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		<title>Interview with the Angry Baker</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[EXCITING NEWS! 
I recently was interviewed by Laurie Dawson of Mouth 2 Mouth, a radio show that airs of CJSF, about my Gordon Campbell cookies! The interview aired today, and you can listen to it by clicking the below links (NOTE: it starts about 1/3rd the way into the first link, after some music):
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>EXCITING NEWS!</b> </p>
<p>I recently was interviewed by <a href="http://www.ledbrow.com/"target=blank>Laurie Dawson</a> of <a href="http://www.cjsf.ca/pguide/grid/description.php?ID=60"target=blank>Mouth 2 Mouth</a>, a radio show that airs of <a href="http://www.cjsf.ca/pguide/index.php"target=blank>CJSF</a>, about my <a href="http://petittrianon.ca/blog/2009/11/gordo-monster-cookies/"target=blank>Gordon Campbell cookies</a>! The interview aired today, and you can listen to it by clicking the below links (NOTE: it starts about 1/3rd the way into the first link, after some music):</p>
<p><a href='http://www.cjsf.ca/vanilla_archives/2010_January_28_15_00.mp3' target=blank>interview with Laurie Dawson Part 1</a></p>
<p><a href='http://www.cjsf.ca/vanilla_archives/2010_January_28_15_30.mp3' target=blank>interview with Laurie Dawson Part 2</a></p>
<p><center><img src="http://petittrianon.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/angry-baker.jpg" alt="Gordon heads on a silver platter" title="Gordon heads on a silver platter" width="504" height="378" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-354" /></center></p>
<p>I am SO thrilled with how the interview came together- Laurie is a super-awesome and talented radio lady! Definitely worth a listen. Also, I realized I call people &#8220;Man&#8221; a lot. Something to work on?</p>
<p>Oh Man.</p>
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		<title>HAM</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanksgiving 2009: the tradition continues. The meat cake tradition, that is (check out the inaugural cake here). This season, I went for a nice, big, glazed ham. Here is my recipe:
Step 1.
bake six red velvet cakes (always a crowd pleaser).
Step 2.
Stack &#8216;em, and stack &#8216;em high. 

Step 3.
Cut into the shape of a large ham. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanksgiving 2009: the tradition continues. The meat cake tradition, that is (check out the inaugural cake <a href="http://petittrianon.ca/blog/2009/12/thanksgiving08/">here</a>). This season, I went for a nice, big, glazed ham. Here is my recipe:</p>
<p>Step 1.<br />
bake six red velvet cakes (always a crowd pleaser).</p>
<p>Step 2.<br />
Stack &#8216;em, and stack &#8216;em high. </p>
<p><center><img src="http://petittrianon.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/blog-background.jpg" alt="red velvet" title="red velvet" width="504" height="371" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-233" /></center></p>
<p>Step 3.<br />
Cut into the shape of a large ham. Start getting the buttercream on there.</p>
<p><center><img src="http://petittrianon.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/1.JPG" alt="get to work" title="get to work" width="504" height="378" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-234" /></center></p>
<p><center><img src="http://petittrianon.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/2.JPG" alt="sick" title="sick" width="504" height="378" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-235" /></center></p>
<p>Step 4<br />
Smooth out the &#8216;face&#8217; of the skin. Insert a large marshmallow to act as the ham bone (if you think about it hard, this act is an act of &#8216;completing the circle&#8217;&#8230; in a really twisted reality). Add appropriate texture and white, ah, &#8217;stuff&#8217;&#8230;.</p>
<p><center><img src="http://petittrianon.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/3.JPG" alt="delicious ham" title="delicious ham" width="504" height="378" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-236" /></center></p>
<p><center><img src="http://petittrianon.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/4.JPG" alt="meat texture" title="meat texture" width="504" height="378" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-237" /></center></p>
<p><center><img src="http://petittrianon.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/100_3875.JPG" alt="meat texture" title="meat texture" width="504" height="378" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-242" /></center></p>
<p>Step 5<br />
add &#8216;outer&#8217; skin texture to remaining body of ham</p>
<p><center><img src="http://petittrianon.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/5.JPG" alt="those little weird triangles" title="those little weird triangles" width="504" height="378" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-238" /></center></p>
<p><center><img src="http://petittrianon.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/6.JPG" alt="hhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmmmmmmm" title="hhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmmmmmmm" width="504" height="378" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-241" /></center></p>
<p>Step 6.<br />
Don&#8217;t forget the cloves!!</p>
<p><center><img src="http://petittrianon.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/100_39061.JPG" alt="ham skin with cloves" title="ham skin with cloves" width="504" height="378" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-244" /></center></p>
<p>Step 7.<br />
Next, glaze the beast with melted caramel</p>
<p><center><img src="http://petittrianon.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/100_3924.JPG" alt="mmmm glazed ham" title="mmmm glazed ham" width="378" height="504" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-245" /></center></p>
<p><center><img src="http://petittrianon.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/100_3930.jpg" alt="ham skin" title="ham skin" width="504" height="378" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-246" /></center></p>
<p>Step 8.<br />
Finish the ham with classic maraschino cherries as a garnish</p>
<p><center><img src="http://petittrianon.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/100_3962.JPG" alt="garnish" title="garnish" width="504" height="378" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-247" /></center></p>
<p><center><img src="http://petittrianon.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/100_3981.JPG" alt="who wants some?" title="who wants some?" width="378" height="504" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-248" /></center></p>
<p>The ham was a real crowd pleaser. As the tradition calls for, I carved slices for all.</p>
<p><center><img src="http://petittrianon.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/100_3986.JPG" alt="crowd pleaser" title="crowd pleaser" width="504" height="378" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-249" /></center></p>
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		<title>the day it all blew away&#8230;..</title>
		<link>http://petittrianon.ca/blog/2009/12/the-day-it-all-blew-away/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;is a fabulous kids book illustrated and written by multi-talented Lisa Cinar. I was fortunate enough to collaborate with her on making a cake to celebrate the book launch! We did a cake shaped like the book&#8217;s main character, Mr. Tadaa. How can this guy not make you smile?


The launch, and the book (which went [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8230;is a fabulous kids book illustrated and written by multi-talented <a href="http://lisacinar.com/"target=blank>Lisa Cinar</a>. I was fortunate enough to collaborate with her on making a cake to celebrate the book launch! We did a cake shaped like the book&#8217;s main character, Mr. Tadaa. How can this guy not make you smile?</p>
<p><center><img src="http://petittrianon.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/mr-tadaa-for-blog1.jpg" alt="Mr. Tadaa!" title="Mr. Tadaa!" width="378" height="504" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-198" /></center></p>
<p><center><img src="http://petittrianon.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/mr-tadaa-for-blog2.jpg" alt="Let&#039;s see what Mr. Tadaa is made of" title="Let&#039;s see what Mr. Tadaa is made of" width="504" height="378" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-199" /></center></p>
<p>The launch, and the book (which went on to win a prestigious award!), were a big hit, although it was sad to cut up Mr. Tadaa and see him go! He went down OK, though</p>
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