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Saskatoon Berry/Applesauce Cake: a DIY artist’s book and a recipe

Posted on May 30, 2021 by Byopia Press

The May book arts challenge on Instagram is #areyoubookenough_fruit. Since I live adjacent to a city named for a fruit —Saskatoon— and since the bushes grow wild where I live, I chose the Saskatoon berry. Although they are usually baked … Continue reading →

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DIY Cabbage Pie (Again)

Posted on March 14, 2021 by Byopia Press

This is a slightly adapted re-post from 2016. If you have read this before —and possibly made either the book or the cabbage pie— you might want to skip to the end for a new recipe: David’s Thin and Crispy … Continue reading →

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… and on, and on, and …

Posted on September 13, 2020 by Byopia Press

I really did think I would have finished Nurture, not Nature this week, but I have not. I am, however, getting really close. This is what I left on my bench yesterday afternoon when it got too dark to continue … Continue reading →

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

Posted on December 26, 2019 by Byopia Press

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 Byopia Press

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 Byopia Press

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 Byopia Press

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 Byopia Press

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 Byopia Press

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 Byopia Press

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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