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Recipe for a Third Rail Cocktail from the cookbook An Apple a Day

I don't know about you but I generally like to celebrate Friday evening with a cocktail and sometimes it's an old standby and then on occasion I like to try something new, so for this Tasty Friday I am sharing with you a recipe for a Third Rail cocktail from the book An Apple A Day: 365 Recipes with Creative Crafts, Fun Facts, and 12 Recipes from Celebrity Chefs Inside!. Depending on your cocktail tast this may be something new (as it is for me) or a classic. Have a great weekend!

 

Click on this page from An Apple A Day to enlarge and read the full recipe for a Third Rail, The Remix.

More about the Race Point cookbook:

An Apple A Day: 365 Recipes with Creative Crafts, Fun Facts, and 12 Recipes from Celebrity Chefs Inside!

by

Karen Berman

and

Melissa Petitto

 

Taking something classic and giving it a new twist, An Apple a Day is a fresh, daily cookbook, filled to the brim with 365 apple recipes carefully selected to reflect the holidays, seasons, and months of the year (Pumpkin-Apple Soup in October; Grilled Turkey Burger with Apple-Chipotle Sauce in July), as well as current culinary trends and decorating projects.

 

Different from other apple cookbooks on the market, this extensive collection of recipes will go far beyond the tried and true apple dishes, to include novel recipes for savory meals such as Risotto with Apples and Crêpes, salads such as Thai-Style Pork Belly with Apples; cocktails such as Frozen Apple Daiquiri—and so much more. Nor will traditional favorites be neglected; the book will offer multiple ways to make applesauce, baked apples, pies, tarts, muffins, crisps, pastries and cookies. The recipes in the book will be accompanied by crafty, room decor and ambience-enhancing projects such as seasonal centerpieces and apple-scented candles, designed for a delightful, multi-sensory apple experience. 

 

Notes on apple varieties will instruct on picking the perfect apple for any occasion and sidebars will be used to reflect interesting apple stats, tales from literature and folklore, pairing tips, and surprising apple fun facts. Also sprinkled throughout are quotations and favorite apple recipes shared by some of today’s popular celebrity chefs, reflecting a variety of different cultures and styles of cuisine, such as Michael Gilligan and Ian Kittichai. 

 

 

See, smell, and best of all taste for yourself, hundreds of ways to enjoy one of the world’s most versatile fruits of all time.

  

Karen Berman is writer and editor who specializes in food and lifestyle topics. Her previous cookbooks include Friday Night Bites: Kick Off the Weekend with Recipes and Crafts for the Whole Family, The Little Black Book of Hors d’ Oeuvres and The Little Black Book of Coffee. She has worked in various editorial capacities on more than 30 cookbooks and has written more articles than she can count for magazines, newspapers and websites. She holds a certificate in cuisine from Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. 


Melissa Petitto is a registered dietician and personal chef with an A-list clientele that includes Lucy Liu, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Christy Turlington. After studying at Johnson & Wales University - where she received the top honor of Apprentice Cuisinier - Petitto worked in the test kitchen at Cooking Light magazine. This is her first book.

    

How to enhance your paintings with silver leaf from the book Daring Adventures in Paint

Do you like the idea adding some sparkly and shine to your mixed media art? Well check out this tutorial on how to enhance you art with silver leaf from the book Daring Adventures in Paint
Find Your Flow, Trust Your Path, and Discover Your Authentic Voice-Techniques for Painting, Sketching, and Mixed Media.

Click on these pages from Daring Adventures in Paint to enlarge and read the tutorial on how to add silver leaf to your painting and drawing mixed media art.

 

More about the inspiring Quarry book:

Daring Adventures in Paint
Find Your Flow, Trust Your Path, and Discover Your Authentic Voice-Techniques for Painting, Sketching, and Mixed Media

by

Mati Rose McDonough

Daring Adventures in Paint is a colorful, whimsical adventure of a book that explores inspirational paint and mixed-media techniques. Written by the well-loved artist/illustrator/blogger Mati Rose McDonough, this book's approach to making art is a bit like uncovering a hidden treasure, a treasure that resides within each aspiring artist. Through a myriad of both practical applications and creative exercises, Mati shows artists how to "find their magic"—the place of confidence from which they can access the vision of what they want to share with the world.

