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First lady of football Karren Brady plays her strikers up front in a very daring low cut dress With Britney Spears and Lorraine Kelly hitting the headlines with their plunging necklines last week, it was only a matter of time before another famous female attempted to outdo them. Birmingham City managing director Karren Brady defied gravity on [...]

It's time to reveal November Daring Bakers challenge. This month challenge was: caramel cake, that became cupcakes with me :-)This month was hosted by: Shuna Fish Lydon of Eggbeater ().It was the first time I made cupcakes, and not the first time I indulged them of course.The only variation added to DB challenge: physalis fruit on top.The recipe is well explain and really easy.CARAMEL CAKE WITH C

"Let them eat cake."Marie AntoinetteWith the holidays upon us, the wonderful & rapidly expanding group of Daring Bakers, after 2 months of going savoury, have brought sugar back to the party...& HOW!! This months challenge is a signature Caramel Cake courtesy Shuna Fish Lydon of Eggbeater. Our hosts this month are Dolores @ Culinary Cusiosity, Alex, ie Brownie of the duo @ Blondie & Br

This month for the Daring Bakers it's time to get back to a foundation ingredient in baking: sugar. Caramel takes center stage. It's in the caramel cake, the frosting, the spun sugar, and obviously the caramels.This caramel cake comes from Shuna Fish Lydon of Eggbeater. I am a big fan of Shuna and have enjoyed her poetic posts on life and being a pastry chef since I stumbled on her blog earlier th

With holiday season around the corner the creamy sugar-high Caramel Cake with Caramelized Butter Frosting(courtesy of Shuna Fish Lydon) was the befitting pick of the month.The daring hosts for November are Dolores of Culinary Curiosity along with Alex of Blondie Brownie, Jenny of Foray into Food .Being a low-fat and low-sugar health nut,I reduced the fat and sugar were ever possible in the reci

After two month of savoury delights the Daring Bakers are now back to pleasing their sweet tooth with a Caramel Cake. Shuna Fish Lydon of Eggbeater is a pastry chef and she has created the recipe. Our hosts this month are Dolores of Culinary Cusiosity, Alex of Blondie & Brownie and Jenny of Foray into Food. To view the recipe, you could hop over to Bay Area Bites.Since I've been on a sugar hi

For this month's Daring Bakers challenge host is Dolores of Chronicles of Culinary Curiosity, her assistants are Alex (Brownie) of the Blondie and Brownie duo, Jenny of Foray into Food and Natalie of Gluten-a-Go-Go. CARAMEL CAKE WITH CARAMELIZED BUTTER FROSTING (recipe courtesy of Shuna Fish Lydon of Eggbeater) Caramel syrup: 2 cups sugar 1/2 cup water 1 cup water (for stopping the

Tom Cruise's highly anticipated suspense thriller 'Valkyrie' finally arrives in theaters December 26, and ET's own Mary Hart is with Tom, director Bryan Singer and co-stars Carice van Houten and Thomas Kretschmann to get their take on the true...

Daring Bakers, take a bow because today is your second birthday! It’s incredible but true. Two years ago today, Lis and I had a crazy idea to bake pretzels and now look where we are. It has been two amazing years for us as we watched this group grow from two people to well over 1,000 bakers [...]

All month I've been wondering what to do with this month's Daring Baker challenge. Pizza just isn't the draw for me that it used to be before kids. Now, it's on the menu way too often at our house. So, what to do to make it interesting.Here's what I came up with: deep-fried pizza dough sprinkled with confectioners' sugar and filled with white chocolate, toasted pistachios, ground cherries, and pas

This Daring Bakers Challenge involved an excellent choice of recipe. It comes from Peter Reinhart's: The Bread Baker's Apprentice. This recipe Pizza Napoletana is simply lovely - and as described by Rosa of Rosa's Yummy Yums yields a beautifully tasty, thin, crispy, yet chewy pizza crust.The ChallengeThis challenge required the Daring Baker to try and use the tossing method for at least 2 Pizza Cr

Pizza: The ultimate comfort food. This month the Daring Bakers tackle pizza making. This isn’t anything new to me, one of my first posts was pizza making (I even threw the dough!). The rules are a little slack this month: use the recipe provided, get a picture of yourself throwing the dough, and top it with [...]

"What kind of man would live where there is no daring? I don't believe in taking foolish chances but nothing can be accomplished without taking any chance at all."Charles A. Lindbergh Yes, it's the Daring Bakers date with the net again. Another month, another challenge. The host for this month is the owner of a delicious blog...Rosa of Rosa's Yummy Yums! Her choice had most DBs & their familie

It’s official, I’ve finally joined the Daring Bakers! And of all things, my first Daring Baker challenge was…pizza! Pizza? That’s supposed to be a challenge?? Those were my first thoughts when I started reading about this month’s daring baker challenge.  And then I got to the part about how we would have to toss the dough [...]

