4 posts tagged “cooking”
I've been hosting my mother this week. Not by our choice,but delightful all the same. She fell down a flight of stairs and fractured her ankle, so we've been working on projects with her leg elevated. All of my current art is in a "middle" stage right now. It looks halfway done with pieces here and there.
Here's one I haven't started yet, but feel I'm going to have to. Today one of my students asked me a question I've been wondering myself. "Have you actually done this project we're doing right now?" Um, no. I had to admit. I'm teaching you, and I know how to teach you, but I haven't actually done it myself. I know that sounds strange, but as I've taught the class before and my student's paintings received rave reviews, I'd only let it nibble at the corner of my mind. I think I'm going to have to do a copy of the painting I'm teaching...
As I'm not really crazy about any holiday that includes freaking people out, Halloween and April fools Day are pretty low on my favorites list. However, I do enjoy a good fall party and I found these delightful little cakes.
You'll need to record the recipe right away though. They are on the Cookie magazine site and I just got a notice that they are closing the magazine.
I've been teaching my students the good habit of daily sketching, including making a list of things for them to sketch.
This site caught my eye as they are trying to follow the "sketch-a-day" practice. One magazine that isn't disapearing (yet) is my Bon Appetit. It came in the mail yesterday and after looking at those yummy photos of Thanksgiving, I know you're going to be drooling on your keyboard.
Just you wait.
I had a little doll dancing in my head this week. She simply wouldn't let me go until she was made. She's not finished, but all of her parts are there. Finally, she's out! Once out however, I have to start thinking about her clothing. What do you see her wearing?
I'm starting to read a favorite book from my childhood to my munchkins this week. It's The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew, by Margaret Sidney. Do you have books that you were crazy about as a child? I completely identified with Polly, the oldest girl in the Pepper story, as she takes care of her younger siblings with such heart. I had the same "brood" at my house growing up.
As you know, I love cooking (as long as it's creative). However, with cooking and a constantly revolving back door, comes flies. I know they are necessary to break down garbage, but I hate flies. The munchkins are hired assassins to keep them down around here. However, they don't get paid if I have to see the dead creatures laying around.
This one must have died of natural causes. He may have had a point about something stinking though. I found this on the bottom shelf, way in the back of the refrigerator this week.
I've started artwork in the first fabric book, and I really like it! I had actually been struggling with how to cut a canvas without having it being pulled apart by the tension required to keep it stretched. By creating a canvas book, it eliminates the whole issue of tension caused by canvas being pulled around the frame. So, look for some holes to be showing up in subsequent pages.
The theme of this first book is "traveling around the world and through time with art". I know that's pretty broad, but I'm choosing one city/state and time period per page. This first one is of Kansas in the 1930's - 40's. The artwork in the book will be moving around the world as though someone was taking a plane trip.
It's the end of the season for peaches and blackberries. I'd gone picking with my mother on the day after peaches were done, so once again we picked nectarines instead. However, the growers had a few boxes of my favorite variety (Canadian Harmony) in the cooler, so I paid the price and came home with a beautiful box. Mom and I also went up to
the cemetary where my brother is buried. I love the path up there, it leads to this tree, and a tranquil view over the countryside.
I was cajolled, as I am once a year, to sleep outside. We went camping at a friend's place, complete with roasting marshmellows over a campfire to create s'mores. More marshmellows than usual succumed to the flames. I think the age of the campers had increased just enough to make them brave roasting their own, but not old enough to know what they were doing.
Scampy has braved cancer surgery for a second time and is doing fine. My dad couldn't help but fund one more doctor's visit. She's such a sweet dog, and so full of life. I love her expressive eyes, greying muzzle, and gentle spirit.
Ever since I started cooking at age 13, I've been working on recipes. We were on a tight budget growing up, but if my sister or I made a list, dad would buy the ingredients. I learned young that the way to a man's heart was through his stomach. My daddy would indulge any spice request, specific cheese, or Italian noodle, as long as it was to hit his plate that night.
After I married and was cooking every night (yes it works that way in my house), I began amassing my recipes into a notebook.
Dh helped me think of the Dewey decimal system when creating the page numbers, so I can add recipes forever. I've created a Microsoft publisher version of the template I use and have uploaded it to Microsoft Office's website, just for you! (Note: they said it would take 24 - 48 hours to go live. I'll add the template's link as soon as it's up.)
I also looked for some other template options and found this one at HP. I even found some book publishers for your creations. I like being able to add, edit, and reprint at will, so I won't be going the hardback direction any time soon for my cookbook, but in case you're enchanted with that notion, I've included that link as well. Lastly, if you want a template and don't like mine (or don't have Publisher or Office) there is this one.
By the way, this photo is of the largest piece of meat I have ever had in my kitchen. We purchased beef from a friend who had raised it. It took us forever to eat it as we really don't eat that much red meat around here.
