It was only a matter of time that I’d have to revisit the task of making pate feuilletee again. My first run-in with the multi-layered French pastry dough was also my first Daring Baker challenge over two years ago. The result was truly something that might qualify as an organic building material considering the sheer [...]
September 2009
I’ve been so busy lately, I barely have time to procrastinate which confirms what I’ve always suspected: planning is but a series of decisions about what not to do so that I can do what I’d like. Sometimes this is simply not doing anything — or anything significant, that is. In the case of my [...]
It’s Saturday morning after a busy week and the slightest hint of Fall is in the air, taunting me. Condensation dots the leaves of the plants on the patio outside the kitchen window and the occasional web of a familiar orange garden spider wafts lazily between the trees. I know the cool air coming through [...]
I don’t often see skirt steak at my market so when I happen onto a package or two, I snap them up knowing that in the vast jumble of recipes waiting to be sampled that is my brain, I’ll surely find a good use for it. The unfortunate aspect of this “plan” is that often [...]
I’ve mentioned before that I have a minor problem with purchasing too much produce when I make my trips to the market. It’s not so much that my eyes are bigger than my stomach, but more a need to have endless possibilities to experiment with when I am ready to cook. This is completely ridiculous, [...]
