WITH LOVE & SQUALOR

volatiledesign:

Calling folks of the kitchen world to make a connection between modern day cooking and well designed objects with the pure functionality of early civilization. The Handle Me Collection by Awaa Design Studio is a lovely and simple cast iron and wood dowel set that references the bare and raw use of tools from objects like the wheel and the stone axe. What a wonderful concept.

classymissmolassy:

Rainbow Pinwheel Cookie Recipe.

catsandvrun:

check me out https://catsandvrun.tumblr.com

sp00nful:

DIY edible bread spoons

gastrogirl:

honey green tea sandwich cookies.

goddessofscrumptiousness:

The Makings of a Perfect Brownie:

1) A perfect brownie should be crunchy on top that the surface cracks the minute you sink your teeth into it.

2) The texture should be chewy and moist and fudge-like that the act of chewing every morsel of it is equally pleasurable as that of having a foodgasm.

3) A perfect brownie should never contain any leavening agents such as bicarbonate of soda or baking powder (unless you want a cake-like brownie, then I believe one should just eat cake instead). Any brownie recipe that includes these sacrilegious additions is well, a sacrilege!

4) The proper mixing of all the brownie ingredients is also a factor. If you just mix all the ingredients together and dump everything into a baking pan, the brownie top won’t be as crunchy, unlike when you separate the egg whites from the yolks, beating the whites with sugar just until thick and frothy, much like a runny meringue before mixing with the rest of the ingredients is the secret to a crunchy top… I promise!

5) And lastly, of course a perfect brownie should taste like it is blessed by a Mayan god cacao connoisseur. It should be ooh-ing and screaming chocolate. So use the best quality chocolate bar or cocoa powder.

Crunchy Top Fudge Brownies

Ingredients:

1 cup unsalted butter

1 cup good quality cocoa powder (I use a German brand cocoa powder -Heintz, you can use a Dutch-processed cocoa powder… means it is alkalized)

1 1/2 cups brown sugar

2 cups granulated sugar

4 eggs (medium), separated

1 teaspoon salt

2 cups all purpose flour, sifted

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 cups dark chocolate chips

*2 cups whole walnuts (optional)

Procedure: 

Preheat oven to 350’F. Line a 9”x13” rectangle baking pan with baking parchment.

- Melt butter in a medium sauce pan over low heat. When melted, remove from heat and add cocoa powder, mix until smooth.

- Add brown sugar, salt, vanilla, egg yolks and flour. Set Aside.

- Using a hand mixer/wire whisk/stand mixer, beat egg whites until frothy. Then slowly add the granulated sugar until meringue gets into a soft peak stage.

- Fold the meringue mixture into the chocolate mixture. Then mix in the dark chocolate chips and walnuts (optional).

- Pour into prepared baking pan and bake for 50 minutes to an hour or until when toothpick inserted in the center of the brownie comes out with moist crumbs (not wet brownie batter).

- Cool in pan for 15 minutes, then lift from the baking pan and cut into 24 square pieces. Cool cut brownies on wire racks.

- Store in an air tight container. Laid flat and layers separated by parchment paper.

Makes 2 dozens

[Recipes]  [Pinterest]  [Twitter]

f-word:

spam musubis!

photo by bdt

what-floats-my-boat:

1940s

rachaelraymag:

Daily Bite: Avocado Ice Pops

ruineshumaines:

Edible Poster by Anna Garforth.

squaremeal:

(via eat drink and be merry / Blueberry Cinnamon Buns with Orange Cream Cheese Glaze)

prettylittlepieces:

Vegetable Garden Cookies

shirtoid:

Super Mario Bros Sushi available at RedBubble

ruineshumaines:

Exotic Melons (by John Poon)

accioenervate:

somehow I find this pornographic.