Category Archive for Scottish Fold Kawaii
SCOTTISH FOLD CAT IS ADORABLE COOKBOOK MUSE. PET KITTY BASIL FARROW AS A CHARACTER & COLLABORATOR IN CUTE YUMMY TIME.
Another guest post on the Penguin blog:
Cute cooking requires a cute muse… and that would be my Scottish Fold cat, Basil Farrow! My flop-eared kitty’s adorable antics inspired many of the recipe designs in Cute Yummy Time. He’s also one of the main characters in the adventure story that runs throughout the book.
Basil Farrow is round for a reason — he loves food. I made pecan pie for one of the book’s recipes and left a piece on the table. My Scottish Fold stood up on his hind legs and reached out his big paws for a taste!
Basil Farrow was just as enchanted by my bird-shaped sushi rolls and egg shapers (a Japanese bento tool used to mold hard-boiled eggs into hearts and stars). He even joined me in one my cooking demos on YouTube.
My cookbook Cute Yummy Time truly would not have been possible without my furry feline muse by my side. If you’d like to see more of Basil Farrow and learn of his movie star origins, please visit his photo-packed blog.
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CUTE YUMMY TIME BOOK TOUR SIGNING DATES ANNOUNCED! SCOTTISH FOLD BASIL VISITS HIS GRANDMA MIA FARROW!
Activist/actress Mia Farrow was in town to give speeches… and of course, she made time in her busy schedule to see her furry grandson! I smuggled Basil Farrow into her hotel room (fortunately, he didn’t “maoo” in the elevator). As you can see, our lovely bear was relaxed and happy to see his wonderful grandma.
Dress: Banana Fish
Makeup: yellow and green shades from Cuberry
Lip creme: Cakewalk from Aromaleigh
Spotted tights: from Hong Kong
CUTE YUMMY TIME BOOK SIGNINGS!!!!
Three tour dates announced so far in NYC, Philly and DC. I hope to see you there — I’d love to stay afterward to hang out with you! More US dates to be announced soon.
NYC
Sunday, October 11: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
The Broadway Panhandler, 65 East 8th Street, New York, NY 10003
PHILLY
Saturday, October 17: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Fante’s Kitchen Wares, 1006 South 9th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147
WASHINGTON, DC
Saturday, October 24: 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Hill’s Kitchen, 713 D Street SE, Washington, DC 20003
So far, Cute Yummy Time has been getting an awesome reaction. Popular bento blogger Bento Lunch gave my cookbook a 100% positive review. Shannon writes: “…the food is absolutely darling. Called “kawaii” and pronounced like Hawaii, the food is all presented as adorable animals. Even better, none of the animal shapings call for anything extremely complicated […] All of the recipes seem to be reasonable in terms of time & ingredients and many of them appear to be rather kid friendly but still healthy (lots of homemade breads & pastas, wheats instead of whites and plenty of veggies). Personally, I love how easy her tips are for making the food cuter. There were so many hints we’re going to try and add into our bentos since they aren’t time consuming.”
I loved seeing the animal ham/cheese crackers and quesadilla she made, inspired by my recipes. Best of all, the book gets her daughter’s stamp of approval! “Faith also loved the little story that runs through each page of the author and Basil the cat’s adventures in Kawaii-land.”
More info about Cute Yummy Time here. Hope to see you soon (I’ll try to bring adorable snacks!).
LA CARMINA
