festivals and biscuits

This weekend was festival weekend in Atlanta! 

We attended The Dogwood Festival at Piedmont Park:

lots and lots of people! 

ATL

there was also a dog frisbee contest.

this dog was bizarre!! 

And on our way to the festival I ran across this architectural beauty:

and in other news...

BUTTERMILK BISCUITS! 

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(makes 16 huge biscuits!) 

2 quarts flour

2.75 quarts sugar

1.5 oz baking powder

1.25 oz salt

12 oz cold butter

1 qt buttermilk

Mix all the dry. 

Add herbs.

Cut in the butter.

Add buttermilk. 

Bake 375 (20 - 25 mins)

sun through the window.

i like light and when available, i like to photograph it.

so behold my light test:

(flickr does a number on my photos)

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Best of Atlanta Party

Last night was the Best of Atlanta Party 2011 @ Cobb Galleria Centre.

 There was lots of good food, drinks, music, and best of all, all the proceeds went to charity. 

I was there supporting BAKESHOP.

Among the mix, there were def some stand outs. 

Morelli's Ice Cream : Mascerpone Fig Gelato

Pricci : Pinwheel Pasta w/ Smoked Tome

West Egg Cafe: Double Chocolate Porter Cake

Sugar-Coated Radical: Viles of Discontent & Satisfaction

Veev: Acai Infused Spirits 

All in all, a good event. 

raw apple cinnamon donuts

it seems like donuts are becoming a trend, perhaps just to me....

anyhow after several run-ins with donuts, i was left with longing. 

thus the raw version. 

adapted from Matt Kennedy's 

Everyday Raw Desserts (Raw Food)

2 2/3 c buckwheat flour

1 1/3 c almond flour 

1/2 t salt

1 t cinnamon

1/2 t nutmeg

1/4 t nutmeg

1 chopped apple

1/2 c coconut oil, melted

1/2 c coconut water

1 t vanilla extract

1/2 c maple syrup

flax meal, until batter firms up a bit

2 c date paste (used california dates, coconut water & lemon juice.)

mix the dry ingredients in mixer, add chopped apple, coconut oil, water, extract, maple syrup, and then date paste. mix.

add flax meal until the batter firms up. 

form donut holes or scoop onto dehydrator sheet.

dehydrate for four hours.

sprinkle w/ cinnamon.

walk to park

This morning our little family went to Piedmont park. We like to go there a lot. 

However today was different.  

        With any great passion of the arts the more you submerge, the more you learn and discover.
I consider C.S. Lewis to be one of the great thinkers and authors of all time, he turned me on to the idea that upon reading a story over and over again one might discover things that they never knew was there, despite the words never changing. I now know why people can read books over and over again and still enjoy them.
         The same principle can be applied to photography and atmosphere. I have been to Piedmont Park dozens of times and I have walked the same path, however today the walk was different. I discovered things in the park that I had missed last time I was there; my connection with art and surroundings is alive...I feel more like a finder of cool things......

and i give you the mornings' findings....

thanks for looking!