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| Ani Varoni of Charm de Bon Bon Pastries |
Name/Nickname:
Ani Varoni
Nicknames:
An (pronounced On), Anushka
Company and established date:
Charm de bon bon pastries 2012
Hometown (where are you from and
where are you now)? Born in
Hollywood, CA living in Glendale, Ca only a short mile away.
Position and job title:
Employee at Calligraphy Katrina, Owner of
Charm de bon bon, and part of many other side projects.
Credentials/Mini Bio about
yourself: A
career in law is what awaits me but a passion equally as important is being in
the kitchen. I love to bake and cook, try new recipes and foods, but sometimes
it’s fun to just wing it. I have always had the desire to be in the kitchen and
experiment. Just the other day I was reminiscing how I attempted to secretly
bake Zephyrs at the age of ten, for those who don’t know they’re an egg based
Italian meringue cookie, not the easiest to master as an adult let alone a
child. Needless to say they weren’t perfect but my desire to create dishes has
only increased exponentially with age. For the past year I have been getting
endless orders, suggestions to write my own cook book, and inquiries about
special requests, so I decided to put up a webpage, print out a few cards and
leave my heart and mind open to all the possibilities. Let’s see where this
love of food adventure leads me in 2013!
Fam Bam:
I’m happy to say with today’s technology (Skype
and face book) I can easily keep in touch with my family near and far. This
means I can ask for an egg tart recipe from my cousin in Seoul or a German
wedding cake from my cousin in Austria! I’m grateful for all the love and
support they send my way encouraging me to keep doing what I love and what
makes me happy.
1.
Tell us 7 Random Things about
yourself (hidden talents and really RANDOM jazz about yourself)?
1)
I
absolutely love colors, they brighten my day, my mood and make me happy
2)
My
kitchen tools are all a variation of blues: Aqua, turquoise, sky blue, midnight
blue, etc.
3)
I
have two rescued little dogs, Gigi and Goji, I never knew I could love animals
like children.
4)
Orchids
and hydrangeas, they must be around at all times.
5)
My
mind is always clicking and my eyes are always observing. I may not voice my
thoughts but I do live a lot in my own crazy, chaotic head. I always need to
remind myself to express my thoughts.
6)
I
try my hand at anything and I’m fairly good at picking up new talents
(unfortunately I have a short curiosity span when it comes to hobbies and
certain ones don’t make it too far)
7)
I
wish I could fly. Most people at some point have wondered what it would be like
to have a supernatural ability. However, flight means freedom, cold air zooming
past, and the ability to travel to any desired destination, and to think I have
to use my two legs or a car to get by is a little unfortunate. J
2.
Favorite Holiday Scent: Cinnamon, apple, vanilla combination.
3.
Favorite Holiday Activity: Experimenting on
new desserts experiencing all the Holiday-feel activities in my city
4.
Favorite Holiday Tradition: I don’t believe I
have a tradition, unless jolliness, food, and parties count. Oh! Decorating
sugar cookies with my mom and sister.
5.
Favorite Holiday Food: Sweets, cakes, cookies, puffs, and anything with
sugar, yum!
6.
Favorite Holiday Memory: Spending Christmas and New Year’s Eve with my Family
snowed in our cabin hotel Tenaya Lodge in Yosemite. Having apple cider by the
fire place with dozens of other families. Playing board games as children ran
around writing letters to Santa (Yes, I wrote one too). I believe this is when
the sugar cookie decorating tradition accidentally began.
7.
Favorite Holiday Present ever
received and given: My Kitchen Aid
stand mixer. It was love at first sight and I couldn’t be happier with that as
a present. Best gift given, hm, I don’t think I can answer that. (I am a
cluster gift giver. I like to buy a bunch of gifts such as a video game,
leather gloves, gift card at favorite coffee spot and an iPod and throw it into
a pretty box)
8.
Gift you wish you receive this
year? I’m drawing a blank. Perhaps
it’s because I’m happy with everything I already have,
9.
Favorite Perfume: Fancy Love- Jessica Simpson
10.
What are the flowers, herbs and
trees that you can’t live without (Because we need plants to breath)?
a.
Flowers:
Hydrangeas, Orchids, Aneomone
and Irish bells
b.
Herbs:
Basil and cilantro
c.
