Last Friday, food blogger Beatrice Peltre of La Tartine Gourmande was at “The Martha Stewart Show”. Bea prepared two savory tartines from her first cookbook. Everything looks tasty! Tartines, which are open sandwiches, make great lunch. I love these two recipes because there are filled with colorful food. Plan ahead of time if you wish to [...]
COOKING tools, FOOD + DRINKS | May 5, 2012 | by Kim Vallee
Anna and Gian Franco Gasparini designed for Alessi a 5-knife collection with a unique design feature. Grip styles and food icons that identify the knife usages are printed on the blade like tattoos. That explains the name tatau, that is tattoo in Polynesian. Each knife has a symbolic name: “Peel” (paring knife), “MPK” (small cook’s knife), “Thick” [...]
FOOD + DRINKS, TABLEWARE | April 10, 2012 | by Kim Vallee
It is no secret that I love orange as much as I love modern style. I like so much the clean lines of the city tea towel that I present you to way to mix geometric patterns with it. Option 1 Shown here: City Series Tea Towel $22 USD at Lekker Home | Blocks Fabric from Melinki [...]
COOKING tools, FOOD + DRINKS | April 5, 2012 | by Kim Vallee
Here are a few items to be surrounded by spring tones while cooking and baking. Shown here: Spring Garden Measuring Bowls $9.99 USD for set of 4 assorted ceramic bowls | Funky Chicken Kitchen Towels $9.98 for set of 2 | Appliqué Easter Egg Kitchen Towels $14.97 for set of 3 | Spring Garden Measuring Spoons $3.99
April 4, 2012 | by Kim
Here is a perfect Easter gift idea since it will please even people who count their calories. To be safe I suggest [...]
March 29, 2012 | by Kim
Sometimes, you simply need to adapt the shapes of everyday objects to create new ones. If we omit the handmade process of [...]
March 16, 2012 | by Kim
No, these are not donuts! Lucidipedere Studio created for Normann Copenhagen a fun version of the classic mezzaluna. I always use a mezzaluna to [...]
March 16, 2012 | by Kim
Shown here: Party Glass $5 USD Fish Eddy introduced a new line of party glasses that are simply too adorable to ignore. I imagine [...]
FOOD + DRINKS, RECIPES + menus | May 15, 2012 | by Kim Vallee