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Weekly Roundup: Blog Anniversary Edition

July 10, 2009 at 7:08 am · Filed under DC ·Tagged , , , ,

Peanut Butter Blossom

Happy blog anniversary to me.

I’m still mulling over my first blog anniversary – what does it mean? How should I try to grow? What should I do for next month’s baking project? I have many blog-related things to ponder. But not this weekend, since I have a friend from college visiting from New York – and I couldn’t be more excited to see her. Question – where should we go for dinner on Saturday? Somewhere cute, but no so loud that you can’t have a conversation.

Recipes gathered from my weekly Internet adventures I want to try:

  • Amelia over at Gradually Greener is making nocino, an Italian liqueur, from foraged black walnuts. Okay, so I don’t think I have the gumption to try this, but it makes me want to do a tamer version of flavored liqueur. Like strawberry. Or blackberry. Or vanilla. Man. I am such a girl.
  • Take the Cannoli has a simple vanilla cupcake recipe. Another one to try in my quest for the perfect vanilla cupcake.
  • Mary at the Arugula Files is making “honest” blueberry jam. All these articles about canning and preserving have made me want to get on the jam train. Anyone want to go berry picking some weekend?


And in other Internet news:

  • Carla Hall was such a hit on Top Chef that two more DC area chefs are lined up for season six: Bryan Voltaggio of Volt and and Mike Isabella, chef de cuisine at Zaytinya. Via Best Bites.
  • Oh my God! My furniture prayers have been answered! CB2 may be opening up a store in DC! Via 14th and You.
  • Young and Hungry reports that Kim O’Donnel is ending her blog, “A Mighty Appetite,” of The Washington Post. Sad – I really liked that blog. Did they let her go to let on Ezra Klein?
  • Soon, the nation’s capitol will be awash in peeps! Just Born, maker of peeps and other delicious candy items, is planning on opening a Peeps store at national harbor. Via We Love DC.
  • Can I just tell you how happy I am that Lemmonex is back to blogging? This week she reviewed Red Rocks in Columbia Heights and was underwhelmed. Still, I may check it out – after all, I need to explore my new neighborhood some more.

Happy Friday!

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You Voted: July Cooking Project Winner! And Some Peeptastic Pictures.

July 1, 2009 at 8:45 am · Filed under cooking, DC ·Tagged , , ,

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Meet the Peeps Artists Party at Artomatic

Apparently lots of us live in apartments that lack decent air conditioning, because you guys voted for “Summer dishes that won’t heat up your kitchen” as the focus of my July cooking project. While I don’t have a recipe for you today (too busy finishing up that farmer’s market haul – and all of that requires some kind of sautée/roasting action), I do have some pictures from Artomatic last Saturday. Don’t worry – next week I’ll begin the project properly – and I promise that I won’t just do endless salad variations (well . . . maybe one).

Thanks to everyone who came out to the Meet the Peeps Artists party last Saturday – and thanks to Artomatic for throwing the shindig. It was great to meet such wonderful, creative, talented and resourceful people – I learned new techniques for making peeps’ clothes, choosing a diorama topic, and making fake blood (hint: it involves Elmer’s glue and ink from a red pen). I was also amazed at the level of detail in the dioramas – the photos really don’t do them justice a lot of the time. Pics from the evening, and some of my favorite dioramas, below.

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The peeps scene. Note the giant peep on the left.

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Seeing "Charm City Roller Peeps vs. D.C. Roller Peeps" in person blew me away - the level of detail is amazing (just look at that background, and at the elaborate outfits).

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A detail from "Peepsters Kill Room." I love the sinister lighting.

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A peep on a wire.

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"A Very Peeps Passover" is one of the dioramas that was even more stunning in person.

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I ate that peep right after this photo was taken.

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Sweet Rewards From Georgetown Cupcake! And a shameless Peeptown Cupcake voting plug.

April 15, 2009 at 8:58 am · Filed under DC ·Tagged , , , ,

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Who needs to win the Peeps Show when you can eat cupcakes?

There was a cupcake deluge at my office yesterday afternoon! As a thank-you for “Peeptown Cupcake,” Georgetown Cupcake sent four dozen cupcakes to my work. There were only four of us at the office (only seven people work there total), meaning that there were a dozen cupcakes per person. Needless to say, I stopped by Wonktheplank’s work and dropped off half. I was very touched that the GTC staff loved the diorama, and I was very flattered by the cupcake gift.

Needless to say, we were in sugar shock all afternoon. We were all big fans of the white chocolate raspberry seasonal cupcake – the fresh raspberries baked into the cupcake were wonderful and we loved the white chocolate frosting. I also had the mocha, which may just be my favorite GTC cupcake yet. The coffee frosting was just . . . amazing. Mmmm . . .

Also, if you haven’t yet voted for Peeptown Cupcake on the WaPo web site, you still can! Vote now!

More pics below:

SO MANY CUPCAKES

At the office with the cupcakes, taken with the help of my coworker's camera phone.

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A very nice note from the staff.

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There were a dozen cupcakes per person. Needless to say, we didn't keep them all!

White Chocolate Raspberry and Lemon

Lemon Berry and White Chocolate Raspberry.

Really, there were so many.

But, seriously, there were so many. The mocha cupcakes were especially good.

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Peeptown Cupcake is a Semi-Finalist!

April 9, 2009 at 7:05 am · Filed under crafts, DC ·Tagged , , , , ,

Peeptown Cupcake - A line Out the Door!

"Peeptown Cupcake," my ticket to Peeps fame.

It’s official folks, “Peeptown Cupcake” is a semi-finalist in the Washington Post Peeps Diorama contest! I didn’t win, but my Peeps will be in the online photo gallery that should be up this weekend. When the gallery goes live this weekend, you can see it here.

Post readers can vote for their favorite diorama, so please vote for me this weekend. I’ll do another post when the gallery is online as a reminder, but I want to spread the word early.

Thanks for everyone’s comments and kudos on the diorama – I’m flattered and greatful for your support. Special thanks to a certain Wonk the Plank, who exhibited amazing patience during the stressful and near-hytserical peeps diorama construction process. He is truly the best of all Planks.

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