Linda Pilkington of British niche line Ormonde Jayne gives a cooking demo on making and using orange oil and peel. Then, below the jump, a quick fig appetizer. You can find more videos (and the written recipes) at the Gourmande Jayne section of the brand website.
Scented advent calendars 2018, part 1
Holiday creep keeps creeping, but if you want a beauty advent calendar this year, you’ll have to buy soon: they tend to launch early and then sell out quickly.
Part 2 will be coming up later this month. (Please note that some of these calendars are not available in the US. Advent calendars are more popular in the UK than in the US).
Liberty London will ship their popular beauty Advent Calendar in the US for the first time this year. $250 (or £195) for 25 travel-sized items, including luxury brands like Le Labo, Diptyque, Aromatherapy Associates and Byredo. Due to launch on the 24th of this month…
The daily lemming
Tea collection truffles from Sôcôla in San Francisco ("made with local ingredients, including Straus Creamery butter and cream. Sôcôla uses only the best ingredients to make your palate sing and your soul feel heavenly.) in Jasmine, Earl Grey, Matcha Green, Masala Chai. Four for $12, or a dozen for $32. (And if you're a coffee person, or like me you go both ways, check out the Vietnamese Espresso Chocolate Truffles.)
Summer Quartet for Book, Music, Kulfi & Perfume (plus a brief quartet poll)
For me, some of the best summer days revolve around lying on the sofa and reading, listening to music, (taking a nap), and eating and drinking indulgent concoctions (LOTS of gelato, ice cream and cocktails). I surround myself with vases full of scented flowers from the garden — right now there are sweet peas, roses, tuberose, plate-sized southern magnolias, gardenias, phlox, even tiny bouquets of spicy, bright orange marigolds. And, of course, I wear perfume.
For the past three weeks, Seattle has sizzled with temperatures often hovering between 89 and 93 degrees Fahrenheit (31-34 °C); on some days, it’s been downright unhealthy to be outside, with smoke from raging fires reaching us from California, eastern Washington/Canada and…SIBERIA. I feel zero guilt for whiling away a morning and/or afternoon “in contemplation.” Today I’d like to introduce you to my most recent “Summer Quartet” (the individual parts change, but the pattern remains constant)…
Ylang Ylang Meringues
Courtesy of Lush, a "how to" for Louise Bloor's Ylang Ylang Meringues. You can read more at What happens when food and fragrance collide?