I got a blowtorch for Christmas, and what better way to break it in than to make Crème brûlée?
(I think it is pretty obvious this is my first attempt, but it tasted just fine)
Crème brûlée
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Category Archives: Food
Behold the bountiful harvest of the Earth
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My garden is starting to pay off…
How to Peel a Whole Head of Garlic in Less Than 10 Seconds
I have been doing this by hand for my entire life – now I feel like an idiot.
How to Peel a Head of Garlic in Less Than 10 Seconds from SAVEUR.com on Vimeo.
Brandy in a Rifle Bottle
They say you can’t judge a book by its cover, but I have always thought that you can judge a drink by its bottle. The fancier the bottle the more wretched the drink seems to be a good rule to live by.
I don’t know anything about brandy and it might be fantastic, but I am going to avoid this one:
(sorry about the picture, it is not actually that colour)
Free Music (or Free Chocolate)
Nestlé may catch some flack for pushing milk substitutes on developing countries and of having used forced labour on Cocoa farms in the recent past, but to give them credit they really know how to throw a promotion. At the moment, marked packs of Nestlé confectionary brands contain a code to get a free song at the iTunes store.
The great thing about this promotion is that it even extends to things like KitKats which cost less than the $1.79 iTunes charges for a song (I just bought one on special for 99 cents). This is an offer that is impossible to pass up for anyone who likes music or chocolate.
Supposedly the offer is only good for 5 songs per iTune account, but nothing seems to actually enforce this* – I just purchased my 6th song. I recommend using this service to buy only upbeat exciting music in the hope that this will help burn off the huge number of extra calories you will be consuming from the chocolate bars.
* UPDATE: Sadly, this hole seems to have been plugged – now iTunes won’t let you redeem more that 5 codes.
Gingerbread Carcassonne
OK, I own a copy of Carcassonne and it’s a great game. And I have eaten my fair share of gingerbread in my time. But these guys have taken the whole thing a step too far and combined the two in a fit of delicious madness!