Selvedge Gifts and Chocolate Pear Tarts
Every issue of Selvedge, the magazine dedicated to textiles, is a treat. Beautiful images, profiles, stories — the magazine is full of inspiration. I just got an email announcing new items in their shop and thought these felt slippers were cozy and perfect antidote to this chilly November, post-thanksgiving evening.
I hope everyone had a lovely holiday — we spent the holiday in Boston which was a nice break with lots of family, good food, and many things to be thankful for! I was unexpectedly without internet access, so I took a bit of a blogging break too.
While I don’t usually blog about food here although I’m a major food lover and cook, I wanted to share one of my favorite recipes, and one I cooked over thanksgiving. It’s a chocolate pear tart (but crustless!) — easy to make, delicious and my new favorite food. I found it in EveryDay Food, Martha Stewart’s cooking “magazine” where I always find a couple of new recipes to try every month. My two tweaks: I use canned pears (gasp! I know! but there are good organic canned pears out there that taste delicious) and raw almonds (I think it makes the tart taste more “tart” like, whatever that means, but if you cook it, you’ll understand).
And, thank you for your comments in the last couple of weeks! I always appreciate them so much and will respond this week. In a preview of coming attractions, I’ll update you on the necklace stands I ordered (one worked and one didn’t!), the massive lot of matchbook which have just arrived today and I have a mini-gift guide in the works!
November 28th, 2007 05:05
Oh, I love their online shop - I go there sometimes. Had passed me by that they have a magazine, thanks for the tip! Those felt slippers look so cozy… Glad you had a good Thanksgiving. Looking forward to hearing about the necklace stands and the matchbooks!
November 28th, 2007 15:06
The pear tart you have been talking about is gluten-free! I can’t wait to try it out… and soon! Many thanks for another great idea.
November 30th, 2007 09:45
Mmmm that sounds good. They have the best recipes in Every Day Food.
December 2nd, 2007 12:59
Oh, I am glad you took a trip into the culinary world! That pear tart looks amazing. Yum. And would look beautiful inside an airy kitchen!