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I wrote a post about beauty tips, which is hilarious if you know me (I try to avoid even getting dressed when possible). BUT IT MAKES SENSE, for reasons I have carefully outlined in my post. (Spoiler: I'm beauty lazy, so if you get beauty tips from me, they'll necessarily be super easy and accessible ( Read more... )

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 seriously, i am going to make these things until i get them right!!!

i made them for the first time the weekend before christmas using this recipe. i made my own almond meal by grinding almonds in my food processor for quite some time and them letting them dry out in the oven for a while. the cookies didn't really flatten out when i piped them, so ( Read more... )

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I've been dreaming for weeks of making this BEAUTIFUL, GORGEOUS, DRAMATIC coconut cake from Zoe Bakes. This past Friday, I finally jumped in and got to work. Everything went swimmingly until I learned that I'm apparently unable to make a suitable meringue. Hence, I present to you . . . Ugly as Sin Coconut Cake ( Read more... )

A friend of mine suggested that I should post this here, so hopefully some of you will get a kick out of it. :) It's a Yule Log I made for the holidays. It's a chocolate cake roll filled with peppermint ice cream, ganache coating on the outside, and meringue decorations.


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   Hello! This is my first post here and I hope it qualifies for this community. If it doesn't, just delete it please. :)
My name is Anna, I'm 27 and I am a very enthusiastic (though by no means great) cook. I come from the Czech Republic and I love Czech cuisine (anybody else likes it here?), but also Japanese - as I am a japanologist and miso ( Read more... )