Christian Dior Fall 2009 Couture Collection

Last July 6, fashion designed John Galliano presented the Dior's Fall collection by featuring the house core values instead of using smoke effects, mirrors, loud music, luxurious sets and locations. The models paraded Dior's New Look at the dove gray salons of Dior headquarters. Galliano revealed that the collection was inspired by the behind-the-scenes photos taken many years ago showing Monsieur Dior dressing a group of his favorite models.

For this year's collection, some models emerged in tights with underwear,girdles or corsets in neutral hues or polka dots. The others sported jackets, bubble skirts, padded-hip coats and evening gown with full skirts. The palette includes orange, lime, raspberry, and yellow in contrast with the flesh tones.






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Emma Watson on New Burberry Ads and Elle UK August 2009 Issue

Emma Watson did her first major campaign with Burberry. The Fall/Winter 09-10 campaign ads was shot by Mario Testino in River Thames. Emma looked more matured than her usual photos as she sports Burberry's next season collection: trench coats and tote bags in rough leather.




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Meanwhile, Emma Watson will also appear on the cover of August 2009 issue of Elle UK. In this cover, you'll see her edgy and rocker-chic look.




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Madeliene

After so many recipes, i finally am satisfied with the result of this recipe. To me, this could be the true Madeleine, as it has a knob on it's back, a slightly crispy crust, and a huge buttery flavor. Strangely, i thought that almond flour would make a heavy textured cake but instead it added flavor and lightness to this madeleine.



Ingredients:

1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup almond flour
1/4 tsp salt
4 ozs/1 stick unsalted butter - softened
1/2 cup fine granulated sugar
1/4 cup honey
1 tbsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp orange paste
4 large eggs
1 tsp orange zest

Method:
Triple-sift the flours, baking powder and salt.
Beat butter on high speed until soft and creamy. Slowly add in the sugar, 1 tbsp at aa time, beating continuously on high speed. The mixture should be light, fluffy, and a creamy white color. Stop the mixer and scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula.
Beat in honey, vanilla, orange paste and the orange zest. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula.
Add the eggs, one at a time, be sure each egg is completely incorporated and scrape down the sides of the bowl before adding the next one.
Add the flour mixture to the batter in thirds, beating on low speed until just incorporated.
Cover the batter and chill it for at least 2 hours and up to 4 hours.
Preheat the oven to 375f. Adjust the rack to the center of the oven.
Brush the madeleine moulds with melted butter, then dust them lightly with flour.
Spoon the chilled batter into the madeleine pan, filling each shell three-quarters full.
Bake for 10 minutes for mini madeleines or for about 15 minutes for santard-size or until they are golden brown and firm to the touch.
Repeat until all the batter has been used., brushing the pans with butter if needed.
The madelienes are best served warm from the oven but can be stored, wrapped airtight, at room temperature for up to 3 days and in the freezer for up to 3 weeks.
Variations:
Lemon - Replace the orange paste with lemon paste/oil and orange zest with lemon zest. If desired, add a drop of yellow food color.
Chocolate: Replace 1/4 cup all-purpose flour with 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder.
Pistachio: Replace 1/4 cup all purpose flour with 1/4 cup pistachio flour.(Pistachio flour can be made by finely grinding pistachios)



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Twilight Saga: New Moon Fashion Guide 1 ~ Alice Cullen's Style

After the filming of "The Twilight Saga: New Moon", Ashley Greene who plays the Alice Cullen role revealed that some exciting hints about the character's new fashion style. She said that fashion designer Michael Kors will transform Alice's look in to “bad-ass” version of Audrey Hepburn. For the movie, she will be sporting Michael Kors' gray ombré jacket while riding a yellow Porsche.

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Chinese Pinwheel

It is difficult to find a recipe if we don't even know what it is called. When i made the 'Cow's Ear Biscuit', my vietneamese friend, Lan dropped by and i offered her some and she told me that it is called 'Banh Tai'. So, i googled and found some recipes and have it translated. By looking at the translation, it is still not quite like the ones we have in Malaysia. So, i just combined the recipes and came up with this which is close enough.






Ingredients:


A

1 piece nam yee (red fermented bean curd)
1/4 tsp pepper
3 small shallots
3 cloves garlic
1/4 cup toasted sesame seeds
2 egg yolks
5 tbsp condensed milk
1 tbsp oil
4 ozs all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp 5 spice powder
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black soya sauce

B

2 egg whites
2 tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbsp oil
4 ozs all-purpose flour

Method:

Chop shallots, garlic, sesame seeds in the food processor or chopper until fine, then add in nam yee, pepper, 5 spice powder and salt, pulse to combine.

Add in egg yolks, condensed milk, oil and oil. Continue to pulse. Then add in flour and pulse until it comes to a dough.

Remove dough into a ziploc bag and leave to rest in the fridge for 1/2 hr.

Now, prepare B: Put the flour in the food processor, then add in the sugar and salt. Pulse a few times to mix the ingredients. Then add in the oil and egg whites and pulse until a dough is formed.


Remove to a ziploc bag and rest in the fridge for 1/2 hr.

Prepare the first dough by putting dough onto clingwrap and roll it out thinly into a rectangle(5 inch x 10 inch) and leave in the fridge while you prepare the white dough.

Roll the white dough between clingwrap into the same size rectangle as the first.

Take the flavored rectangle and place it on top of the white dough.

Roll dough up like a swiss roll from long side and wrap tightly.

Leave the rolled dough in the freezer for at least 1 hour.

Heat oil to moderately hot.

Slice the dough into thin slices. and fry them in moderately hot oil until golden brown.










































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Madonna in Louis Vuitton's Fall/Winter 2010 Campaign Ads

Madonna, the Queen of pop did another campaign ads for Louis Vuitton. The Fall/Winter 2010 ads were shot by Steven Meisel. Looking at the photos, one can clearly see that they have too much photoshop effects.







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Cow's Ear Biscuit

When i saw this posting from Florence's Blog . I knew i had to give this recipe a try. I have always liked this biscuit but does not know what it is called. This biscuit is very delicious and since we do not know what the name is, my family used to call it 'scrappings from the chopping board'.
Thank you Florence for sharing this recipe but this is not the type that i like - the white part of the biscuit is right but not the flavored part. Anyway, this is very good as a snack and thank you again, Florence.


Ingredients:

(A)75g plain flour
40g water
(B)
30g water
30g sugar
0.25 tsp baking soda
0.75 tsp salt
1.5 tsp fermented yam
2 tsp corn oil
100g plain flour
Method:
1. Mix (A) till a smooth dough is formed.
2. Mix everything in (B) till well blended. Add in the flour and knead till a smooth dough is formed.
3. Roll dough (A) into a rectangular flat sheet.
4. Roll dough (B) into a rectangular flat sheet.
5. Apply some water to the surface of dough (A)
6. Stick dough (B) on to the top of dough (A).
7. Roll it up swiss roll style and chill in the freezer for 15 minutes.
8. Slice the dough as thin as possible.9. Fry in oil till biscuit is cooked.




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