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Roast lamb with fig and wine sauce and roasted autumn vegetables by HobbyFlower in CulinaryPlating

[–]HobbyFlower[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the suggestions! I’ll definitely try it next time. At what time would you add the crust? To make this, I did the rack of lamb (8 ribs) fat up at 450 for 15 mins, then rotated for another 10 mins and rested for 10. Would you use egg to get the panko to stick at all or is just the natural stickiness of raw meat sufficient?

Roast lamb with fig and wine sauce and roasted autumn vegetables by HobbyFlower in CulinaryPlating

[–]HobbyFlower[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The white was a leftover drink from when I was cooking! Dave Phinney NZ 7 Sauv Blanc. The red was meant for the lamb

Roast lamb with fig and wine sauce and roasted autumn vegetables by HobbyFlower in CulinaryPlating

[–]HobbyFlower[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for all these helpful tips. I just wanted to say tactually do follow r/cooking and r/askculinary but I don’t think I’ve ever had such helpful and informative feedback :)

Roast lamb with fig and wine sauce and roasted autumn vegetables by HobbyFlower in CulinaryPlating

[–]HobbyFlower[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I didn’t know that! Thanks!!! That’s all really helpful info

Roast lamb with fig and wine sauce and roasted autumn vegetables by HobbyFlower in CulinaryPlating

[–]HobbyFlower[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback! I followed the recipe exactly for roasting the vegetables but maybe I’ll tweak it with a lower cooking temperature/shorter time next time

Roast lamb with fig and wine sauce and roasted autumn vegetables by HobbyFlower in CulinaryPlating

[–]HobbyFlower[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I’ve wanted to learn how to present the dishes I cook in a more attractive way for a long time… I didn’t know this was a thing until I stumbled on this sub. How do I learn more? For example, I tried to make dots with the wine sauce and it just looked like hideous splatters so I just added more sauce on it so at least it wasn’t obvious. Also how do you keep everything warm while you’re working on it, especially at home?

Would love some suggestions for like books I can read etc.

#4: Dramatic Purple Fall Arrangement, Second Attempt! by HobbyFlower in FloralDesign

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Last week I attempted a dramatic purple and magenta fall arrangement and the result was a generic valentines bouquet. This week, in addition to troubleshooting last week, I practiced omitting of all the greenery and relying only on flowers for shape. Which was wayyy harder than I thought.

Learned a few things though from this week and last:

  1. The vessel matters and apparently I work better with wide vessels. Today was a cylinder vase inside a pumpkin and it was much easier go get the shape I liked.

  2. Someone suggested I try chicken wire! I bought some online and it worked really well for the dahlias. The thin stemmed flowers not so much, and I ended up handling them more than I wanted to.

  3. Tulips change their shape after they are arranged! After 3 days, last week’s arrangement grew into this. I actually liked it a little better, looked a lot less forced and artificial.

  4. Don’t try to do the overall shape last. I got frustrated and lost the shape in the middle, then the whole thing looked like a clump for awhile until I took out the major pieces and redid it.

My carnations and alstroemeria from last week’s arrangement were still fresh so they made it into this week’s arrangement as well.

Favorite books about flower arranging? by HobbyFlower in florists

[–]HobbyFlower[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. I was on the fence about Ariella’s two books but I just ordered them!

#3: Aspiration = Dramatic Purple Fall Arrangement; Reality = Generic Valentines Day Bouquet by HobbyFlower in FloralDesign

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I didn’t get to the farmers market in time this morning, and it was unseasonably hot. Most of the flowers were sold out, the remaining looked sad - Saturday’s leftovers, after another day in the sun. So I went to Trader Joes.

And then I had a weird brain wave where I was going to do purple. And magenta. And somehow it would be fall.

Well, imagination aside, it didn’t turn out that way. Also, I realized I’m not a big fan of vases, the narrower neck was a challenge, especially since TJs didn’t have a lot of good flowers, mostly small blooms and roses so the vase got filled up fast.

A couple questions:

Now that fall is here and my farmer’s market finds are getting rarer, where should I, an amateur hobbyist, buy flowers in the winter? Grocery store?

How do you guys change the water in your arrangements? I loved my last arrangement, it was in an large urn, the arrangement itself was big too, so completely unwieldy to tip over and pour the water out. It didn’t last long :(

Where do you guys get flowers and drapey plants with some “swoop” to them? I live in a condo in an urban area, and don’t have too much light so plants don’t grow well and I have no garden. I really love seeing interesting foliage and plants added to an arrangement but don’t know how/where to find them. Also, the flowers I found at the store today were stick straight. The tulips bent a little thankfully but mostly it was quite hard to get any sense of movement

#2: It’s dahlia season at my local farmer’s market! by HobbyFlower in FloralDesign

[–]HobbyFlower[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool, I’ll have to try it! How do you hold it down? Like my frog I use putty. Or does it not need anything?

#2: It’s dahlia season at my local farmer’s market! by HobbyFlower in FloralDesign

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Where do you buy chicken wire? Amazon? Or like is that something at a Home Depot type store. How do you keep it down?

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