CSA III

Another week, another CSA share to... share. This one's good.



We got loads of peaches and plums, corn, blueberries, spring onion, lettuce, cabbage, dill flowers, cucumbers, zucchini, and beets.











I never officially introduced the kitchen hutch, but this guy was cheap at a local flea market and it is now housing some glassware, plates and my always expanding Pyrex collection.



Three cheers for a lazy weekend.

Show and Tell

This Easter, I was in lovely Connecticut with the boyfriend's family. I managed to get a 15 minute trip to an antique mall (who am I), and I picked up a few things. Check it out:



Nearly pristine Pyrex Snowflake mixing bowl for $10, a pink Depression glass for $12, a salty sea captain figure (guess who picked that out) and an old picture of a stern I-think-they're Edwardian couple. The mixing bowl fits in nicely with my new... Pyrex butter dish. I can't help myself.





My air plant is digging its new home. While we're showing and telling, I also scored this $75 Turkish rug on eBay. I want to essentially carpet the new place in faded old rugs to cut down on the creaks and attempt to level the floor a smidge. It's sometimes like walking on the deck of a ship in there, what with all the not level footing.




Turkishy.

Two Things

1. I got my long-awaited Pyrex pink Gooseberry casseroles! W0000000000 they are so cute.



2. I clearly have no idea how to use my new Instax Mini.

Washi on the Job

Putting my washi tape to use on some Pyrex prints.







(Mr. walrus plate and a handmade unicorn silhouette cross stitch)

Pyrex Legacy

Over Thanksgiving, I went to my grandmother and late great aunt's houses and went through their kitchen stuff. My grandmother, who is 100 YEARS OLD, and my great aunt both kept pristine houses and it was a pleasure finding some treasures to take home with me. (I also immediately cleaned my slightly dingier kitchen from top to bottom.)

As I'm a rather big admirer of Pyrex, I was pleased to find two sets of primary color mixing bowls, fridgies and casseroles. Here's part of my Pyrex haul.



For bowls that were apparently from the '50s to '70s, these look um amazing.









Here's to continuing to cook in style.

Salted Caramel

My roommate is throwing a clothing swap tonight at my apartment so, since my closet recently got completely ransacked by my desire to sell it for profit, I decided to pay my way with cupcakes.

Salted Caramel Cupcakes, to be precise. They turned out terrific. Ignore the first time piping job.





And while we're in my kitchen, why not check out my newest Pyrex score from eBay ($1! Plus shipping, but you know). It's the "Barbed Wire" pattern and has the original stand.





The air plants are also holding up well, for anyone keeping score.

Home Away From Home

With all this talk about my apartment, I thought it was high time I mentioned the place I spend the other half of my time: my boyfriend's apartment.



He lives in a "two bedroom" railroad (read: one bedroom with two mini rooms) at the northernmost tip of Brooklyn, in Greenpoint. The place is spacious and light and has a huge kitchen.

The kitchen is his domain. Just this last Sunday, he cooked the final tomato pie of the season with a mix of regular red guys and heirlooms. It was magnificent.

This is my new favorite corner of the place.



A: My empty Pyrex pie dish. I was planning on making Shoofly Pie, but the goshdarn humidity and my general pastry ineptitude killed everything. It's resting on a bright yellow dresser we found on the street and lugged up four flights of stairs. Now, it's a little prep area next to the stove.

B: New Ikea spice rack. The spices used to live in a line down the kitchen fireplace mantle, but now it's organized.

C: Crème de Cassis and Pimms. Both were gifts, both are essentially mine.

D: New Brooklyn print from These Are Things. I already have this one, but I bought him the Brooklyn one and this one for me on sale from here. Phew.

E: He's been collecting various postcards from restaurants in the neighborhood. This one's from Diner.

Coming up: huge American flags and other manly décor.

Cinderella

I was searching for "Pyrex glass" on Etsy the other day (...as you do), and I discovered a MAGNIFICENT THING.

You see, I am quite the fan of what we'll call "vintage cookware" (ugh) and have always wanted a set of casserole dishes. I could in theory make all types of meals with them. Plus, they remind me of my Polish side of the family's big potluck holiday dinners when I was a kid.

Almost everyone in my family had a few Snowflake patterned casserole dishes. But this last Etsy search introduced me to...

DUN DUN DUN

The PINK Gooseberry Cinderella Pyrex pattern.

(Yes yes I realize I am passionately telling you about a pattern of now-defunct casserole dishes.)

Look how cussin' cute these things are:

Set

1 Qt

Tuna Casserole-ready

The pattern dates from the '50s (duh) and, since it's not rare, it's relatively cheap. BINGO.

So, looking at my kitchen:

-I have a KitchenAid in pistachio

-My Le Creuset color is Dijon [I fucking love that I have a Le Creuset color—but a Dutch oven and two baking dishes make it my color.]

-Future Pyrex pattern: GOOSEBERRY PINK