Posts by movita beaucoup
ginger 2012 – group 4
UPDATE: WINNER DECLARED! Lucy’s French Farmhouse will be moving on to the Ginger 2012 Finals! Congrats, wee Lucy! And thanks to all of the Group 4 competitors – you’ve made this holiday season just a little bit sweeter…
Read Moreginger 2012 – group 3
UPDATE: WINNER DECLARED! Michelle’s Gingerbread Snow Globe will be moving on to the Ginger 2012 Finals! Congrats, Michelle! And thanks to all of the Group 3 competitors – you’ve made this holiday season just a little bit sweeter…
Read Moreginger 2012 – group 2
UPDATE: WINNER DECLARED! Stephanie’s People Who Live in Gingerbread Houses Shouldn’t Throw Chocolate Stones will be moving on to the Ginger 2012 Finals! Congrats, Stephanie! And thanks to all of the Group 2 competitors – you’ve made this holiday season just a little sweeter…
Read Moreginger 2012 – group 1
UPDATE: WINNER DECLARED! The Yehling Family’s Buckingham Palace will be moving on to the Ginger 2012 Finals! Congrats, Yehlings! And thanks to all of the Group 1 competitors – you’ve made this holiday season just a little sweeter…
Read Moreginger 2012 – let’s judge some people
. . . Are you getting excited? There’s a lot of Ginger 2012 coming your way in the next few days! Lemme tell yah, I’m totally stoked that y’all like gingerbread as much as I do. This year’s entries are massive epic, so I know you’re gunna love ’em.
Read Morecarrot and leek soup
This soup tastes of carrots and a hint of wine. It’s flavour is gentle, so it pairs well with any number of main dishes, or easily stands on it’s own. I’ve been making it for years and years, and I’ll never tire of it. . . . Carrot and Leek Soup recipe: adapted from a…
Read Moreginger 2012: the pot just got a little sweeter
. . . Do you like molasses? Of course you do. And if you’re from these here parts, you’re probably very familiar with Crosby’s Molasses. I have some in my cupboard right now! I grew up on Crosby’s molasses – we ate it on brown bread, jammed it into gingersnaps, and made Rosie Beaucoup’s famous gingerbread…
Read Moreorange sugar cookies
On Sunday, we had our first snow flurries here. Not many – just enough to make me feel like running around the yard with my tongue hanging out. But since I only run when being chased, I sat on the couch with my coffee surveying the neighbourhood and watching for possible crime. It was positively…
Read Morehoney gingerbread
. . . I survived the cake station. You were probably wondering – perhaps even fretting – so I thought I should tell you that yes, I survived the final station of my first baking school rotation. I was uber prepped. I didn’t sleep all week. My jelly roll got rolled, my black forest cake…
Read Moreginger 2012
Do you like to compete? Sure you do. Do you follow movita’s annual gingerbread competition? Of course you do. Do you want to participate this year? Hells yah, you do! So listen, poodle, why don’t you get off your butt and compete against me and some other losers cool people from the interwebs? Here’s what…
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