March 15th, 2010, posted in art, baking time, crafts, photos, projects
I wanted to make a pie for pi day yesterday, but I had so much work to do, I didn’t think I could justify taking the time. But then I realized: if I put an ampersand on the pie, it TOTALLY qualifies as work! Because my Division III (thesis-esque) project is all about ampersands (the & symbol) and making ampersand related objects…
Behold, vegan four-berry (dare I say, JAMpersand?) pi:
This would probably be the right opportunity to reveal the ampersand cookie cutter I made recently:
The cookie cutter is only one of several Very Exciting Things I’ve been making in the Lemelson shop lately for my project; others include pillows, windchimes, a lamp, a sponge, & so forth, all in the form of the ampersand. More photos to trickle out soon as I finish things up!
December 9th, 2009, posted in baking time, inspiration, photos
My friends know me so well.
This was my breakfast today (courtesy of Tara):
And for dinner James made pizzas with the toppings shaped in ampersands. And there were ampersand cupcakes and cookies.
And this was dessert (courtesy of Victoria and Lydia):
If only I had made another ampersandwich today, I would have had a full day’s worth of ampersand meals – WHOA.
My life is so awesome and amazing and exhilarating and I love everything, especially my friends, and my family, and my Division III.
April 18th, 2009, posted in baking time, general thoughts, travels
The last week and a half traveling on my own in Scotland has been crazy. I’ve been working at a hostel by Loch Tay, and when I first arrived it was hectic because it was Easter holiday weekend, and the hostel manager took off for the week to be at his other hostel on Mull. It was overbooked most of the weekend, and I had to sleep in a different bed every night.
But the rest of the week was mostly pretty quiet and peaceful. I had the company of Joe, a British filmmaker who was also doing Help Exchange there, and Andre, a colorful Estonian character who’s working at a local restaurant and living at the hostel. Joe is working on writing a screenplay, and we got to talking and sharing ideas. We ended up collaborating on an animation for a logo sequence for his production company, Dreamscape Pictures. It’s probably the coolest thing I’ve ever animated, I will definitely post it here when it’s finished (it’s about 90% done now). Hooray for unexpected creative collaboration!
Pretty much all I’ve done the last couple days is bake and cook and juggle and animate. I think I have improved ten-fold at juggling in the past two weeks, I can do a bunch of tricks now. And I baked chai shortbread biscuits, cinnamon oat scones, and vanilla almond biscotti. All with no measuring utencils! I have a very good sense for estimating ingredients now. Yummm.
SADLY my camera battery charger dissapeared so I have very little documentation of Scotland. I have a few pictures of a gorgeous hike up Ben Lawers, which I will post as soon as I find a place with wifi (I am on a hostel computer now).
Tomorrow I will explore Edinburgh, and on Monday I fly back to Boston. Farewell to Europe for now, and hello to friends and family back in the states!
-Molly
October 7th, 2008, posted in Uncategorized, baking time
I promised recipes on this blog, so here’s a recipe! The last few days I’ve had a lot of turbulent energy after work that I needed to channel into something. So I made a few pumpkin pies, and last night I made pumpkin biscuits. I had never made pie or biscuits before, but they both came out quite nice. My only regret with the biscuits is I made them a little too thin. While they have a good biscuity texture, they’re also rather moist, which is nice.
-Molly
Pumpkin Biscuits!
