Crowley calls this recipe a “Poem of Spring”, and I decided to have a go at it for our Winter Solstice Feast on Saturday.

This picture on the left was taken afterwards, with cold leftovers, which were still delicious.

The recipe was posted on Coilhouse, where guest blogger S. Elizabeth dug up found and shared it, I’ve included Crowley’s original instructions below the cut.

Unfortunately, Crowley does not give any quantities for the ingredients, so I had to improvise. I’ve listed the ratios I used below, which can be modified to make any quantity.

This was also the first time I’ve ever made curry, and it turned out well. So well, in fact, that I’ll be making it as the vegetarian option for Giftmas dinner, along with Riz Aleister Crowley.

Riz Aleister Crowley
(to be eaten with curry)  Continue reading »

After seeing a friend’s recipe on her blog, Edible Noir, I decided to have a go at it myself, with a few slight changes.

I love making shortbread, and I recently purchased new forest themed cookie cutters, so this seemed like the perfect opportunity to try them out.

Alas, the ninjabread cookie cutters still seem to be out of stock, but if you’re lucky enough to have them, ninja shortbread would be awesome, too.

Often the shortbread I make tends to be to soft and the cookie can’t hold its shape, but these worked out perfectly.

The original recipe is her Nana’s, and you can find it here, with her commentary here.

My changes and approach are below. Continue reading »

Ninjabread

I saw this on ThinkGeek, and how could I not want them?

They’re officially called Ninjabread Men Cookie Cutters, though there’s nothing particularly manly about them. I think they could easily serve as gender neutral breads if one so desired.⁽¹⁾

Rational: I bake excellent cookies, so this would be far more useful than either the Titanium Spork, or LOLMagnetz, or the Jolly Roger Toast Stamp, or…well, pretty much anything else in their kitchen section.⁽²⁾

Alas, they are sold out, scheduled to return in mid-December.

But, hey! Now you know what to get me for Agnostica!

Footnotes:

1. And I so desire. [↩]
2. Though the Labcutter Science Cookie Cutters are also kind of cool. [↩]