Mati Rose McDonough is an artist and illustrator who lives in San Francisco, CA, where she regularly encounters lucky elephants, talking birds and a mysterious girl who always wears feathers in her hair. These creatures of mystery and grace remind Mati daily that no one is too old for magic or too young for beauty, so she paints their stories in paint, fabric, found paper and canvas for fans of hope and adventure all over our dear world. When she’s not covered in paint you can find her biking to the ocean, drinking tea and searching for colorful baubles of inspiration to share with you. Mati studied painting at the California College of the Arts and has had many shows around the country. Mati has taught around the country at Art Nest in Utah, Artful Journey in California and Toscana Americana in Italy. She is represented by Lilla Rogers Studio in illustration and licensing and has had her art published on Patagonia shirts, featured in Pier 1, University Game boards, Madison Park Greeting products and Oopsy Daisy canvases. Mati has also been included in several magazines and books including features in Artful Blogging magazine and The Handmade Marketplace book. www.matirose.com. 

    

9 cool barcode designs from the book Design Matters: An Essential Primer-Brochures, Logos, Packaging, Portfolios

Today I have an inside peek in the book Design Matters: An Essential Primer Brochures, Logos, Packaging, Portfolios. I like the imagery of the barcode and I never thought about being creative with it. But guess what- you can! And did you know you can generate a barcode for free?

More about the Rockport book:

Design Matters: An Essential Primer Brochures, Logos, Packaging, Portfolios

by

Capsule

Michelle Taute

Maura Keller

The design bar is at an all-time high for those brave enough to participate in the industry. Today's designers must be clear on all the steps necessary to create work that stands out in an increasingly competitive marketplace. Unfortunately, most design books only focus on type, color, and layout issues. The Design Matters series takes a more in-depth approach, allowing designers to learn not only how to create work that is aesthetically appealing, but also strategy-driven and smart.

This compilation features the best of the Design Matters series, indispensable guides to design, in one handy volume. Design Matters focuses on developing, creating and implementing brochure designs, logo designs, packaging, and portfolios. The compendium includes all the essential information needed to execute strong designs in concert with beautiful and well-crafted examples, so that designers can successfully hit the mark every time.

Capsule specializes in brand strategy and identity design services. Since 1999, the Minneapolis, Minnesota firm has lent its distinctive methods and perspectives to the international design community. http://www.capsule.us

A former editor at I.D., Michelle Taute has written for magazines ranging from Better Homes and Gardens to USA Weekend and Metropolis. She also regularly contributes to HOW, STEP, ASID Icon, and Dynamic Graphics. In addition, she holds degrees in both journalism and English from the University of Missouri. http://www.michelletaute.com

Maura Keller is a writer and editor. In addition to freelance writing for more than 50 publications for the past 10 years, she was a marketing communications writer for the award-winning design firm, Yamamoto Moss in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She has also written extensively on marketing and business-related topics for regional and national consumer and trade publications.

    

Interview with Janine Kosel co-author of Swedish Handknits and Norwegian Handknits

Today I have an interview with Sue Flanders co-author of Swedish Handknits: A Collection of Heirloom Designs and as a special treat an awesome deer pattern from her book.

 

  

Thanks Sue for taking the time to share with our readers a bit of your world!

 

1. What does your workspace/design/creative space look like?

I'd love the luxury of a knitting studio but I like that since knitting is so portable, I can be outside at a coffee shop or one of the lakes in the city to watching a movie from the BarcaLounger designing and knitting.

 

2. Do you save your mistakes/ or designs you don't love right away -or ditch them?

 

That all depends. Some things deserve ripping and some things though not quite right are kept for later reference.

 

3. What's on your "next to try" list?  

 

I've been playing around with some charts from a tapestry Sue and I saw in Sweden on a trip in 2009. But I must admit that after writing our books, I'm still fine with knitting from someone else's pattern, letting someone have done all the thinking and all the hard work. 

  

4. Do you ever work with recycled materials?

 

I have played with some of the recycled yarns from both Rowan and Berroco and I freely admit to being a fiber snob who knits mostly on "toothy" wool. 

  

5. What music do you listen to when designing?

  

I don't know as I listen so much to music while designing. I'm a self admitted closet lover of 80's bad rock that doesn't work well many places other than the car.

  

6. How long does a design take you to create?

  

I've been known to agonize over a design for months and other things I know exactly how I want it and can cast on and knit without roadblocks, no changes or problems. I'm not sure what makes a design fit either situation. 

 

7. How do you organize your supplies?

  

 I should check out the concept of organization -ha ! I do carry a notebook around that I try to write notes in but that doesn't always happen.