Just wanted to let anyone know that is stopping by looking for my Daring Bakers entry for this month that I've taken an indefinite sabbatical from DB for a while. Be sure and stop over at the Daring Baker's blog roll and see what everyone else baked up! Hopefully I'll be back soon, but sometimes life just has to come first. :o)

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I adore pizza. It’s bread, melted cheese, meats and vegetables (or fruit), all in a package you can hold with one hand while holding a cold beer in the other. I’ve been having fun with the daring bakers challenges up until now, but when I saw that this month’s was for pizza crust, I knew [...]

Note: French version is on my other blog: La cuisine de BabethRare cancer awareness: don't forget to check: Help beat sarcomaHi! Today is a special day for me and my fellow Daring Bakers. The day we publish our challenge! This month challenge was a lot of fun for me and for my tasting-recipe-husband, because October challenge was: baking a pizza!I've been baking home made pizza for while now and I

It is that time of the month when daring bakers from around their world post their stint this month with pizzas...I make pizzas at home quite often but always used store-bought pizza bases. This challenge put forth by Rosa the host for this month is “Pizza Napoletana” from Peter Reinhart's “The Bread Baker's Apprentice”.I made three pizzas, 5" each. I tried tossing the dough but ended up t

Hi dear readers and fellow Daring Bakers,I did do the challenge but I'm running low on time to write a coherent post, so I'm hoping you all enjoy the pictures! The person who was most thrilled to hear about the...

Pizza is a lot like sex. When it's good, it's really good. When it's bad, it's still pretty good.AnonymousMargherita - tomato puree, mozzarella & basilBasic Pizza DoughOriginal recipe taken from The Bread Baker's Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread by Peter Reinhart, picked by lovely Rosa of Rosa's Yummy Yums, our host for this month.Makes 6 pizza crusts (about 9-12 inches/23-

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Each month I tell myself that I won’t procrastinate the challenge, and each month I am rushing to complete the monthly task. Luckily for me, this challenge was a breeze. So, thank you Shel of Musings from the Fish Bowl and Natalie of Gluten A Go Go for picking this recipe! :D All I really spent time doing was kneading the dough and my, that was quite an exercise. I’ve tried making lavash

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This month's Daring Baker Challenge was yeasted laminated dough. Or puff pastry with a touch of yeast. The challenge was selected by Kelly of Sass and Veracity and Ben of What's Cookin'?.I am a huge danish fan. There is a wonderful bakery around the corner from house named Federico's. They always have a lovely assortment of danishes. And at .85 cents a piece they are a steal! So you can only imagi

I love fancy dress parties. They give me a chance to express myself and everyone is very competitive and wants to have the best of the fancy dress costumes. The only thing I don’t like is if someone turns up wearing their street clothes. It’s like saying it doesn’t apply to them, they are above [...]

Chocolate Eclairs, for me, are melt in the mouth Choux Pastry that brings with it an explosion of the cream puff, fresh cream filling, and the very fudgy chocolate glaze!! Its a recipe that I picked up sometime in high school and have many happy memories of seeing the joy it has brought to everyone I have shared it with. Needless to say, I was delighted when I found that Chocolate Éclairs by Pier

This month, the Daring Bakers were asked to make chocolate éclairs. I was happy to do it because earlier this year I had made pâte à choux in the form of swans and that became one of my favorite desserts. This version of éclairs consists of three elements: pâte à choux (also known as choux pastry or cream puff dough), chocolate pastry cream, and a chocolate glaze. Instead of making tradition

This month's challenge was hosted by MeetaK and Tony Tahhan. The recipe chosen was Chocolate Éclairs from Chocolate Desserts by Pierre Hermé written by Dorie Greenspan.Pierre Hermé’s Chocolate Éclairsfrom Chocolate Desserts by Pierre HerméPâte à Choux, also known as Choux Pastry or Cream Puff Dough 125g whole milk125g water115g unsalted butter, cut into 8 pieces1/4 tsp sugar1/4 tsp salt14

All the Daring Bakers are back this month with Pierre Hermé Chocolate Éclairs. When I got to know of the challenge, I wasn’t too excited. Chocolate Éclairs aren’t something I’m particularly fond of. And when I sat down to think why, I remembered a time when I was a child and I was having a chocolate éclair - there was something about it that wasn’t quite right. And after that I’ve

