Incredible Edibles
Not only are the cookies on this plate completely edible (down to the fondant flowers on top), but so too is the lacy liner on which they sit. Julia piped it by hand with a mixture of white and milk
January 16, 2010
Not only are the cookies on this plate completely edible (down to the fondant flowers on top), but so too is the lacy liner on which they sit. Julia piped it by hand with a mixture of white and milk
Monochromatic, muted tones extend to the sweets at this anniversary affair, staying in lockstep with the look of this vintage party design.
Even Julia’s choice of the pear-cardamom cake at this celebration was intentional. The burnished brown of the peeled pears and caramel sauce poured over the cake couldn’t have been more compatible with the golden anniversary theme and muted tones running
Rather than spell out guests’ names on the typical place card set plate-side, Julia enhanced the mood of this nostalgic anniversary party with more subliminal messages. These framed cards, hung from chairbacks with wire and supple cheesecloth ties, were made
Nope – very convincing decoys! These perfume bottle-party favors are cast from granulated sugar, air-dried, and then decorated with fondant filigree. Julia made them for the guests at this one-of-a-kind anniversary celebration.
When guests opened these party favors – cast sugar “perfume bottles” – they found gilded truffles inside! There are always multiple elements of surprise when Julia styles a party, and this over-the-top anniversary was no exception! For a behind-the-scenes look
This little bird says it’s easy to decorate Christmas cookies with a rubber stamp and a smudge or two of food coloring paint! To learn more about these quick and easy decorating techniques, as well as many others, take a
Indeed it does in these cookie needlepoints inspired by an actual needlepoint pattern! To make these festive Christmas holiday designs, Julia first piped a white grid with a relatively thick royal icing; then she filled in the holes with looser
These scenes may look like a real printed woodcuts, but they’re cookies, inspired by a holiday landscape originally designed by Konrad Zuse in the 1940s. Like the Santa faces that Julia showed earlier in this gallery, all that’s needed to
Believe it or not, this Christmas cookie, though multi-layered, is quick and easy. Julia started by applying a pale blue sky with petal dust; next she painted green grass with liqua-gel food coloring; then she rubber-stamped in black to make the reindeer
An overabundance of garden cucumbers is never a problem for Julia and her husband Bryan. The two of them put up these dill spears late in the summer each season and easily enjoy them through the following year. Hoping to
In Julia’s December 2006 edition of Prep School in Sauce magazine, she showed how a velvety velouté base can make the simplest soups luxurious too. Here, she combined a cider- and Calvados-spiked roux with homemade chicken stock, poached chicken, apples,
Julia’s table is her stage. She makes sure it looks inviting even when setting it for an everyday Sunday dinner, like this one of pancetta-wrapped pork and roasted beets.
Since Julia’s cake and cookie work is often very exacting, she prefers to cook simply when it comes to savories. Here’s a glimpse of a typical meal in the Usher house – roasted beet salad and pancetta-wrapped pork loin topped
Effortless styling makes this apple cake one of Julia’s favorite desserts for easy fall entertaining. Lady apples dipped in caramel and cracked walnuts are scattered on top, signaling the flavors inside.
Now plated up, Julia’s simple Sunday dinner beckons family members to dive in. But not before loading on plenty of her incredible rhubarb chutney!
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