Purled Oysters

Okay, these aren’t exactly oysters, but they’re crazy (and in certain cases, icky-but-cool) knitting projects. “It’s summer,” you say. “No time for knitting!” But is it really summer? I can’t tell with all the rain....

World Peace Meets Bling (in a cake)

Pretty much every year, I’ve made my niece Phoebe’s birthday cake. Usually, there’s a lot of pre-baking deliberation — of Talmudic scholar proportions — about themes, flavors, decorative elements, etc. For many years, the cakes had to be...