A busy month of birthdays, anniversaries, yearly family get togethers culminating in a week of flu was a sure sign of me not doing this month's challenge.But I sure was not giving up on this and managed to find some time for this.This month's challenge is hosted by Tony and Meeta, and their choice was Chocolate Éclairs by Pierre Hermé.The dough are to be piped either into mounds or strips, here

This week's don't is really more of a dare.  Don't let someone dare you into lace leggings with only a white oxford and layered jacket.  At least, at least, wear opaque leggings.  I actually once saw a woman on 59th Street wearing sheer black tights with what was essentially a tank and cropped fur jacket on top.  I could see her thong.  No.I'm sure Shopbop doesn't intend anyone to actually w

Rescuers had to swim through surf and over submerged rocks to save three 16-year-old girls who became trapped in a gully by a rising tide.The St Davids lifeboat crew were forced to take to the water in Caerfai Bay, Pembrokeshire because their lifeboat did not fit into the gully. Read More

Please don’t get confused with the title. I haven’t turned out to be a wonderful bakers like the ones in Daring Bakers overnight and I have no plans of joining that group for many more days (read years;) But still I am pleased to say that I did a daring thing during weekend and I actually baked!!! The idea of baking used to scare the hell out of me! I always felt the oven staring at me icily

This month’s Daring Bakers challenge came from Great Cakes: Over 250 Recipes to Bake, Share, and Enjoy by Carole Walter. I made this month’s challenge for the Daring Bakers twice! The recipe was quite a challenge to make in the summertime even in my air conditioned kitchen. The whipped cream, buttercream, and [...]

This Pistachio Gateau with Praline Buttercream has a power. The Power of Magnetic Deliciousness. I took my time this past weekend preparing it - and didn't cut into it until Monday night with friends. But yesterday? I spent almost my entire Tuesday thinking about this cake. I wanted to have it for dinner. And then again for dessert. Forking a bite was the first thing I did when I got home. (This o

Filbert Gateau with Praline Buttercreamfrom Great Cakes by Carol Walter1 Filbert Genoise1 recipe sugar syrup, flavored with dark rum1 recipe Praline Buttercream½ cup heavy cream, whipped to soft peaks1 recipe Apricot Glaze1 recipe Ganache Glaze, prepared just before using3 Tbsp filberts, toasted and coarsely choppedFilbert Genoise1 ½ cups hazelnuts, toasted/skinned2/3 cup cake flour, unsifted2 T

It is that time of the month, where the Daring Bakers post their month's challenge. The hostess for this month is Chris of Mele Cotte, whose choice this month was the Filbert Gateau with Praline Buttercream.The procedure sounded easy but I was wary of piping my cake. This was served at my brother's birthday for his gang of friends and hence the abstract pattern went down well with them.I made the

It is that time of the month, where the Daring Bakers post their month's challenge. The hostess for this month is Chris of Mele Cotte, whose choice this month was the Filbert Gateau with Praline Buttercream.The procedure sounded easy but I was wary of piping my cake. This was served at my brother's birthday for his gang of friends and hence the abstract pattern went down well with them.I made the

"Non-cooks think it's silly to invest two hours' work in two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent, so is the ballet."Julia Child This month's challenge is being posted on a sad note. Lis, one of the co-founders of Daring Bakers posted this on the 21st, "One of our own, Sher, of What Did You Eat?, passed away yesterday morning of a sudden heart attack. Sherry was an active blogger and

In this week's Classic Qualifier, we look back to a six-goal thriller served up by Denmark and USSR in the battle for places at Mexico 1986.

The legendary Diana Dennis, bodybuilding champ and and one of the greatest posing artists of all time, says she’ll be flying through the air at a benefit performance for a pair of worthy causes that’s taking place in Las Vegas on the evening of Sunday, July 27, 2008. That’s the night after the 2008 NPC USA Championships, so if you’ll be in town, you’ll want to check it out. The program i

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Recipe source: Sherry Yard - The Secrets of BakingFor the dough (Detrempe):1 ounce fresh yeast or 1 tablespoon active dry yeast1/2 cup whole milk1/3 cup sugarzest of 1 orange, finely grated3/4 tsp ground cardamom1-1/2 tsp vanilla extract1/2 vanilla bean, split and scraped2 large eggs, chilled1/4 cup fresh orange juice3-1/4 cups all-purpose flour1 tsp saltFor the butter block (Beurrage):1/2 pound (

My word. I knew if the Daring Bakers pushed long enough, I would make friends with yeast. (At least, I'd hoped so.) My comfort level rose a bit with this pizza dough (especially since I've made it half a dozen times since), so I went into this challenge confident... at least as far as the yeast was concerned.I'll be honest, when Kelly and Ben announced this Danish braid, I did shiver in my flip-fl

