One thing is sure, the powerful protagonist of this holiday season, in particular Halloween, at Lush Cosmetics is Lord of Misrule, a real Lord with capital “L” and a very strong personality! He loves to dress up as bath bomb or shower cream, today we’ll meet him as a bath bomb! Here’s him, a greenish turquoise ball with tiny crystals that crackles with water and a sort of crown decoration all around. What makes he a “Lord”? I think, at least three peculiarities.The first one that comes in my mind or, way better, to my nose is its scent. Sometimes stinging due to black pepper. Yes, this bath bomb contains,…
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Biscuits for Nostalgics – recipe
What’s better than going home and be surrounded by the scent of freshly baked warm cookies, or relaxing and releasing stress by kneading? Here’s my solution: spicy gingerbread biscuits. Out of season? No, when I keep them simple and rustic without coloured icing and traditional Christmas shapes. It’s a recipe I truly love and I keep “reworking” to suit my tastes and the difficulty of finding the molasses which makes the dough more malleable. The ingredients for about 40 biscuits are:420 gr. 0 flour100 gr. sugar120 gr. soft butter160 ml. local honey1 large egg or 3 medium eggs3/4 teaspoon of baking soda1/4 teaspoon salt2 teaspoons ground ginger *1 teaspoon ground cinnamon *1/4…
