The Thai Ice Tea Cupcake Experiment #0001 at Chockylit.

The Knitty surprises are up and one is full of knitting patterns for Blythe dolls.

A list of Washington farmers markets, with links to individual web sites.

The guide to what freezes, what doesn't and why, like Real Simple but from a newspaper! I don't have an ice cream maker but when I do I'm going to definitely try the recipe for the Barefoot Contessa's caramel chocolate pecan ice cream because, well, look at how much The Amateur Gourmet likes it.

Things I've been all Fan Girl over lately. Serenity, missed getting into a screening by thismuch. Whatever Kevin Smith has been up to lately. Waiting patiently for Dreamfall, while watching closely for Ragnar Tornquist to drop hints. Family Guy is back! I was really pleased to find that Julia Sweeney keeps a blog (warning: Flash, gotta click to get to it) and that she'll be putting out some of her latest stuff on cd soon Every time I read about her show I'm gripped with the desire to buy plane tickets to LA, quick! I'm still processing the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie, I've been a fan of Douglas Adams since I stumbled across one of his books accidentally shelved in the childrens section of my hometown library where I worked as a page. Lastly, I am completely devastated to find Ira Glass is getting married.

The minions grow ever younger.

Evany, she through whom I learned about Miette, occasionally talks about Princess Cake but I never quite had a clear idea of what it was. Lovescool recently made one and posted all about them, yay! So pretty.

I got a Cup-A-Cake container and decided to submit it to a rigorous daily testing routine. I put a cupcake with the sticky marshmallow frosting in one and threw it in my bag, upside down. Over the course of the day I dug through my bag for keys and my phone, the bag was tossed onto couches, floors, and the back of my car. For good measure we played catch with the unopened container and even kicked it about a little (we were sort of giddy from hunger). It was even accidentally dropped onto a hard tile kitchen floor. The cupcake emerged with a few crumbs on it* but otherwise completely intact, I'm very pleased. The plastic is a nice heavy weight and there is plenty of room for mounds of frosting. Of course, I'll have to do more testing with many more cupcakes. *Which very well may have come from opening the container to peek inside a few times during the day - a few plastic parts do stick into the side of the cupcake to keep in from moving.

I really like the capsule of savory granola shown among the photos of the 28-course tasting menu at Alinea. Don't the pictures of the ginger and the bacon put you in mind of BDSM? Or is that just me? via kottke. Also at Kottke: much advice on how to clean up maple syrup.

Cooking For Engineers on marshmallows.