I’ve been pretty remiss on updating during the Summer. Let’s just say that I’ve been out and about… or something. Now, it’s fall… and I miss all the things Summer had to offer. One thing I miss is blueberries. In the months of June and July, Wholefoods had great blueberries on sale for $1.99, [...]
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I have a TON of dough left, so 2 weeks ago, I tried my hand at making these suckers, again. As I mentioned, this is from the batch that didn’t rise. Still, with enough butter, I thought they might be worth eating. I folded them again and then rolled the dough out [...] I will say it here, these croissants were a fail. They tasted great, but I think I used yeast that was too old, and didn’t foam, and the batter didn’t rise. However, the whole thing is just SO high maintenance that I baked it anyway. It had enough butter than Ryan ate it [...] I wanted to make cream puffs for Sunday’s dinner. Saturday, we slept in and then went off in search of 1) cream puff ingredients and 2) brunch ingredients. We got two carton of eggs, some bacon, and other groceries. Then, I spent the day making 30+ batch of pâte à choux. (So, [...] When I finally got off my butt to make some basbousa the other day, I not only picked up some rose water, but I picked up some orange blossom water. I remembered reading about these beautiful Earl Grey Muffins with candied oranges. Although I didn’t top my muffins with anything fancy, I [...] |
 "There is very little that I cannot / wouldn't eat. However, Ryan was able to get a good laugh out of a panicked look I had on my face while drowning back raw baby squid with beer."  Ryan needs to write a blurb here about himself. Like the time he almost lost his shit over the greatness that is Japanese Bento and set lunches. Needless to say, we both like to eat very much. |
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