 

8. What books/magazines do you read?

  
My theory is that knitters love good food, ( or bad depending on how you look at it ) good movies and good books. I read constantly-just finished the "Call the Midwife" series both reading and watching it. It's a wonderful account of midwifery in the slums of London in the late 50's. I'm also reading "Charlotte Grey" a story of a woman who searches for her MIA boyfriend by going undercover in France during WWII. 

 

9. How would you describe your personal style?

  

I really come from a classically shaped and styled angle with my/our designs. I like elements of history and try to add them into a design.

 

 10. How do you determine what a design is going to be made with?

  

some designs dictate what they need to be made of - a felted bag is made of feltable wool and. Bohus inspired cowl is made with a yarn with a percentage of angora.  We are lucky to have worked with some yarn companies that are willing to send us free yarn to work with - that's a huge influence frankly.

  

11. Do you have a collection of anything?

  

I collect lots of things like sheep themed items, tatting shuttles, and books of all kinds.

 

12. How did your book come to be made? 

  

The intros to our books really say how things started but really they started with my love of knitting I got from my mother and my friendship with Sue.

  

13. The all important question (from Ravelry) what is your favorite swear word?

  

 I have used the f word way too often in my life not very pretty or original, yet often effective.

 

I always have such a good time reading a bit from other authors! Thanks Janine for sharing a bit of your world with our Craftside readers.

 

Now onto a bit of a mitten pattern  from Swedish Handknits: A Collection of Heirloom Designs that features two deer.

 

I am such a big fan of the deer image and this knit deer chart is so going on my "to-knit list"!

And if you like hats like this Swedish Sami Hat pop on back to this Craftside post for the full pattern.

For the full mitten pattern and lots more great Swedish heirloom patterns grab yourself a copy of the Voyager Press book:

Swedish Handknits:

A Collection of Heirloom Designs

by

Sue Flanders

and

Janine Kosel

Swedish Handknits is a collection of patterns for sweaters, hats, scarves, mittens, headbands, and bags, all inspired by the historic textiles housed at the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Institute was the first to host the successful Bohus knitting exhibit in America, so it's fitting that their world-class textile collection provides the inspiration for these designs.

Sue Flanders is co-author of Norwegian Handknits. Her knitwear designs have been published in many magazines and books over the years, including Knitting In Americaand Kids Knitting. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

 

Janine Kosel is co-author of Norwegian Handknits. She has been knitting since her mother taught her as a young girl. She lives in Minneapolis, MN.

    

Interview with Helen Hiebert and be a part of The Wish Installation

Happy Memorial Day everyone! I hope you're enjoying some much-deserved down time with your friends and family. I also hope you have some fun crafting projects going on!

First up I want to share with you a link to the latest author interview you can listen to with Helen Heibert, author of Playing with Paper: Illuminating, Engineering, and Reimagining Paper Art.

 

Listen to internet radio with Rebecca E Parsons on BlogTalkRadio

 

I also have info on a great art installation that you can be a part of with Helen Heibert.

"April 2013: I’m working on my next installation, The Wish, and I’m collecting wishes which will a part of the installation. Will you contribute a wish? 

Make A Wish!

Call 970-306-6175 to leave a recorded wish.

OR 

Click here to type your wish.

Your wish will be used with other wishes from around the world in a giant dandelion installation.

My vision is that the seeds from my dandelion will disperse throughout the world and that the physical sculpture will contain wishes from every state, country and continent.

 I hope you will help spread the word about the project so that it will have many voices - please tell your friends who speak other languages to leave a message in their native tongues; have your children make a wish; make your own wish! I can't wait to hear what you have to say! Feel free to leave more than one wish in multiple formats if your heart desires. Thank you! 

I'll be picking a few wishes to send around the world on a geocaching adventure. Stay tuned, and be sure to make your wish so you can get in on the fun!

A bit about the project: 

Dandelions grow everywhere: who hasn’t picked one up, made a wish and scattered the seeds into the wind? We learn to do this as children and hold the memory throughout our lives. 

The individual dandelion seeds in my sculpture The Wish symbolize private wishes, yet the piece as a whole serves as a metaphor for human connectedness: we all begin as a seed, we are all connected, and each of us travels far and wide throughout our lives like a dandelion seed carried on the wind. 

My personal dream for The Wish is that the individual seeds will travel to all corners of the earth, representing a connection across borders, over seas, and through wars."

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