m so sad to see her go, but so excited to check out her last post on swedish shop bebop. these images alone make me want to hop on a plane. click here to check out the full post…
*stay tuned for a guest blog from erin and nicole of bird & banner next week!
October 16th, 2009 - 08:00am
All it takes is one big rainstorm to make everything feel like fall all of a sudden. Luckily we made it out to San Francisco’s Ferry Plaza Farmer’s Market last Saturday, one step ahead of the cold front, and found some inspiring autumnal treasures to build this week’s Market to Table arrangement.
We knew we wanted to use warm, fall colors, but we arrived at the market without anything specific in mind and just let our imaginations take charge. With tons of vendors selling everything from rustic honeycombs and pungent cheeses, to geranium plants and coffee brewed by the cup (yum), this market hosts farmers who bring their best produce and freshest flowers straight from the field to your table.
And it’s a great place to test your produce knowledge. For example, did you know that carrots don’t have to be long and lean? Apparently they also come as thick and stout as russet potatoes (and our favorite shape- a pair of small pants). When we saw these crazy carrots we flipped for them and knew we had to use them in this week’s arrangement, hence the carrot vase was born!
CLICK HERE for the full arrangement how-to (and 8 more pictures) after the jump!
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October 15th, 2009 - 01:00pm
