A playful hotel
It’s nice that the Michelberger Hotel is around the corner from my studio. They are like a studio themselves, always thinking up something new.
Tag Archives: food
Torta de Polvorones
I bought this cookie, actually a package of six of these cookies, mostly for the packaging. And because I was only in Spain for a week, no time to hesitate! The blue lettering on the white waxy paper looks like it hasn’t been changed for decades. The cookie itself, powdery with confectioner’s sugar and crumbly […]
Good fortune and spring at Yuki’s café
Today I talked of spring with Yuki, whose little café — down the street from my studio — seems kind of like a studio itself. Whenever I go in there she has invented a new treat to bake, like Möbius-strip cookies, or found a new ingredient to put in her tea sandwiches, like pea shoots. I gave […]
Salzige Gurken (Leipzig Book Fair)
The Leipzig Book Fair (which just ended – it was March 14-17) overwhelms you with books. I spent most of Saturday there and left with my head spinning. Thus my failure to note the name and author of this one, or even which stand displayed it. I only know it was a limited, hand-bound edition […]
Lunar New Year dumpling recipe
For a late Lunar New Year celebration, I was asked to teach a small crowd to make Chinese dumplings, stuffed with gingery pork and vegetables. More impressions of the evening on The Convivialist, where Jillian has also shared my family’s dumpling recipe for one and all to cook. Let us know how your dumplings turn out! […]
Illustrations of Japanese treats on a menu
At a soba restaurant with bar in Nara, Japan, someone skilled with a brush has illustrated the specials menu with ink illustrations
Gastronomy Typography
Two colorful examples of fine food related design seen this weekend: charming cursive plastic lettering at a fruit shop in Berlin-Karlshorst, and a regal package of Échiré, the butter with its own Appellation d’Origine Protégée.
First spring stems
Rhubarb from the organic farmer’s market on Kollwitzplatz and chives from our garden.
Rabid?
Two of the small, slightly crazed looking rabbits who appeared at my house at Easter.
