Film Favorites

The First Days of Spring - A Film By Noah And The Whale from charlie fink on Vimeo.

CRYSTAL FIGHTERS "AT HOME" ((OFFICIAL VIDEO)) from Crystal Fighters on Vimeo.

Pistachio French Macaron from dulcedelight on Vimeo.

The Ghosts (Teaser #1) from Eddie O'KEEFE on Vimeo.

These are some of the videos on vimeo I've really enjoyed this month; two music videos/films, a movie trailer, and a recipe for the ever wonderful French Macarons! I would certainly recommend an account on the site - I just got one - it's so superior to youtube. The films are creative and lovely, I spend too much time surfing through all of the latest uploads.

French Macarons

It's been snowing since yesterday, and there are several inches of lovely, untainted, white snow covering the area. Though, it is terribly windy. Not that I am effected, since 95% percent of my weekend has been spent indoors; wearing heaps of sweaters, drinking tea, reading books and studying for exams. I've become quite the hermit, I must say. Anyways, in-between reading Lolita and drawing Heart Diagrams I took the time to make these absolutely wonderful French Macarons - they are impossible to find in stores around here. So, I took it upon myself to rectify the lack of French delicacies in my life by making these delicate sugar-infused sweets. They turned out surprisingly well, though I had to repeat the egg step due to my disastrous overmixing, and I am certainly planning to make many, many more.

The recipe I used is here - it was simple and the list of variations was quite handy. I used the chocolate ganache filling alongside the normal shell recipe.