Category Archive for Cute Yummy Time
CUTE YUMMY TIME: KAWAII COOKING VIDEOS. SHAPED BENTO EGG MOLDS, ANIMAL PANCAKES.
2009 is shaping up into hearts and stars for La Carmina and Basil Farrow. The blog has migrated from a patched-up platform to the equivalent of Versailles, and you’ll be reaping the benefits. On the horizon: more DIY projects, pro photos, videos…
…beginning with these cooking demos! Every day, I’ve been cooking and photographing cute food, writing up the story, and making kawaii drawings on Illustrator. I’m bursting to show you Cute Yummy Time (that’s the official title) – but patience! You’ll have to wait until it’s released in November 2009 by Perigee/Penguin Books USA.
Here’s a sneak peek… in this video, I demonstrate how to make adorabe buckwheat and berry pancakes shaped like elephants. Kawaii! Soundtrack: Schwarz Stein – New Vogue Children; And One – Military Fashion Show; Velvet Eden – Hamono no Koi
Here, Basil Farrow and I show you how to make cute heart and star-shaped hardboiled eggs… using bento molds from Japan! Who would have thought of that? Halfway though the video, my kitty steals the show.
Soundtrack: Aural Vampire – Preservative Woman; Malice Mizer – Madrigal
You’ll see much more in our upcoming recipe book, Cute Yummy Time. And you’ll only have to wait until July to get a copy of Wild, Crazy Theme Restaurants (my upcoming book with Mark Batty Publisher).
Song of the Day #25: my video soundtracks (listed above)!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY LA CARMINA! FROM BLOG TO TWO BOOK DEALS, GOTH FASHION LINE.
The last four months of La Carmina’s existence have been some of the most exhilarating in her life. Sunshine equals party time, even for creatures of the night; I witnessed mad style at the Zombie Walk (where I dressed like a bloody Lolita) and Gothic: Dark Glamour exhibit opening at FIT. My favorite adventure: a personal tour of the Krazy! anime/manga installation led by Art Spiegelman (the cartoonist best known for Maus). Above are some outtakes with Count D.
I plunged into DIY design, and the results were immensely satisfying. A closet cleaning led to cut-up Goth/Punk tops inspired by h.NAOTO and Mar Jour.
Then, my blog went Technologic: I got a Sony DSLR-700 professional camera. (Above is the a rare shot of me wearing pants, from the Home Depot armband project.) After my fun experience shooting the Cooking Cute blowfish cheeseball video, I began to dabble in video editing (such as last week’s Goth Loli How-To video).
I love to celebrate occasions, and if there isn’t an official one at hand, I’ll make one up! La Carmina’s thèmes de la semaine were particularly memorable: Rococo Week, Interior Design Week, and Book Week (where the winners of the Evil Kitty clothing giveaway were paw-picked by Basil Farrow).
And of course, my blog led directly to the books and fashion line that are now my life’s work… and happiness!
So here were are, one year later. Thanks, everyone, for being here with me!
Otanjou-bi Omedetou
Otanjou-bi Omedetou
Daisuki La Carmina…
Otanjou-bi Omedetou!
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