food

Humming and hermits and big washes of color

by rosedeniz December 21, 2012 creativity
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For the first time in my life, I show up late to things, dawdle when I am supposed to run out the door, and let people do stuff for me – you know, like help.

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The taste of initiation

by rosedeniz October 27, 2010 expat
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Tweet At my women-only gym, the middle-aged Turkish women I do crunches with talk about pastries. It reminds me of my first summer in Turkey, where instead of crunches, my neighbors would knit or crochet in our garden while talking about baked goods. Is there no bad time or place to talk about pastries? My vocabulary […]

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Free Recipe Cards

by rosedeniz July 25, 2010 design

Tweet From my design archives I dug out a set of vintage-inspired recipe cards I made last year. Download the free size A4 PDFs by clicking on the images below or browse my Mediafire folder for downloading. Please share and enjoy! Bon Apetit! Aftiyet Olsun! A4 Set of two Recipe Cards (Form-fill PDF)A4 Set of two […]

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Fall Delights

by rosedeniz November 6, 2009 drawing

Tweet Staples at a Midwestern Thanksgiving dinner table? At our house in Wisconsin: turkey basted according to a timing method made by my engineer-father, champagne for the adults to sip while waiting, broccoli/cauliflower and cheese-whiz bake, canned cranberries, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans, butter on French bread, and pumpkin pie. For a saucy tale […]

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Drawing diary

by rosedeniz October 28, 2009 drawing

Tweet Pumpkin + soy sauce + feta cheese? On a bed of pasta it has three of my favorite things: sweet, salty, and nutty with a dash of hazelnut oil. Top with walnuts.

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Harika

by rosedeniz October 20, 2009 food

Tweet Last night I interrupted the making of roasted pumpkin and carrot soup (with coconut milk, onions and garlic, in case you are interested…) to check my email and found my very first official rejection letter for a story I wrote. These days things happen so quickly that I have little time to actually react […]

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