I Troll Martha Stewart So You Don't Have To: how to make crystallized pansies mini cobblers poached egg over grits

What I am thinking about: using liquid starch as a temporary window treatment to frost our upper kitchen window so we can get light into the room but not feel like the neighbors above are watching. I can find a lot of projects involving liquid starch and tissue paper to form images or a stained glass effect, but in this case I would prefer a thin coat of white (it's a fairly dark kitchen). But I want to make sure I can get it off very easily when we move out. I cannot find any instructions on how to clean off when you're done. Soapy water? Where do I get liquid starch? If you have any advice, lemme know, thanks!

I would actually like to smell this guy.

I am a sucker for novelty jewelry: Wordstretch rubber bracelets now with write-on kits Glogear !as seen on the necks of celebrities! Kryptolight

what I love today in the category of Food That Looks Like Other Food and I Troll MarthaStewart.com So You Don't Have To watermellon shaped ice cream bombe in the catgory of Childhood Regression make-your-own candy jewelry kit and stick-on belly button jewels in the category of Ewwwwwwwwwwww hand and brain gelatin molds in the category of Neat-o interlocking bone skeleton candies

I know it's been around forever but just this last Christmas I saw the recipe-in-a-jar gift thing (I know, where have I been?). I love this thing!! You can find a lot of recipes on this page. I saw an Irish soda bread recipe in a pint bottle for St. Patrick's Day.

Rebecca points us to these delicious sites from her domestic page: Gothic Martha Stewart and Gothic Gardening

Here is a review of the most charming little restaurant in Berkelely, Le Comptoir Rouge. It is across the street from the hotel I stayed in while waiting for the apartment to be available. I would have lost my mind if it wasn't for this restaurant. It is right around the corner from Freight and Salvage, which makes for a lovely little dinner and a show evening.