Blogsurfing Saturday with a NEW LOGO!!!

Remember last week on blogsurfing Saturday I said that I wish I had a logo for this weekly post?  Well Cori, who is a genius with photoshop has created the coolest logo for me.

Didn’t she do a great job?  Now, with that I feel complete and ready to surf.

It is a windy, overcast..maybe will rain today kind of day…I have thoughts of heading out to the front porch to blog.  We have one of those great southern style verandas..the width of the main part of the front of our house and about 10 feet deep.  I have wicker up there.  This is what it looks like when it is clean:

It doesn’t look like that right now, mind you…but hey, that image is preferable to the real one. :::Marye sighs deeply:::

Now…a rant.

First, I want to preface this with a nod to legality.  The truth is that a recipe cannot be copyrighted.  Once it is out there it is out there for anyone to use as they wish.  It is only right an fair.  However there is more or less a foodie creed, a code of honor if you will, that if you are using someone’s recipe you credit them, mention that they inspired you or whatever.  Most of the recipes I use on Baking Delights are either from my antique cookbook collection, or I have developed them.  Recipe development is a hobby that I enjoy. Normally if I am inspired by a recipe on someone else’s blog I have learned that it is a courtesy to mention them. When I first started blogging I was not aware of that and some of you kindly pointed me in the right direction.

Yesterday I bought the May/June issue of Tea Time Magazine, which is put out by Southern Lady.  I love this magazine and have been a big fan of it..I have promoted it on Kettle and Cup.  Imagine how I felt last night at 11 p.m when, paging through I saw a recipe for White Silk Tarlets with Berries which I had published May 18, 2008….Eleven months ago.  I thought, “WOW! What a cool coincidence, someone had the same idea as me!”

And then I started reading the recipe.  Every ingredient was exact and in the same proportions except they used raspberries and blueberries instead of raspberries and blackberries.  If you have Tea Time you can look on page 33 and compare it to my recipe linked above.  I had used graham shells that day because I was in a hurry..theirs look admittedly better.  I am sad, angry, and frustrated all at the same time.  At best it is rude…and I am disappointed.  I have contacted both b5media (the network that owns Baking Delights) and Tea Time Magazine.  Oh, and I will be googling the other recipes to make sure that they haven’t been lifted off you blogs as well. So ..we start off on that note.

On to more fun things, o.k.?

Recessionipes used one of my favorite flavors, ginger, in an ice cream recipe she adapted from David Lebovitz.  You have to love a blog where the bloggerista breaks the costs down for ya to per serving.  Way to go!

Imagine…Chocolate-Almond-Brown Rice Pudding.  Now, go see it.  Our own, Canadian Baker Too (Hendria) has the coolest image of this dish.  It looks luscious.

The flavor of Meyer lemons can’t be beat for intense lemony goodness.  Check out this Meyer Lemon and Chocolate Tart at Dessert First.

I like whole grains..and I like healthy food.  I know it doesn’t always look that way here but it is true.  Besides, the healthier you eat the mor eyou can handle the really GOOD desserts rather than limping along with the low- fat -low- sugar -cardboard -that -looks- like -dessert desserts.  This is on my list of must try for this summer when our kitchen gets too hot to cook, Quinoa, Watercress and Mango Salad with Lime-Curry Vinaigrette. That just sounds amazingly refreshing.

Tanna, from My Kitchen in Half Cups has an interesting Ethiopian Injera. It looks like it was a challenge, even for her..and I am trying to gain the courage to give it a go.  She is in Shelby Michigan at the moment, and it is funny because it seems that Michigan is one more thing we have in common.  Most of my relatives are there, the few I have left…and I spent many many summers there.

Also, Kelly at Evil Shenanigans and I were talking and we are thinking of having a Foodie Fiesta , Foodie Feast, Foodie something here in the Dallas area.  If you are a food blogger within driving distance of Dallas and you would be interested in getting together and maybe making it a semi regular thing, email me at maryeaudetATgmailDOTcom  (dont forget to substitute the @ and .) We’ll see if we can get something cool going.

I am cutting it short today..I want to work on my Daring Bakers post for the 27th..as well as other projects I have going…have an awesome day and a great weekend!!!

Image:Cori Gagnier