This month, the Daring Bakers were asked to make a Danish braid the original Danish way, making layers of flaky, buttery pastry. It’s a laminated dough, similar to puff pastry, but with sugar and fewer turns. Tough. Daring. I’ve only made laminated dough once before, so I called in an expert, a friend’s mom who has made puff pastry many times and hundreds of breads.To me, a Danish from the l

This is my eighth month with the Daring Bakers and the challenge put forth this month was a Danish Braid chosen by Kelly Of Sass & Veracity and Ben of What’s Cookin’?.I had never attempted a laminated dough before so this was definitely a challenge for me. There is no mystery to the making a good dough..the only requirement being the understanding and handling of the ingredients that go into m

This month's Daring Baker Challenge was yeasted laminated dough. Or puff pastry with a touch of yeast. The challenge was selected by Kelly of Sass and Veracity and Ben of What's Cookin'?.I am a huge danish fan. There is a wonderful bakery around the corner from house named Federico's. They always have a lovely assortment of danishes. And at .85 cents a piece they are a steal! So you can only imagi

Well, it’s been three months since I joined The Daring Bakers and this month’s challenge had me reminiscing about my days back in culinary school.  June’s challenge involved making a laminated dough, then making a Danish braid from the dough, in addition to making a filling.  Seven years ago (!) when I was a pastry [...]

"The smell of good bread baking, like the sound of lightly flowing water, is indescribable in its evocation of innocence and delight. "M. F. K. Fisher 'Danish Braid' from Sherry Yard’s 'The Secrets of Baking'Hello from a Daring Baker who is now a Danish Braider!! The day is finally here when this 'daring group of bakers' present their monthly challenge. This month, we were dared to bake a Dani

Whitewater rafting is a lifetime adventure for the thrill seekers and some local and foreign tourists who are looking for a formidable activity that would be a world class experience. The struggle against the tides and the fight to get through the rapids will surely leave a lasting memory to any adventurer.

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Keeping with the "I Saw Red" Week Challenge, I stepped out of my Jamie Bubble all day and wore Red Lipstick! OK, Im a girl who won't leave the house without her make-up, Ive been that way for 25 years and I certainly won't change now. I am a Brown kinda Gal when it comes to Make-up and especially Lipstick. Well, When the Sass Mouth pulled our Make-up Drawer out yesterday and it fell crashing to

This months Daring Bakers chalange is Opéra cake, and it's dedicated to Barbara from winosandfoodies.com. This time, I decided to keep it simple, and not alter the recipe in any way.This recipe is based on Opéra Cake recipes in Dorie Greenspan’s Paris Sweets and Tish Boyle and Timothy Moriarty’s Chocolate Passion.For the Joconde:6 large egg whites, at room temperature30 g granulated sugar225

[Quick shout-out: Happy Birthday, Mom!!]Growing up, that is what my friends and I used to call going to museums or the theater: getting culture. We'd go, we'd appreciate the arts or learn some history and come away smarter (or so we thought.) This cake certainly made ME smarter, and while it doesn't look the way it should, it was quite the learning experience. This is why I love being a Daring Bak

This was my second month participating in The Daring Bakers and this month’s challenge was quite the um…challenge as we were to make a version of the classic French dessert, Opera cake. What is Opera cake? It’s tough to find the origins of Opera cake. Some say it all began in 1903, when Louis Clichy premiered [...]

The Four Lovely Hostesses chose the Opéra Cake as the challenge for May. I knew not what that cake meant..According to them, "it's an extremely elegant and polished French dessert that is believed to have been created around the beginning of the 1900s. Many people credit a gentleman by the name of Louis Clichy with inventing the cake and that's why it's sometimes referred to as Clichy Cake."An O

Back with the Daring Bakers for an all new creation - Cheesecake Pops!! When I saw this recipe I was both excited and apprehensive. I'd never tried this before and as eggs are not really my favourite food, mostly because they don't agree with me, I decided to experiment. I halved the recipe and dropped the eggs altogether! The result was fabulous. The cheesecake turned out delicious - could not re

"Sufis are lovers, great lovers.In fact, in the whole history of human consciousness,more daring lovers than Sufishave never existed,because they are the only oneswho have turned Godinto their Beloved."- Osho -"Rajneesh" Chandra Mohan Jain(December 11, 1931 – January 19, 1990)from . The Grass Grows by Itself .image. osho, a sufi in heart, in his dervish attire# Resource: E-Books by Osho # Relate

