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It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and if you’re like me, you’re frantically rushing to finish the last of your Christmas presents only to find you’re missing an ingredient and there’s no time or opportunity to visit a local supplier. No fear – let’s take a look at some substitutions you can make...
I get a lot of email asking me to convert my recipes into non-metric measurements. I can’t. I don’t have the time and my brain doesn’t think that way. I’ve been metric since grade one, and I measure in Celsius and grams. (Although I can’t figure out how to do height and weight in anything...
In this post, Art asked: In order to make a whipped body butter, I have been reading up about the benefits of lots of different oils. I have come up with a recipe that includes four different types of butters (avocado, mango, shea, and aloe) and about 7 different types of oils (olive, sweet almond,...
I created an epic lotion fail the other day using Ritamulse SCG incorrectly, and it raised some questions. Let’s take a look at those this morning… Jesse wrote: Sorry this could sound silly, but does that means the failed lotion can not be used? Hi Jesse! No silly questions, although they can be asked silly-ily if...
Although I’ve finished A Song of Ice and Fire for now (aka Game of Thrones), I’m still in love with Hodor. There is a particularly awesome passage in A Storm of Swords that made me fall for this gentle giant. A thunderstorm has made Hodor particularly upset. He is running about yelling, “Hodor! Hodor! Hodor!”...