Oh Anna the Red. You are so talented and diligent. Creative and precise. And I’m going to copy you. This Totoro Sandwich defines edible art to me and I can’t wait to post my attempt! You should also check out her countless other bento creations that she makes for her bf’s lunch every day!
Peppery Artichoke Soup
Artichokes are a breath of fresh soup when you’re not in the mood for broccoli, mushroom, or tomato. A healthy dose of spicy cracked black pepper is an appropriate punch-in-the-face compliment to the bright and acidic artichoke hearts. And if you don’t like lots of pepper, then you’ll have yourself some still very delicious, yet not-so-peppery, artichoke soup.
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These are sooo freaking adorable–my head is going to explode. At times when I feel like giving up on creative baking, stuff like this shoves me back on the wagon. Smiley’s Sweets has a real dream job in my book.
This metapizza pretty much blows my mind and has inspired me to come up with some kind of homage…so I’ll post as soon as I come up with something. 
My people. They know what’s up.
Umm. I am at a Lost for words. #1. Nori artistry. Superb. #2. Makes me more inclined to be less inclined to be lazy when it comes to making bentos. AIBM really outdid herself this time and I bet Sawyer and Juliette and Jun (especially after being lost at sea for so long) would be happy campers munching on this bento.
Every time a festive occasion looms on our calendars, Jen Musty of Batter Bakery makes the appropriate confection connection…and I eat with my camera. This time, the theme is love…sickeningly sweet. Sickening when people recklessly french in public — sweet when you’re eating delicous cookies and cupcakes from Batter Bakery.
I hold a somewhat sore spot in my heart for Valentine’s Day, for the sole reason that it steals my birthday’s thunder. Even the best of friends can’t help choosing a make-out session/crying-and-eating-ice cream-alone session over hanging out with da birfday chick. Damn you Hallmark. But it’s really not so bad since those heart-shaped boxes of chocolates are half-price the day after.
Lame beverage alert : 7-UP Cherry Antioxidant. So it seems 7-UP has joined the rat race to trick stupid Americans into thinking soda can actually be healthy. In the same vein as diet Coke + Vitamins (they do own Vitamin Water, I suppose) this a heaping load of crap. You drink soda because it tastes good, not because it contains an insignificant amount of Vitamin E. Also note that this drink contains zero fruit juice.
Ingredients :
CARBONATED WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP AND CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: CITRIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVORS, POTASSIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVE), VITAMIN E ACETATE, RED 40. **Contains Antioxidant Vitamin E
I’d like to point out the second ingredient, high fructose corn syrup, but the Corn Refiners Association has already set in place their deceptive ploy to suggest that corn syrup is “totally fine”….”within moderation.” Next up: alpha hydroxy cigarettes and prenatal vitamin beer.
Funny how call-outs can make you see what you’d usually glaze over, like a magic eye puzzle without the headache. I am McLuvin NYT blogger Christoph Neimann’s I LEGO N.Y. piece, replete with staple New York-ities from scallion cream cheese (my fave when i was there — most bagels taste like shit here) to the Gowanus Canal (that i could smell from the window one of my old apartments).
It kind of makes me nostalgic about the best city in the world, but then I look outside and am reminded that it’s 70 and sunny here in SF.