If you haven't read or heard about the Superhero exhibit, now you'll know!The Costume Institute celebrated the power and the glory of superhero fashion. It's totally the fashion event of the year."The superhero is really the ultimate metaphor of fashion," declares Andrew Bolton, curator of "Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy," the Costume Institute's dynamic new exhibit (Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 7-September 1). "It's about the transformation of identity through fashion, through clothing, through one's appearance."The exhibit is sponsored by Italian Grand Couturier, Giorgio Armani. No doubt that this event would land in the pages of Vogue, and Coco Rocha is Anna Wintour's chosen one.Power Plant Batman's enemy, the supervillainess Poison Ivy, has a toxic touch and a lethal kiss.Nina Ric

These Are Manly Men Doing Manly Things… And They Will Leave Their Womanly Women To Mourn Them… But Not Before Passing On These Fine Skills To Their Sons… You Gotta Admit… This Guy’s Got Balls… This Guy’s A Real Credit To The Gene Pool… See If You Can Get Your Heating & Cooling Guy To Try This One… I [...]

This month Daring bakers chalange is hosted by Elle from Feeding My Enthusiasms and Deborah from Taste and Tell. They chose Cheesecake Pops from Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey by Jill O’Connor. It was my first cheesecake and I loved it. And the pops were fun to make too, even though I couldn't make some funny shapes like I did last time with my piggies.500 g cream cheese at room temperature1 cups sugar1/8 cup all-purpose flour1/8 tsp salt3 small eggs1 egg yolk1 tsp pure vanilla extract1/8 cup heavy creamboiling water as neededlollipop sticks (I used bamboo sticks)Assorted decorations such as chopped nuts, colored jimmies, crushed peppermints, mini chocolate chips, sanding sugars, dragees)Position oven rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 325&degF. Set some water to boil.In a la

Note: French version is on La cuisine de BabethRare cancer awareness: don't forget to check: Help beat sarcomaHi my dear fellow food lover friends, today is the day the secret society: Daring Bakers reveals April challenge. We, the Daring Bakers, prepared with love a very cute surprise for you: cheese cake pops. I must admit I was never found of cheese cake while living in California and was never touched by the French cheese cake frenzy trend. But as a docile member I tried this month recipe. I just replaced the vanilla extract by real vanilla, and it's a real taste booster, a little je ne sais quoi that makes me fall in love with this cheese cake recipe.I'm leaving tomorrow to visit my brother in Manhattan so I will give an other chance to American cheese cakes. I will keep you posted o

The Daring Bakers are back again this month with guess what Cheesecake Pops...the choice of Elle and Deborah What you need are5 8-oz. packages cream cheese at room temperature2 cups sugar¼ cup all-purpose flour¼ teaspoon salt5 large eggs2 egg yolks2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract¼ cup heavy creamBoiling water as neededThirty to forty 8-inch lollipop sticks1 pound chocolate, finely chopped – you can use all one kind or half and half of dark, milk, or white (Alternately, you can use 1 pound of flavored coatings, also known as summer coating, confectionary coating or wafer chocolate – candy supply stores carry colors, as well as the three kinds of chocolate.)2 tablespoons vegetable shortening(Note: White chocolate is harder to use this way, but not impossible)Assorted decorations such

"My mouth is a happy place"Pat Conroy Colourful & delicious...Cheesecake Pops!It's the DARING BAKERS time of the month again...& each challenge means breaking new ground. With never a dull moment, & now even a new site for the Db's, we're all back to it again. Posting today, there are gonna be LOADS of Cheesecake Pops POPPING up all over the net. TASTEFUL ENTHUSIASM? Yes indeed!These are just the perfect party poppers for the summer, delightful to look at, a novel challenge this month...hosted by Elle @ Feeding My Enthusiasms & Deborah @ Taste and Tell this month. The April challenge call was for CHEESECAKE POPS!! To tell you the truth, it was the first I had ever heard of these delightful mouthfuls! You can find the recipe at here & here. En route to the freezer...A

Last month I joined a food challenge group called The Daring Bakers. Each month, there is a specified dessert recipe and everyone is given guidelines on how they need to follow it and any exceptions. This was my first month participating. The recipe was for cheesecake pops, and you can find this [...]