Trees:
Sakura trees
11.
What is your secret beauty
regiment?? Please do share! Exfoliate with olive oil and Dead Sea salt for the
body. Coconut oil and baking soda for the face. Then I just apply scentless,
oil-based lotion all over including one especially for the face.
12.
CLOSET RAID! What types and brands of clothing do you own?
Aka, we want to know your fashionista style:
a.
Types:
Random, whatever catches my eye.
b.
Brands:
I don’t have a favorite brand but I do like
obey and free people.
c.
How
do you keep them organized? I organize my clothes per categories of shirts and
bottoms.
13.
Tell us your favorite clothing
item (keep it PG please)? Purses, (yes, they are as important as a shirt)
14.
Home and Kitchen Furnishing: Sur la table, Jane’s cake supply (my new go to), and
surprisingly I don’t go searching for home furnishings they come to me in the
most random of places and that’s how my home came together
15.
Publications in your rack other
than the wedding kinds: N/A
16.
Book Collections in your library: I have all the classics Jane Eyre, The Hunchback of
Notre Dame, Crime and Punishment, Works from Edgar Allen Poe, My favorite are
the art section of my collection, ranging from Dali, to Warhol, to Van Gogh all
the way to Klimt.
17.
What would you do with $100
million dollars? (No Judgment here!)
a.
What
your conscience would do? Invest, save, and spend only on necessities.
b.
What
you’d probably do? Remodel (new kitchen), shop, categories sub-budgets for
different travels, buy all the important people in my life one major thing they
need/want and live on my own schedule for awhile.
18.
Vacay Spot, hit us with good
travel ideas, or maybe your tranquil retreat center? (It’s a stressful working world yah’ know!) Somewhere where nature is abundant, maybe the areas
where Lord of the Rings was shot. Rolling green hills with animals roaming
about or near a serene lakeside would be ideal.
19.
How do you relax? Light some candles, get into some comfy clothes and
watch a series of cooking shows one after another and clear my mind of all
responsibilities for the time being.
20.
Your SPOT! What is your favorite
spot? Any coffee shop? Restaurants? Places of Interest? Too many spots to even
recall one. My favorite is a Korean barbeque spot in La that to this day I
don’t know the name of ( it is in Korean, very real), The Little White House
restaurant near a lakeside in Santa Barbara that serves the best desserts with
the best wines.
21.
Fill in the blank with a
technology item: I feel naked without
my _________?
I always have to have a phone.
22.
What is your rendezvous food and
drink? And what must your pantry/fridge
have, can’t live without food/drink item?
I love chocolate,
there always needs to be something sweet in the house, which isn’t a problem
since I never stop baking. My favorite drink is Peach Aloe Coconut water, Iced
Mocha and Jasmine Green Tea and Clove Black tea. I quite literally make these
ahead of time and store them in recycles glass bottles.
23.
Music playlist essentials: I’ve hit my max amount of stations for Pandora. I
like radio because it brings me something new every time I listen along with
all my favorites. I need something “chill” like Jack Johnson or Norah Jones.
But I like upbeat music as well such as Duo Gadjo.
24.
What songs stuck in your head
from this season? Frank
Sinatra Music ( It always sounds like a Holiday when he sings)
25.
What’s in your Fave Channel list,
DVR or movie collection? I don’t get to
watch T.V. with my schedule so I try not to get addicted to shows. I watch a
series of Movies back to back. I really like Game of Thrones and American
Horror Story, so I have my bf put it on an external hard drive so I can watch
them any time ha-ha! Can’t wait for the Hobbit in December!
26.
Favorite people and public
figure: Audrey Hepburn and
Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn tells me a woman needs to be sexy and alluring, Audrey
tells me sexiness is best side by side with femininity and elegance). I also admire Women in politics because
they’ve made it above and beyond.
27.
Any regrets in life? Many, ones which I
will not recall because at one point in life they were decision I made and were
ok with, no need to look back and linger on the negative, focus on the
positive!
28.
What would you change or try to
regain about yourself? Always trying to improve myself. I want to get fit, stick to a
routine (the 888 rule: 8 Hours for Work, 8 Hours for Play, 8 Hours for Rest)
Master the guitar, Master Photoshop, learn a different language and stop
getting frustrated over things beyond my control.
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