A Blog Full of Sweets: July 2009

Julie & Julia

Sunday, July 26

Another movie that I cannot wait to see! :)

I found 2 movie posters -which is better?

I personally like the first one better, its funny! And the egg's (egg beater) facial expression is classic! lol

I love both Meryl Streep and Amy Adams so I am really looking forward to watch this film!

And lets not forget that the story is about COOKING! :)

I remember ALMOST buying Dorie Greenspan's book Baking with Julia, but I bought Paris Sweets

instead since I am a huge fan of Parisian Desserts especially the Macarons - which by the way is not found on the book. lol

I have to start saving up now for Baking with Julia! :)

Enjoy the Trailer! :)

* I actually inquired at Le Cordon Bleu France for their Culinary and Baking Courses. Its just that its very expensive to study abroad - but the thought of it excites me! I am not giving up on that idea though, its one of my goals before I die! I am still receiving emails from LCB regarding their programs, and also one time they invited me on a conference in Manila its just unfortunate that I wasn't able to attend because I have classes then.

xoxo
Punky

Centerstage

Saturday, July 25

Ever since MJJ died I have been hearing his songs from the TV and the radio. Then suddenly I hear "The way you make me feel" and I was like, that's one of the songs at the ballet recital in Centerstage. Then I rummaged through my stuffs to look for that movie CD because I suddenly have an "itch" to watch it. The power of MJ's music! :)

I'va watched that movie hundreds of times already, it is one of my favorite films of all time. It made me wonder why didn't my parents enrolled me to a ballet class then? Well maybe because I didn't show any interest in the craft or simply because it is pricey and there are no ballet school near our place. But everytime I watch that film I kept on having that "what if" feeling. *sigh* I must have been dancing with Lisa Macuja-Elizalde by now!

I just tell myself that I'll let my future daugther experience it!
But I won't turn into Mrs. Cummings! :)

Here are some pictures from the movie. Enjoy! :)

xoxo
Punky

Alice in Wonderland

Thursday, July 23

I cannot wait! :)

Enjoy the TRAILER.

xoxo
Punky

Bon Apetit - Pizza

I love cooking and baking but these days I haven't have time to cook.

All I do now is BAKE, I have a small MTO Pastry Business.

Last night I got the chance to cook PIZZA - my fave!

I bought a ready to bake crust hehehe and I just prepared the toppings. This pizza is another experiment, I want a pizza does not have tomato sauce as a base for a change. I wanted to make pesto but I don't have fresh basil leaves so I improvised and used dried instead! lol

I mixed Olive oil, crushed Garlic, Salt, dried Basil leaves in a bowl and let it rest for 15 minutes for the flavors to fully incorporate. Then I prepare the shrimps & bacon. I arranged the pizza by spreading the Basil mixture on top of the crust, then assembling the shrimp and bacon, then I topped it with grated Cheddar cheese for a change. I usually use Parmesan and Mozzarella so I decided to use a different cheese this time. I baked it for 15 minutes. That's it! :) Its very easy to make.

Here are some pictures:

before baking

during baking

after baking

Enjoy! :)

xoxo Punky

Project Headbands

I have always been mentioning on my TWITTER page that I am currently working on some projects and one of them are the headbands.

I am (still) on my 7th Headband! :(

I am really lazy finishing them, I need a motivation!

I bought materials last Monday for me to be able to finish them ASAP.
Well, good luck to me! :)

Btw, here is a Sneak Peak. You can also see some of them on my Chictopia page.