I need a Stairmaster. I need one now. Because I am so addicted to these cheesecake pops! Who knew! I was actually rather "baking-shy" about this recipe. I had never made a "real" cheesecake before and I wasn't sure how well this was going to turn out.I probably shouldn't have learned!These cheesecake pops are so incredibly rich and heavenly! Oh my word! So good! They do take some time, so you need to plan ahead before making them, but they are worth it.This actually turned out to be one of the easiest recipes I've tried as a member of Daring Baker's! Here are the changes I made: I halved the original recipe, I used sweet rice flour in place of the wheat flour, and I used additional vanilla extract for flavoring. Next time I make these pops I will reduce the amount of sugar used in the chee

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Nintendo's Wii gaming console introduced sedentary gamers to the idea of moving off the couch. Now Nintendo is coming out with the Wii Fit, an add-on to the gaming system designed to appeal to women looking to lose weight. The $90 attachment, dubbed the "Balance Board," expands the range of games that can be played on the Wii to include activities such as yoga and push-ups. The Balance Board --

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I have been watching a TFC now, a online service of ABS CBN for you to watch some of their TV shows online. And recently, I have been captured by the beauty of a Brazilian, Filipino named Mariana Del Rio, a 16 years old Brazilian model and looking forward to be an actor in the Philippine television. I am so fascinated of how beautiful and daring she was, I love her face and simplicity. Now she had been a commercial model and had been rumored to be the caused of marriage break up of actor Cesar Montano and his wife Sunshine Cruz. Well, it just a rumored and I don't think it is true, though. Well, she's beautiful and absolutely no men can get away from her charming, pretty eyes. She's also a commercial model of some famous Philippine product now, such as feminine wash, corned beef and

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“Superstarunna maasu, Devayaninna newsu” is one of the ‘punch’ dialogues delivered by Nayantara in Sathyam. The stunning beauty, who is donning the role of a TV reporter, has been made to deliver more such one-liners that could make the audiences go crazy Nayantara plays Devayani, a daring reporter and a smart professional. She gets to deliver the punch dialogues which have become the trade mark of mass heroes.The film has eight children, who are very close to Nayantara. All these kids have nicknames of their choice for her. Director Rajasekar had a tough time to choose these names. He first took a list of around fifty nicknames and selected the eight best names from the list. After a long gap, Sudha Chandran will act; her role is as Vishal’s mother in this film, which is

Hello Everyone,I am delighted to announce that I have successfully completed my very first Daring Bakers Challenge. I have been a silent admirer of this great blogging community since I began my blog in December 2007. Baking and I have a long and happy history. I began baking fairly regularly when I was in high school - cakes, biscuits, pastry, bread! My love affair with baking continued well into my University years, when the demands of career and travel left me with little time to boil an egg, let alone bake. Slowly, yet steadily now and with much encouragement from my husband :) I am returning to this great passion - and so I welcome Daring Bakers into my life!!Here's my experience with the very first challenge. A couple of weeks before the challenge was posted, I ran across Dorie Green

Finally, a Daring Baker's Challenge this gluten free, ginger lemon girl could handle! They really believe in a serious challenge every month, those pesky Daring Baker's! But I love it! It's fun to be given a secret challenge once a month to bake something that I most likely have never baked before! This month's challenge, hosted by Morven, is Dorie Greenspan's Perfect Party Cake.Can we say SUGAR HIGH?Oh my goodness. Yes!Actually, as much as I love sweet desserts, Hershey's chocolate bars, and chocolate icing... I just can't take things SUPER sweet. I really can't. And this cake IS SO super sweet!!It's a beautiful cake and it was relatively easy to convert to gluten free, but next time I will cut the sugar in half... or more. I also need to work on how to change the consistency of the cake

After last month's bread-baking debacle, I was so excited to see that Morven chose Dorie Greenspan's Perfect Party Cake, sourced from her much-loved Baking book. Why? For starters, because there isn't any yeast (ha!), but mostly because it was recently my birthday, and this cake would serve as a lovely birthday cake. And! I made cakes from Dorie's book for both my mom and my husband's birthdays, so I wanted to complete the arc. And there wasn't any yeast.I wish there was such a thing as taste-o-vision or something, because I wish all of you non-DBers, or those of you that aren't invited over when a DBer makes their challenge, could try this cake. It is seriously the most pillowy-soft cake I have ever put in my mouth (and believe you me, I have put A LOT of cake in said mouth.) I don't even

This month's Daring Bakers challenge was hosted by Morven and she chose A Perfect Party Cake from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking from My Home to Yours. Actually, I was thrilled to make a cake as a challenge since my birthday is this month and wanted to make something different this year (my mother and I make the same cake over & over again for every occasion).For the Cake:2 1/4 cups cake flour1 Tbsp baking powder1/2 tsp salt1 1/4 cups whole milk or buttermilk4 large egg whites1 1/2 cups sugar2 tsp grated lemon zest1 stick (8 tablespoons or 4 ounces) unsalted butter, at room temperature1/2 tsp pure lemon extractFor the Buttercream:1 cup sugar4 large egg whites3 sticks (12 ounces) unsalted butter, at room temperature1/4 cup fresh lemon juice (from 2 large lemons)1 tsp pure vanilla extractFor

