‘Food Event’ Archive

What was your last good food memory? March 17, 2010 10 Comments

It’s midnight and I’ve been home an hour from my night job. I’m feeling a little ragged after my 2nd gig so what did I do? Looked at my stash of food porn. Here’s the two desserts I relived through memory. Both consumed just this past weekend at Hyde Park Bar & Grill. Hot Chocolate [...]

Bacon Takedown at Emos March 16, 2010 10 Comments

It’s midnight on a Monday night and I’m still reeling with a delirious afterglow (or hangover?) from the 20 something bacon recipes I sampled from Sunday’s Bacon Takedown. The culinary concotions ranged from savory quesdillas (courtesy of Jose Ralat Malonado ) to sweet Bacon Toffee (courtesy Epicuriosities). I bought tickets to this event as part [...]

Cake Inspiration Pt 3: Animals March 7, 2010 3 Comments

My roommate went to a cake show and has allowed me to share her cake inspiration finds. This post is of the animal cakes she’s snapped. Animal cakes always reminds me of that scene in Steel Magnolias of the armadillo red velvet cake. Cracks me up the idea of cutting up an animal cake and [...]

Cake Inspiration Pt 2: Flowers March 3, 2010 7 Comments

My aspiring cake decorator roommate went to a cake show and has sweetly allowed me to share the cakes she saw on my blog. Here are the flowery cakes. Prettily detailed. This was one of my roommate’s favorite because of the piping details. I do like the structure. The color pallete is a little questionable [...]

Cake Inspiration Pt 1: Science Fiction/Fantasy March 2, 2010 2 Comments

This past weekend, my roomie, who is an aspiring cake decorator, went to a cake show. Her camera is out of commission so I lent her my camera. She was sweet (pun intended) to let me share some cake inspiration on the blog. Here’s part one. Space cake! Creepy. Yuck! C. S. Lewis cake I [...]

Fourth of July in Pictures (and a video) July 5, 2009 No Comments

As previously stated, spent my holiday with roomie and her boyfriend. We went to Auditorium Shores to see the Austin Symphony perform their annual Fourth of July show and see the fireworks afterwards. Do you like my patriotic bracelets? The red one was a gift from my cute little from Big Brothers/Big Sisters. Chicken Fried [...]