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DripStraightSet

Drip Coffee Maker & Cup Set

May 18, 2015

Behold, the fancy schmancy Drip Coffee Maker! 

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In Industrial Design, Product Design Tags drip coffee maker, designingamanda, design, amanda wilson, cad modeling, cad, solidworks, copper, coffee, designer, industrial design, job searching, kitchen, keyshot, mugs, product details, vintage coffee maker, rendering, product design
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Peeler1

CAD on a Rainy Day

March 29, 2015

I made some delicious French toast, and then sat down to model one of the peelers I sketched in November. 

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In Industrial Design, Product Design Tags cad modeling, cad, design, designer, designing amanda, industrial, julienne, keyshot, kitchen, luxion, modeling, peeler, product, rendering, solidworks, tools, amandapandamania, amanda wilson, designingamanda, industrial design, product details, 3d modeling
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Pasta

Tu Vuò Fà L'Americano

January 23, 2015

The solution: frantically purchase ingredients and force feed your family copious amounts of pasta on your last night in town.

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In #tabletopview, Video Editing, Product Review, Industrial Design Tags amanda wilson, amandapandamania, cayman islands, designing amanda, gopro, grand cayman, hero3+, imperia pasta machine, instagram, kitchen, old-fashioned, pasta machine, pasta maker, pasta, video editing, vintage
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A Grilled Cheese of Manliness

June 22, 2014

My most recent purchase was an Italian cheese called L’ottavio, otherwise known as beer cheese.  I repeat: beer cheese.

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In #tabletopview, Personal Ramble Tags amanda wilson, amandapandamania, bacon, beer cheese, cheese, cooking, designing amanda, food blog, grilled cheese, journal, kitchen, l'ottavio, manly, photography, recipe
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ConversionChart

Ounces & Cups & Spoons

April 4, 2013

Today's post is short an' sweet. 

I have seen a few graphically pleasing kitchen conversion charts, and decided to tweak one of my favorites to make it my own.  I call it "Ounces and Cups and Spoons."  

Let me know what you think!

A

 

 

In Graphic Design, #tabletopview Tags in the kitchen, designing amanda, amandapandamania, amanda wilson, baking, cooking, conversion chart, adobe, illustrator, graphics, graphic design, kitchen, ounce, pint, cup, recipe, poster, tablespoon, teaspoon
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Fresh Snaps

View fullsize I made more Poptarts, but this time I went rogue and used homemade apricot jam from my pal @winklebeebee instead of the strawberry paste in the recipe. Also, I still have a full jar of these homemade sprinkles after two batches 😂. I should've cut TH
View fullsize And with that, the gochujang sauce is all finished! Bibimbap two meals in a row! 😬😬👍🏻👍🏻 Definitely making another batch of that sauce (a yummy mix of gochujang, sesame oil, brown sugar, soy sauce, water and toasted sesame seeds).
View fullsize What a fun little Sunday afternoon: some food, human interaction 😂, and a lot of smiles. A welcomed breather during these very heavy weeks/months. I attended an online cooking class by my friend @seasoned.cook and here are some things I learned: -
View fullsize We were missing our gelato fix and glad to see that @gelataiosancarlos was open for pick-up pints! Definitely wish it was compete with wafer cookie and a little drizzle from the chocolate fountain, but this is still a delicious compromise!
View fullsize A PopTart video in three parts. These took foreeeeever to make, but they're so pretty and delicious. @bonappetitmag @csaffitz
View fullsize I made mint chocolate chip ice cream today, but I got to use FRESH mint instead of extract! 💚
View fullsize Look how cute these are! This might be my new favorite way to decorate cookies. The easy peasy recipe for these Roasty Toasty Pecan Caramel Shortbread Cookies is from @bonappetitmag / @mollybaz.
View fullsize Last night was all about celebrating this little bird building its nest at @oakandviolet in @theparkjames hotel. @redbreastwhiskeyus created a private labeled small batch (only 252 bottles!) of 15-year cask strength Irish Whiskey for their friends at
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View fullsize If you wanted to be healthier with your snack choices, you could slice some cucumber, toss it with olive oil and salt (and maybe some apple cider vinegar) and then bake at 175 for 3-4 hours until crispy. BUT. Consider yourself warned that you will ha
View fullsize Anyone else ever notice that the seeds of a guava fruit make it look like someone already attempted to take a bite out of it? . . . . . . #guava #redguava #bitemarks #biteme #frootshoot #tropical #tropicalfruit #islandlife #caymanislands #islandfruit
View fullsize If you know what's good, you'll only ever have margaritas with a splash of pomegranate juice and muddled with fresh jalapeno from now on. Happy Friday Happy Hour to you! . . . . . #quintosol #sol #facebookcampus #facebook #margarita #happyfriday #hap