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Rebecca Swanner

Events

The Green Fairy

On Wednesday night, I had the pleasure of attending an absinthe tasting hosted by Silverlake Wine. What an experience. Almost as exciting a one as stumbling upon Paris’s first post-ban absinthe shop and wandering the cobblestone streets on the night of my birthday to…

January 21, 2011
Projects

Attempting to Outdo Jose Andres

Inspired by my memorable birthday dinner at Jose Andres’ Bazaar, I’ve decided to experiment. Dinner was incredible – soups came alive at our table, balls of mozzarella exploded and turned into pure liquid as we bit into them, and the white truffles…the opportunity to…

January 18, 2011
Baking

Chocolate Moose

Anyone who’s ever seen me bake can attest to the fact that my kitchen resembles that of the Swedish Chef when I’m done. Eventually, I’ll probably become a tidier cook. But for now, I’m going to celebrate Saturdays with different clips of Mr. Borg…

January 15, 2011
Baking Recipes

Delicious Fruitcake is Not an Oxymoron

  As you might have read below, I’ve always disliked stollen. It was too sweet, too rum-soaked, too almondy. But, I was determined to make something delicious and impress not only myself but the other non-stollen fans in my family. I recently joined the…

January 4, 2011
Baking

Christmas Cookies

For the last few days, I’ve been lucky enough to spend it baking cookies and making candies with my grandparents. There’s eight of us spending Christmas together this year and so it was a great time to try out a few new types of…

December 23, 2010
Baking

Holiday Order

Wow. What an experience. From Saturday-Monday I baked my little heart out. For the holidays, I received my first real order: 25 boxes of goodies, packed with 4 items each.   They included……

December 20, 2010