The host for this month of the Daring Baker's Challenge is Morven and the challenge for the month of March was to bake a Perfect Party Cake by Dorie Greenspan .It is a white cake flavoured with lemon, and I love anything lemony and followed the recipe..though there was a choice to experiment.The filling was a lemon-buttercream filling that was spread on top of the raspberry preserves layer.The frosting was buttercream to which blueberry preserves were added. These were then sprinkled with Chocolate strands by my toddler of course who wanted to help. She was specific that it stay the way she decorated and even wanted a slice of it ...she got her share of the cake...Since this was picked by the host specifically for its potential of bearing a personal stamp, My stamp was a topping of carame

"Spring is nature's way of saying, 'Let's party!' "Robin WilliamsGimme a layered cake to make & I'm in 7th heaven!As you can obviously guess from my blog posts, I love baking cakes. I have Morven @ Food Art & Random Thoughts to thank for posting such a wonderful challenge..Dorie Greenspan's 'Perfect Party Cake'. After my first 2 challenges I was pretty much on shaky grounds (what with LMPs & French loaves), I must admit I procrastinated even going to check on March's challenge! Crumbs...by the time I checked, had already begun work on our anniversary cake (Chocolate Orange Cloud Gateau; nice one) so felt like kicking myself! The next opportunity was grabbed with both hands & I marched into a cake baking frenzy!COFFEE stamped all over it!As Morven, the large-hearted lady sai

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Freelance illustrator and papercraft designer Alexander Shen is our feature for today. He runs a site called Wandering Panda Comics where you can pick on his thoughts, illustration artwork, games, and of course comics. The box-type paper toy pictured above is called Daring Diver Donnie and is availalbe for free...

Betsy Rose Bikini pattern is very colorful and provides medium to full coverage Whether you are a hot vixen looking for a new sexy bikini or the ultra sexy vamp looking to expose as much well toned skin as possible, the new bikinis and swimwear for 2008 have somthing for everybody. With Spring Break underway, summer only a few months away and, of course, those winter get aways to the sun, its time to look at the hot new looks in swimwear and bikinis for 2008. One of the trends in designer swimsuits, this year, are vivid colorful patterns. One of our favorite swimwear designers is Elena Pompei. Launched in 2000, this designer swimsuits collection takes its inspiration from the world of colors with each exclusive print pattern creating a completely different look - fr

Several years ago Julie was driving back to visit her family with her children. The oldest was in the third grade. She pulled out a yellow legal pad and announced that they were going to make a list. This got Julie's attention. After all, it was spring and Christmas was many months away. Julie inquired as to what the list was for. Her daughter announced that it was a list of things they wanted in a husband for their mom. (Sorry, Oprah, this little one was way ahead of you on love lists!)Her younger daughter started off with things like money and a nice car. With all the wisdom of a third grader, her older daughter said, "No, he first has to be a Christian." And then, after getting the younger girl more focused, they moved on from there.Recently, Julie's girls (now both teenagers and the ol

Finally! I am a Daring Baker! And for my first challenge - it's Julia Child's French Bread. Fifteen pages of recipe and I've only baked bread once before. I even went to our country house, cause that's where the good oven is. I calculated that if I started at 2 am the bread would probably finished at around noon and I'll have good light for taking pictures. But, alas, the outside temperature was -7°C, and maintaining proper room temperature using stove was extremely difficult. So, naturally, I had problems with the rises. But bread tasted great, it reminded me of Bosnian somun. After I came back to Belgrade I gave it another try. For the recipe visit this month's hosts Mary and Sara.

Yep, you read that correctly. Once printed, this recipe was 18 pages long! It had 13 steps and took 12 hours for me to produce the two lovely loaves you see above. At first, I thought our hostesses (hostessi?), Mary and Sara, had lost their minds. However, what's not to like about trying something challenging on for size - particularly if it's a Julia Child recipe!! I didn't join the Daring Bakers for nothin'! 'Cept, if you've come from the Daring Bakers Blogroll, you've no doubt noticed that my boules don't look like the others. This is because I'm an idiot, but I will explain. :)I printed the recipe and reviewed it (repeatedly) to make sure I had everything I needed. I got started after a late and lazy breakfast. I'd made it to step 3 by the time Dave left for his afternoon Caps game. I

Important: don't forget to check: Help beat sarcomaHere again I will be all about the secret society: the Daring Bakers to name it.February challenge was a great one (but aren't they all great and challenging anyway?). This month recipe was the Julia Child French bread. Well yes the greatest, the goddess of cooking: Julia Child you read me correctly. When I recipe my secret mission I was reading -no kidding- her biography: Appetite for life. The other very challenging part of the mission was: French bread!!! As you may know I'm 100% French and living in France, so I know a lot about good and bad breads.Our hostesses for February are: Mary from "the sour dough" and Sara from "I like to cook"Here my bread:and the recipe:Pain Francais (French Bread)(From Mastering the Art of French Cooki

"Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven." Yiddish ProverbJulia Child's French Loaf...The 29th is finally here...it's been such a looooooooong wait!Presenting this month's Daring Bakers challenge...'Julia Child's French Loaf'...hosted by Breadchicks Mary (The Sour Dough) & Sara (I Like to Cook). Did it evoke some response or what? There were pages & pages of comments (126 at last count) - quite a few understandably anxious & panicky (like me) & others over the moon (???). I procrastinated for long, very unlike me, because baking & me are mutually inseparable. Then read up posts & updates & websites...finally got some gentle inspiration from Dharm. The mind was made up. On the 12th of Feb DH was off to Dubai for a day & I had

This Daring Baker's Challenge for this month was hosted by Bread Chick Mary of The Sour Dough and Sara of I Like to Cook. Their choice was a Pain Francais (French Bread)There I sat reading everybody’s feedback regarding their bread baking and its aftermath in the DB private blog..Got me all worked up! Should I, shouldn’t I was all I would murmur each time I saw the printed recipe.An evening while I had some time on me…I got into kneading, yeasting and so forth..Left it to rise….it stayed flat even after 10 hours..blamed it on the yeast, the flour, my stars and everything..checked the following morning…it hadn’t risen an inch….threw it out.. started all over again ….the dough rose well above the 10 ½ cup mark in less than an hour and a half… having cleared my first obstac

Wow, this is one daring dress! Big plus for trying new things, but could that be a baby bump? A train in back is nice at times, it's just hard to tell if she's wearing shoes. She probably cleaned the whole carpet for everyone behind her, dragging that dress along.source:://www.yahoo.com

The infamous Dave Jackson was apprehended late last night after spending the last several months on the lamb, terrorizing local school children and elderly Polish women.The 6'9" Jackson, age 34, first walked on the wrong side of the road in early November. The scene was the a local bowling alley. Jackson had just finished bowling a 299 game and was seen emotionally distraught after narrowly missing the final pin, costing him a perfect game. Dave decided to exact revenge upon the bowling alley in the only way his sick criminal mind could come up with. He decided to rob the alley's crane machine. Jackson made off with a gunnysack's full of stuffed animals. Security camera footage shows Jackson reaching into the machine and pulling out nearly every last adorable critter.Fortunately, no

Lemon tarts were a favourite and I have a grand aunt who is in her late seventies who made this for me whenever I visited her once a year. So when I read this month’s challenge I was all excited but pushed it to the very last week of the month.This month’s challenge hosted by Jen was a Lemon Meringue Pie. The challenge requested for a lemon filling and a meringue topping. A mountainous topping, when cooked briefly browns the outside and is a delicious covering for most pies..loved by many but not by me. A pie usually consists of a case with a deep filling and then covered by pastry, whipped cream, meringue and so on. A tart on the other hand has a shallow case and filling and the latter is rarely covered entirely. The pastry shell of the crust dough was delicious and I flavoured it wit

I would definitely call this Daring Baker's Challenge a challenge in the gluten-free and sugar-free baking world!I joined Daring Baker's in December, but the month was so crazy, I didn't get a chance to Daringly Bake until now!So the challenge this month was to make a Lemon Meringue Pie. To be honest, as much as I love lemons... I'm not a big fan of lemon meringue pies! They are too tart for my taste and they always seem to get soggy! I don't like soggy pies!The biggest challenge for me was that I was trying to make this pie sugar free! Gluten free was no problem! I converted the pastry recipe and it turned out an amazing crust! I'll actually share that recipe with you today... BUT the lemon filling just threw up once cut!I thoughtfully pondered over what sweetener to use for the lemon fil

Note: French version of this post is on La cuisine de Babeth, here.The end of the month smells like contest in the kitchen and yes, you smelled it right: it's Daring Bakers day! January's contest was a great one, especially for a girl with such a sweet tooth like me, it was a delightI was so excited to bake a lemon meringue pie.Well, I must share with you that I was a bit too excited and my first batch as shown below was not a success. Distracted as I am, I forgot to turn off the grill on my oven. The pie burned on top and didn't cook at all.I didn't give up and went back to my kitchen. So lo and behold: the great, the only: Daring Bakers' Lemon Meringue Pie!Here the recipe:Lemon Meringue PieMakes one 10-inch (25 cm) pieFor the Crust:¾ cup (180 mL) cold butter; cut into ½-inch (1.2 cm)