Recipes

The observant among you will have noticed a new tab up there at the top – Recipes. Created primarily so I can save and back up all those recipes I have sat all over the place, on my desk, in scattered notebooks, some typed up all neatly but still a pain to sort through. Plus […]

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Catch-Up

We had already planned the crawfish boil for the 9th, which turned out to be the day after our wedding, and so it became our unofficial reception. There was the mass genocide of many many bugs, plenty of other foods. DmentD’s delicious cheesecake, I made two sorbets (lemon lime and berry, the lemon lime was […]

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Promised Photos

And some photos not promised. First, DmentD and I at his work Christmas party at the museum, and then a couple of us playing about while we were baking! Next, the gift tins! And every item in them… We didn’t make the cat treats, but we did make everything else. It was so much fun […]

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7 Hours

That’s apparently how long I can stay awake to keep DmentD company when we’re driving long distances overnight! I had class Wednesday night, with my exam for custards making the charlotte au cassis, it went well, my glacage was a bit thick but aside from that it went well.. my piping is improving, I still […]

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Custards

Laminated doughs finished nicely at the end of last week, the doughnuts and beignets were delicious and the exam went well, gaining me a nice A overall. We then fulfilled our tradition of going out for dinner at the end of the block, 9 of us this time, crowding into Magnolia eating and chatting and […]

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