The American Phytopathological Society hosts a yearly meeting that includes an art contest celebrating the art of phytopathology. There are different categories from nature to humor to arts and crafts showcasing that plant pathogens can sometimes be beautiful (or at least funny) as well as destructive. When I found out about this I decided to […]
Our lab has a tradition of birthday celebrations. The person who’s birthday was last makes the next persons cake. There’s usually a birthday crown involved too. We also have a strange number of double birthdays in the lab and since I like making themed cakes I try to incorporate both of the birthday people into […]
A few months ago a professor in my department asked me if I would have any interest in making her cake for a July wedding. I’ve wanted to make a wedding cake for ages, but the right opportunity hadn’t come up before. The wedding was for 80 people in a barn overlooking Cayuga lake nearby […]
It’s graduation weekend at Cornell. Lots of my friends are graduating this year including my roommate Mike, who has also been my unofficial taste tester for the past two years. Mike just finished a PhD in the plant sciences and one of his projects was on a grain called Kernza which is being touted as […]
In our lab we have a pretty nice and simple tradition for birthday celebrations. Whoever’s birthday was last makes the next birthday person’s cake. My birthday comes before the other two grad students in my lab (who happen to have the same birthday). Sometimes they make a request and this year they asked for a […]