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LET THEM EAT CAKE: Recap from 2014 Wedding Cake Competition
If you read this blog frequently, you know I mention cake quite a lot. I'm a self-confessed cake-aholic, but I'm also a cake snob. I don't want just anything with icing on it, and in fact, it is crucial that the icing not be too sweet, too thick and preferably only on top. It's difficult to put into words what constitutes good cake, it's like describing a sunset or an orgasm, you just know it when you're in the moment of it...
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Candi’s Corner: Interview with Mr. Peabody & Sherman Director Rob Minkoff
Tinsel & Tine Intro: It’s nice having a staff, wish I could pay them, but at least when I can’t cover an interview or event, it’s fun to be able to send someone who I know will represent Tinsel & Tine as I would. For the interview with the director of DreamWorks Animation’s Mr. Peabody & Sherman, Rob Minkoff, T&T was represented by both Candace “Candi’s Corner” Cordelia and Draw-tographer Diane Roka. Thank you Ladies! A Dog and His Boy – “The Original Modern Family” By Contributor Candace Cordelia In the late 1950s into the early 1960s, there was once a cartoon dog named Mr. Peabody who transported audiences to…
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Cheese Ball II: A Cave Raising – Recap
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor Last Saturday I went to cover a Cheese Ball! Which makes you think of those nutty balls of cheddar cheese from Hickory Farms we eat at Christmastime. This however, was a party where everyone brings cheese to sample or a spread for cheese or something to spread the cheese upon. It was held in the Northern Liberties area at the Ruba Club (416 Green St., Phila, PA 19123). The brainchild of Cheese Coutesan and expert Tenaya Darlington, better known as Madame Fromage! Cheese Ball Hostess Madame Fromage Tenaya threw the first Cheese Ball in 2012, then last year got busy writing her cheese book for…
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Food Truck: Ditch Witch (Grant Monahan Montauk NY)
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor Tinsel & Tine recently began a series covering Food Trucks. Diane (dianeroka.com) and I continued on from New Haven (See Tasting Tour) because she was invited to Montauk NY for a project to capture the local flavor of the place by drawing portraits, much like a photographer captures a scene. Knowing we were to stay at the East Deck, I decided to try and interview the owners of the famed food truck in Ditch Plains called The Ditch Witch. Grant Monahan Captured by Diane Roka Montauk NY I struck gold! Not only did Grant Monahan (Ditch Witch is a family biz) respond, I caught him…
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Tom Brandt: Thali Too, Oaxaca Kitchen & Thali Tasting Tour – Part 1 of 3
Thomas Brandt Last year I interviewed Film Buff & Foodie Tom Brandt a restaurateur in the New Haven Connecticut area. Life’s little obstacles prevented me from being able to take him up on his offer to actually visit the restaurants until this May, but OMG was it worth the wait!!! Together with his partner James Beard honoree and Iron chef winner Chef Prasad Chirnomula, they run a total of 5 restaurants – Thali in New Caanan & Ridgefield, and Thali, Thali Too (Vegetarian) and Oaxaca Kitchen in New Haven. Thali specializes in imaginative dishes based on traditional India fare. Oaxaca’s creative cuisine is based on authentic Mexican dishes. I loved…
