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Bento lunches, cupcakes and recipes!

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  • November 3rd Bento Lunch on Nov 3, 2009

    I love Chinatown.It's definitely in my top five favorite things about living in Toronto.BF and I went there this weekend and bought homemade dumplings from a dumpling shop, homemade barbecue pork pastries from a Chinese bakery and all kinds of yummy...

  • And The Winner Is....... on Oct 10, 2009

    BentoBeginner!!!BentoBeginner of http://bentoforbeginners.blogspot.com/, lover of cute shaped onigiri, picked the same number as the random generator so she is the recipient of the free book!Congratulations BentoBeginner! If you could please email me...

  • Book Review + Free Give Away! Book Title: Cute Yummy Time on Oct 2, 2009

    La Carmina, author of the new book Cute Yummy Time, offered to send me a copy of her book to review. I love any opportunity to check out some new, cute foods so I was happy to oblige, but I couldn't forget about you guys! So I asked if she would send...

  • My Picks for UFC 100. In Cupcake Form of Course! on Jul 11, 2009

    Is anyone else excited for UFC 100?? I have been anticipating the rematch between Brock Lesnar and Frank Mir for months and months and months!!!BF is rooting for Mir. I'm a diehard Lesnar fanatic. So I decided this time to let the cupcakes do the tal...

  • Spaghetti and Meatball Cupcakes! With Recipes! on Jul 8, 2009

    Oh, these were too much fun to make!!I know I'm a couple weeks late, but these were actually Father's Day cupcakes, I just wasn't able to get together with my dad on the actual holiday (his work sent him to Australia, how awesome is that?). My Dad ha...

  • New Bento Book! And my bento lunches are in it!!! on Jul 7, 2009

    I'm too excited!!The photos and recipes for some of my bento lunches have been included in this brand new book called 501 Bento Box Lunches. I've known about it for a while, but I was waiting until I actually had the book in my hand before I was read...

  • Butterfly Fondant Cupcake Toppers on May 30, 2009

    After the rose cake I made earlier this week, I had all kinds of marshmallow fondant left over. My grandmother said that she had never had a fondant covered cake before, so I decided to make some fondant cupcakes just for her.This is my first foray i...