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Boxing Day and an Index for the Byopia Press Advent Calendar 2019

Posted on December 26, 2019 by

Day One and How to Make a Square Piece of Paper Day Two and an Origami Bookmark Day Three and a Menko CD Case Day Four and Jam Tarts Day Five and a Modular Star/Wreath Day Six and a Modular … Continue reading →

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Byopia Press Advent Calendar 2019: Day Nineteen and More Edible Squares

Posted on December 19, 2019 by

It seemed like a good idea at the time: I thought it would be nice to post a recipe that I remembered from my childhood. Dream Cake –a recipe for what my mother and grandmother called ‘squares’– has strong associations … Continue reading →

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Byopia Press Advent Calendar 2019: Day Thirteen and a Cake

Posted on December 13, 2019 by

There are several justifications for including this cake in the 2019 Advent Calendar: it is baked in a square pan and served in square pieces, is really easy to make, and after yesterday’s post —which took me three and a … Continue reading →

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Byopia Press Advent Calendar 2019: Day Eleven and some Square-ish Cookies

Posted on December 11, 2019 by

Every year I make cookies for St. Nicholas Day and take some to my Dutch friend. This year I made half of them square. Well, square-ish.

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Byopia Press Advent Calendar 2019: Day Four and Jam Tarts

Posted on December 4, 2019 by

Although the dormouse says the tarts are filled with treacle, and the Cook tells the King the filling is pepper, I have always imagined that the stolen tarts in Alice in Wonderland were jam tarts.

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Cover for A Clear Midnight

Posted on July 8, 2018 by

Last week’s post contained the instructions for making A Clear Midnight, and a link to a printable pdf of the parts. This week you can make a cover for the book.

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The Architecture Pack

Posted on February 11, 2018 by

On Monday this week I was offered a copy of The Architecture Pack by Ron van der Meer and Deyan Sudjic. I accepted with alacrity (and small joyful noises) since, among other things, it is a pop-up book.

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Artists’ Books at the Murray Library

Posted on January 28, 2018 by

David and I had an anniversary this week. To celebrate we took an afternoon off and went to see an exhibition at the Murray Library on the University of Saskatchewan campus. Instead of my writing out the show’s description, here’s … Continue reading →

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Byopia Press 2017 Advent Calendar: Day Twenty-three and another star bread

Posted on December 23, 2017 by

I plan to keep trying until I get it right. This one is really close. The last time David was baking bread, I begged one loaf’s worth of dough from the batch. The dough contained both oats and barley flour … Continue reading →

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Byopia Press 2017 Advent Calendar: Day Twenty-two and a star bread

Posted on December 22, 2017 by

The star scone tasted fine but I wasn’t completely satisfied with the shape so, after more internet searching, I thought I would try a star bread. This is the result just before baking.

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