Strawberry season is beginning in New England so I wanted to start it off with a gelatin twist on a strawberry standard- The Strawberry Rhubarb pie.
The concept was inspired by Tricia Holda who challenged me to make something fitting for her creative rustic wedding up in Smolak Farms. What's more fitting for a barn wedding than teeny tiny gelatin pies made with fresh strawberries, a rhubarb simple syrup, vanilla pudding, butter, vanilla and citron vodkas, and Fragoli wild strawberry liqueur.
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| Photo by Antony Eng |
College + Gelatin + Graduation = fun.
There are round 50 colleges in Boston metro area and for the next few weeks, there will be thousands of graduates donning caps and gowns ready to move on to their next big adventure. Parents and friends will capture these moments in pictures. I am choosing to capture the moment in gelatin.
Happy Cinco de Mayo! To celebrate this holiday, I made four Mexican themed gelatins with south of the border flavors and shapes. The first two to share with you are the Prickly Pear and Agave Cacti and Strawberry Jalapeno Sombreros.
Both are new recipes made using original molds.
Spring is flourishing here in Boston. Tree blossoms everywhere and violets blooming in abundance in my garden. Violets are pretty, but I've always thought of them as happenstance. Nobody ever plants them, they just appear and make nice ground cover. A beneficent weed.
Then I learned they were edible, and that has changed everything.
Gelology essentially started as a way to fundraise for the 2008 Boston Marathon. I was running for a charity and throwing a jello party seemed like a great way to get people to donate. Now in 2012, I make gelatins for other peoples fundraising events. And I don't have to run 26.2 miles in 80 degree heat. Kudos to you all for your efforts today, but I'm sitting next to the fan right now.
Just in time for Easter, Marshmallow Peeps gelicacies. These peeps are made from gelatin, sweetened condensed milk, marshmallows, and a simple syrup made from vanilla and marshmallow vodkas.
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| ©Gelology and Vuth Neou |
Today, James Cameron's epic film Titanic premieres in 3-D across the country. This is timed to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic on April 15th, 1912. To commemorate both the film and event, I've made a Titanic gelatin complete with fated iceberg.
