Amaury Guichon takes the cake -- and tarts, tortes, pralines and pastries -- to extraordinaire. Like what you see? Feed your face with more delicacies and instructional video clips from this Las Vegas-based international pastry consultant/instructor on Facebook.
Cloudy Kitchen beams bright with sweets, treats and food interests…with a side interest in cat fostering. ‘Grammer Erin Clarkson was a finalist for the Saveur Best Baking and Sweets Award in 2017. We’ll gladly lick that spoon before the foster cats have at it.
Flexitarian Talia Koren is on a mission to obliterate lackluster, not-so-healthy lunch box fillers. Stock up on ways to prep your good-for-you Work Week Lunch and be the envy of your open office. Officemates will think you spent hours fixing lunch…unless you share how you pulled everything together in a flash thanks to applying these appetizing organizational skills.
Ever ponder over what to do with avocado pits? There’s no place for them in the guac bowl. When Jan Campbell of Mayo, Ireland, looked at the smooth “stones,” as they’re referred to across the pond, she saw little faces calling to come out and see the world. She released them, carving personality-filled Avocado Stone Faces. Enamored? Buy bronze castings of her carvings here.
We confess. We have love-food issues. We’re in good company -- @eatersanonymous
deals with the same adoration for foods on both ends of the healthy to
dangerously delicious, say, turkey lettuce wraps to pizza fries. “Hot as
Hell” ice cream falls somewhere in the spectrum, to which we say, “Hell
yeah!”
What’s new in Bilbao, Spain? Gorgeous photographs, life stories and do-able recipes from Laura Arias @BecauseGB.
The IT engineer humors her creative side addressing food, life and
travels through photography, food styling and developing recipes. Want
more? Read her award-winning blog in English or Spanish.
Thanks,
mom! Alexandra Stoddard credits her mom for instilling a love of
cooking and baking from scratch. Homemade bread graced the daily table.
How do we know such trivia? Photos @alexandracooks enticed us to rabbit trail to her well-recognized blog Alexandra’s Kitchen and to her “Bread Toast Crumbs” cookbook that’s loaded with no-knead bread recipes. Fire up the ovens and bake your way through winter.
Born and raised in Basque country and now based in Seattle, trained pastry chef and blogger Aran Goyoaga straddles both worlds as she tells visual stories at @cannellevanille and shares musings and recipes on her Cannelle et Vanille website. The multi-talented Goyoaga combines artistry, informal elegance and gluten-free cooking in her cookbook, “Small Plates and Sweet Treats.” Visual learners will love “The Cook’s Remedy” instructional video series. Basque bases and basics covered for you.
You know it’s coming. The holiday greenery and garlands will give way to post-holiday salads to make up for all those cookies and eggnog treats. We vote to refer to Salad for President, where Julie Sherman makes creative “salading” a daily practice. Iceberg, don’t even think about floating here.
Chitra Agrawal, owner of Brooklyn Delhi condiments, curries favor with Indian food fans @ChitraAgrawal. Her 2017 cookbook “Vibrant India” educates readers on Indian cooking and spices up any holiday gift list.
The Art of Plating demonstrates frames can be round and food artistry can rival any painted masterpiece. Fines herbes sorbet with mara des bois strawberry and elderflower, clear pumpkin pie, and a composition of orange, blood orange, orange Madeleine, mandarin curd and orange honeycomb could easily and deliciously grace any art gallery.
Brittany Arnett, self-proclaimed “Toastess with the Mostest” drops pins around the world as she travels and eats her way around Australia, NYC and other locales for Toasted Table. Oh yes, and she’s the co-founder of Georgetown U’s Eating Society, dedicated to learning about different cultures through food.
So you volunteered to host brunch and now butterflies are soaring in your tummy? HostingBrunch
is your saving grace, a picturesque go-to for what to cook, how to
decorate and how to host brunch. After your fabulous fête (be it grand
or humble), tag your success #HostingBrunch and perhaps you’ll make their spread.
Bar none, here’s high proof Himitsu cocktail maestro Shingo Gokan @SoberSpeaker has
as much talent with the camera lens as he does creating new mixed
drinks. Some pics are laughable tongue in cheek, others swizzle in
cocktails of “dirty” mango, kiwi in cordial or straw in coconut.
Chelsea, the baker/blogger/picture-taker putting The Whole Bite in the Instagram oven can turn about anything into a baked good. Repurposing leftover Easter candy into a malted milk Easter egg cake, greening a matcha tea swirl Bundt cake or shamelessly creating a copycat version of Starbucks’ cookie butter bar. Don’t count on leftovers.
One of the most mouthwatering online universities we’ve uncovered has to be Spoon University at Emory.Spoon_Emory posts and photos replace text books. Degree options seem to run from about 32˚F to 400˚F. May be tongue in cheek, just play along.
Sometimes, the daily news is easier to stomach when baked into a cookie. Cookie The News sugar, spices and ices the headlines and pop culture buzz into ready for prime time treats. Naming a few: LEGO’s Women of NASA, Beauty and the Beast, Oscar Mistake, Donald Trump Elected, World Series 2016. Don’t like that news bite? Dunk it in your glass of milk.
Ale Sharpton tags all the major bases – beer, food, sports, cars, travel, music and, yes, even bro’ fashions. Back to beer…cans, bottles, crafts and drafts flow to add to your list of brews to try. Catch Sharpton’s top shots inside new SunTrust Park.
London-bound travelers and dreamers best visit Clerkenwell_Boy first. The food editor and contributor to Suitcase magazine and The Guardian’s Observer Food Monthly sleuths out London’s best eats, unusual food events and fresh markets. Did we mention he’s also a co-founder of @CookForSyria. Always stirring up something new, this Clerkenwell Boy.
