baboon http://baboon.no Tue, 05 Oct 2010 09:01:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Let there be light! http://baboon.no/http:/baboon.no/blog http://baboon.no/http:/baboon.no/blog#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2010 08:59:50 +0000 Baboon http://baboon.no/?p=542 In the search for a new lamp for the livingroom, and also one for the bedroom, I’ve come across a lot of beautiful and playful designs. I’d like to share some of them with you.

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This Coin Lamp requires you to insert a coin before it lights up. It will only light up whenever you insert coins, and the lamp itself has been specially set to a pre-determined time by an internal mechanism.

This lamp was created by Charles Trevelyan and was inspired by the movie Titanic.

The design is inspired by the suburb afternoons and the designer came up with these illuminated birds on a wire.

A wooden lamp made by Muuto/TAF Architects. The lamp cord is covered with green felt.

]]> http://baboon.no/http:/baboon.no/blog/feed 0 The Land of Giants http://baboon.no/http:/baboon.no/blog http://baboon.no/http:/baboon.no/blog#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:24:21 +0000 Baboon http://baboon.no/?p=536 Choi + Shine Architects are the award winning duo who designed new pylons shaped as humans. This design transforms mundane electrical pylons into statues on the Icelandic landscape by making only small alterations to existing pylon design.

For a full description of the project: Choi + Shine Architects

]]> http://baboon.no/http:/baboon.no/blog/feed 0 Unhear it http://baboon.no/http:/baboon.no/blog http://baboon.no/http:/baboon.no/blog#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:19:53 +0000 Baboon http://baboon.no/?p=532 Got a song stuck to your brain?

Try this: Unhear it

]]> http://baboon.no/http:/baboon.no/blog/feed 0 Keep an eye on your precious http://baboon.no/http:/baboon.no/blog http://baboon.no/http:/baboon.no/blog#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:37:51 +0000 Baboon http://baboon.no/?p=525

Check out E&Y

]]> http://baboon.no/http:/baboon.no/blog/feed 0 The Glass Pavilion http://baboon.no/http:/baboon.no/blog http://baboon.no/http:/baboon.no/blog#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:41:42 +0000 Baboon http://baboon.no/?p=518 by Steve Hermann

The Glass Pavilion

]]> http://baboon.no/http:/baboon.no/blog/feed 0 Hash browns – a strange and enjoyable potato http://baboon.no/http:/baboon.no/blog http://baboon.no/http:/baboon.no/blog#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:23:03 +0000 Baboon http://baboon.no/?p=511 Yesterday I tried something I’ve never made before. Hash browns. I think it tastes better then it sounds.. It went very well with the main dish: salmon with mushrooms, artichoke hearts, mini asparagus and zucchini wrapped in tin foil.

For the hash browns I used a couple of boiled potatoes, one leek, a couple of cloves of garlic, one egg and a little bit of flour. I finely sliced the leek and the garlic and quickly fired it, then i shredded the potatoes and blended all the ingredients together. Quite simple and it’s easy to see how much flour you need.

It was fun to make and very easy. After cooking them I read Pham Fatale’s blog and she said the secret to crispy hash browns was to sprinkle rice flour over the shredded potatoes. She doesn’t even cook the potatoes before shredding them. So maybe I should try that, wish I had read her blog before making the hash browns.

I like them when you can see that the potatoes are shredded, it looks much nicer than a lump of mash. Something like the picture below (Pham Fatale’s hash browns):

]]> http://baboon.no/http:/baboon.no/blog/feed 0 What to drink? http://baboon.no/http:/baboon.no/blog http://baboon.no/http:/baboon.no/blog#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 07:19:54 +0000 Baboon http://baboon.no/?p=503 Are you wondering what kind of beer, soda or water to serve with your dish? Well, if you speak Norwegian you can try Drikkeglede.

]]> http://baboon.no/http:/baboon.no/blog/feed 0 I really like this pillow http://baboon.no/http:/baboon.no/blog http://baboon.no/http:/baboon.no/blog#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:25:18 +0000 Baboon http://baboon.no/?p=500

]]> http://baboon.no/http:/baboon.no/blog/feed 0 Stina Persson http://baboon.no/http:/baboon.no/blog http://baboon.no/http:/baboon.no/blog#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:14:44 +0000 Baboon http://baboon.no/?p=497 Stockholm-based artist Stina Persson

]]> http://baboon.no/http:/baboon.no/blog/feed 0 Fishsoup http://baboon.no/http:/baboon.no/blog http://baboon.no/http:/baboon.no/blog#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:33:28 +0000 Baboon http://baboon.no/?p=491 Yesterday I was so thrilled to find out that Fiskeriet finally had opened so I went straight down after work. The fish was delicately presented and the selection was quite good. They even have a snack bar where you can have lunch or dinner. I will definitely try it some day.

I bought some coalfish (sei) and a big bag with prawns. I picked up some fennel and celery root on my way home and headed straight for the kitchen.

I started with a marinade for the fennel. Just a few slices to put on top of the soup before serving. I used olive oil, lemon squeeze, salt and pepper. The rest of the fennel was put in a bowl of cold water and lemon, it makes the taste milder and takes away some of the licorice taste. The longer you leave the fennel in the water, the milder it gets.

So I simmered the fennel with two shallots and some garlic, I added chicken stock and white wine and a spoon of sambal oelek. I also added a big spoon of oregano. Then I waited for the vegetables to get soft enough to use my Bamix blender. After making a puree I put the fish and the prawns and some cream in the soup and left the pot on low heat til the fish was cooked.

I served the soup with the marinated fennel slices on top, and some bread with home made mint butter. Yum!

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