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For our last post about the comic shoot, I bring you pretzels, and pies. And hearts. These pretzels are basically the easiest thing, ever. You melt chocolate (we used white chocolate) and then dip/sprinkle the pretzels with sprinkles (in the …

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I have said it before: I am not an arts and crafts girl. I think its because I am not a perfectionist, and easily get bored with what I am doing. As a result, when Mary asked me to do …

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Back in March, Mary, Becca, Jess, and I planned, organized and put on a photo shoot with our good friends Barbra and Bryant of Fanboy Comics. Becca and I did the food styling, Jess did the graphic design and general set …

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A few weeks ago, Ellen came to me to make sure I was onboard to make her birthday cake (I was.) Then, she asked if we could make it flapper inspired, and pointed me in the direction of a little …

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Because coffee was our April ingredient, I thought it important to tackle a dessert that brought out the wonderful taste of coffee (coffee flavored cake whilst drinking coffee? Yes, please!) I found this recipe from PW, and decided that it …

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We at Garlic, My Soul are avid readers in addition to being avid cooks. Corelyn introduced me to Ender’s Game in book club, while I gabbed on and on about how great Barbara Kingslover is. We helped start and fuel a book …

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Jeff made us a time-lapse of Becca and I adventuring in fondant for the first time. Here are our three hours of hard work in about a minute. We made fondant toppers for cupcakes, to be used in a photo …

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Hello Sorellas! Sorellatortina here, joining the lovely ladies of Garlic My Soul for some guest blogging! June is a very special month for me. 10 years ago in June of 2001, I stopped eating meat. It wasn’t an easy jump …

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Because Jeff came with us on our photo shoot, you have the opportunity to see the behind the scenes photos from the photo shoot!! The morning of the shoot, we got up at 3:30 am to drive to Rebecca’s and …

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Recently, Melissa came to visit, and admitted the only reason she’s moving to LA in the fall (other than going to library school at UCLA, wanting a life change, and enjoying LA’s weather) is to get on our blog. So …

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