"What could be said about me... a man to whom only his painting matters? And of course his garden and his flowers as well". - Claude Monet.
"What could be said about me... a man to whom only his painting matters? And of course his garden and his flowers as well". - Claude Monet.
Ertruğrul, is a Turkish, historical and adventure television series that is so popular in South Asia. The actor playing Ertrugrul (Engin Altan Düzyatan) is such a heart throb!! The show features Ertrugrul who was a 13th century Turk Muslim nomad warrior from Central Asia. Surrounded by the Mongols to the East and the Crusaders and Byzantines to the West; like other Turk tribes, Ertrugrul's tribe too was pushed West by the Mongols. Ertrugrul TV serial attempts to show case a vivid imagination of a 13th-century Turk Asian community and Muslim culture.
This cake looks like the hat worn by Ertrugrul. It was a strawberry cake with strawberry filling- Yum!
This is my rendition of the NYC Skyline. There are
actual (battery operated) lights in the cake. New York City is undoubtedly one of the most
exciting dream destinations in the whole world.
It is a vibrant, throbbing beast that will enchant you, no doubt. New
York is the world capital of theater- Broadway shows are an amazing experience.
Since the COVID pandemic started in the year 2000 I have not watched any Broadway
show. Before that I was a regular Broadway buff. Lets see when this gets back to normal.
It was a pistachio cake with fig filling- yum.
“It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York
City. New York City is itself a detective story.”- Agatha Christie
My grandfather liked to chew tobbacco in a the form of a little package
containing betel nut (also called areca nut), and herbs and spices spices wrapped
in a betel leaf termed as “paan”. He had a beautifully hand carved silver box
called a “paan daan” with little compartments for all the paan
ingredients. He gave a similar box to my
Mom when she got married and I inherited it from her. She never chewed paan so the box and its
compartments are in pristine condition, never having been in contact with
chemicals or herbs and spices.
Paan-daan is silverware that was very popular in South
Asia during the 19th century. It was carried around by everyone and played a
serious role in socialization ceremonies of that time. In those days, betel
leaf and its seeds were also consumed by field workers and other rural inhabitants
to suppress their hunger as it has a mild painkilling effects similar to a
narcotic.
Today I used my mother’s silver paan-daan as an
inspiration for this cake. It is a
carrot nut cake with cream cheese filling.
I covered it with silver leaf. The
handle was especially fun to make.
The Owl House is an American animated fantasy television series on Disney Channel. The fantasy structure and details were fun to make. What a cute house! It is home of some interesting characters in the show.
Places of residence is not necessarily a home; the home is a physical space as well as an emotional and psychological relationship, where memory, comfort, activity and familiarity are some many important factors in the construction of home. Home will always be the place for which we feel the deepest comfort and affection. I love traveling, but I always enjoy coming home to the familiar feel, comfort, smell of my home. I always look forward to just let myself fall into my own bed. Then the time to reflect and collect my thoughts about the time away from home.
It was a yellow cake with strawberry filling.
Home is where the heart is. Pliny the Elder
Swan Lake is a fabulous Russian ballet. The last time I saw it was in an amazing theater in St Petersburg, Russia a few years ago. This swan cake is in commemoration of great memories of the days of carefree travels. Hoping for traveling again, soon.
The cake was fun to make. It is an almond cake with
almond mascarpone filling. The feathers were made of white chocolate. Yum!
“His own image; no longer a dark, gray bird, ugly and
disagreeable to look at, but a graceful and beautiful swan. To be born in a
duck's nest, in a farmyard, is of no consequence to a bird, if it is hatched
from a swan's egg.”
― Hans Christian Andersen, The Ugly Duckling