on friday, went with my only male best friend, albert for a brief visit to santana row. he wanted to purchase something from the container store. we walked to the store and i noticed the cocola patisserie. if it's a patisserie, i always have to try the resident macaron. noted that the said macaron are $2.00 each. albert offered to pay for 3. they were either chocolate or mocha flavoring.

tried it after shopping at container store...they were fresh; the outside was pleasantly crunchy...the inside too sweet for my taste. the cream was smooth in the middle of the macaron, but not really remarkable.

just when you find something cool....they get rid of it. :P just like this product.

what is print gocco?

in the 1970's noboru hayama, a printer and the japanese inventor of the "print gocco" system, wished to develop a quick and easy household color printing system. cleverly combining the basic priciples of screenprinting and rubber-stamping, "print gocco" is a clean, easy, and fully self-contained compact system that exposes and prints all in one unit. using flash bulbs similar to those found in old cameras, an original image is thermally imprinted on a master screen. next, colorful prints are made by pressing the ink-applied master screen against a sheet of paper placed on a sponge pad.

- from save gocco site.

basically, your own screen printing machine. boooooo to discontinue it. save it please.

noted from mariko @ supereggplant

the cutest little set of star pans:

silicone star pans from the baker's catalogue.

japanese craft link:

hamanaka

going to make a turkey pot pie tonight. my husband's turkey is having its last hurrah lol.

will post the recipe here.

spun mag - toronto, ontario, canada based online stitch–and–bitch lifestyle magazine.

canadian butter tart, anyone? looks yummy. refered to in yarn harlot.

joy of baking - butter tarts

boutell - butter tarts

michele's blog - butter tarts

my google search:

googlize butter tart

another canadian yummy!

googlize poutine

notmartha (megan) has some interesting things on her blog. check it out. these are some links via her blog.

mini pies
savory tarlets @ plate tectonics
davidlebovitz.com -pastry chef!! reading this blog made me want to have some...parisian hot chocolate! here is david's recipe for parisian hot chocolate!

of course, i'm a chocophile...are you??

chocophile.com- living the chocolate life
pierre herme - all i can say is "yum".

cute things:

the carrotbox - a blog about rings!

littlemissbee - cute things store

shinyshiny - a blog about girl's gadgets

popgadget - another tech blog for women

coquette - digital style blog

techiediva

strap-ya - japanese cell phone straps!

DIY:

makezine - how to make your own cellphone strap

pinn-stitch -cross-stitch a key chain!! *idea!!*


japanese beads:

suzuranart