http://www.steffmetal.com the alternative blogazine of heavy metal fashion, lifestyle and kvlture Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:52:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.steffmetal.com/how-to-make-gingerbread-viking-ship/ http://www.steffmetal.com/how-to-make-gingerbread-viking-ship/#comments Thu, 23 Dec 2010 16:48:26 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=3207 This year, CDH and I thought we’d surprise our friends with the most metal of Christmas culinary delights ever created: a Viking ship made entirely from gingerbread. It sounded like a great idea, but it morphed into an epic beast of a project. Since no gingerbread book contains instructions for making a Viking ship, we [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/how-to-make-gingerbread-viking-ship/feed/ 3 http://www.steffmetal.com/metal-christmas-party-nipple-cups-wobbly-boobies-gingerbread-viking-ship/ http://www.steffmetal.com/metal-christmas-party-nipple-cups-wobbly-boobies-gingerbread-viking-ship/#comments Wed, 22 Dec 2010 18:54:06 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=3193 Over the weekend my group of friends held our annual Metal Christmas Party (called Bogan Xmas). We had it later in the year, so it was smaller than usual, but really fun – chilled out and awesome. We have a special Christmas tradition called “The Present Game” (no, not terribly imaginative, but fun all the [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/metal-christmas-party-nipple-cups-wobbly-boobies-gingerbread-viking-ship/feed/ 2 http://www.steffmetal.com/heavy-metal-birthday-party/ http://www.steffmetal.com/heavy-metal-birthday-party/#comments Fri, 08 Oct 2010 06:20:35 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=2902 I received this awesome letter (from what sound like the world’s coolest parents) and wanted to answer it on the blog. Dear Steff Metal I want to throw a heavy metal party for my son, turning 15 in November. I visited your website and got some ideas, like the punk cupcakes. Can you please give [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/heavy-metal-birthday-party/feed/ 7 http://www.steffmetal.com/lovetts-sweet-lemon-meringue-pie/ http://www.steffmetal.com/lovetts-sweet-lemon-meringue-pie/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:25:21 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=2005 Mmmmm lemon. Mmmmmm meringue. Mmmmmm Pie. I used to have an AMAZING recipe for Lemon Meringue Pie – the best combination of puff white happiness, lemoney sugariness and pie-ey goodness in the known universe, with homemade pastry and all, but I have misplaced it. This recipe isn’t quite what I remember, but I have made [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/lovetts-sweet-lemon-meringue-pie/feed/ 2 http://www.steffmetal.com/sweeneys-sweet-apple-tart/ http://www.steffmetal.com/sweeneys-sweet-apple-tart/#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:08:28 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=1981 A recipe from my mum – I think Mrs. Lovett would love the knobbly bits. Ingredients (of doom) 250 g very soft butter (not melted) ¾ c caster sugar grated rind 1 orange / lemon 1 egg 1 tsp vanilla essence 2 ½ c flour 2 ½ tsp baking powder either a 500 g can [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/sweeneys-sweet-apple-tart/feed/ 3 http://www.steffmetal.com/steff-metals-sausage-pasta-of-doom/ http://www.steffmetal.com/steff-metals-sausage-pasta-of-doom/#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:17:51 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=884 CDH is a rather fussy eater. Like most men, he doesn’t like … any vegetable. He doesn’t like pasta. He doesn’t like tomatoes in anything except tomato sauce. So when I create a dish he really loves – a dish he requests week after week – I know I’m on a winner. This pasta is [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/steff-metals-sausage-pasta-of-doom/feed/ 0 http://www.steffmetal.com/top-ten-food-items-devouring-return-nz/ http://www.steffmetal.com/top-ten-food-items-devouring-return-nz/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:02:42 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=483 1. A roast lamb with mint sauce and potatoes 2. Yorkshire puds cooked by my father-in-law 3. Chicken and hummus burger from Homemade Burgers, Kingsland 4. Tofu Pad Thai Gai from Nikki’s Thai Restuarant in Newmarket 5. Fish and Chips from … pretty much anywhere 6. chilli fries from Denny’s 7. Strawberry ice cream from [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/top-ten-food-items-devouring-return-nz/feed/ 1 http://www.steffmetal.com/chilli-fries-of-filth/ http://www.steffmetal.com/chilli-fries-of-filth/#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:34:31 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=302 One of CDH’s favorite comfort food, and a recipe I made up all by myself. I order Chilli Fries from Denny’s every time we go, but one day I had a chilli fies craving whilst staying at a friend’s place – not a Denny’s in sight. Hello, improvisation! I once put this recipe up on the [...]

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