SpiderFarmer

So, I’ve been working on some new recipes, trying to find the perfect thing for dessert for a big party.  Something that goes with the Sumatra Caviar.  However, the cookies, while wonderful, aren’t the texture I needed.  That said, these are some pretty amazing cookies, so I thought I’d share the recipe.
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Today’s bread experiment will be mini-baguettes.  I’ll also be making a fresh pea, garden mint and leek soup.  I’m crossing my fingers that the flavor profile will do what I expect it to do.  I’ll be using the baguettes to make a montrachet and roasted red bell pepper and basil sandwiches to go with the [...]

We followed a recipe from Alton Brown that we adapted a tiny bit, mostly because I didn’t have pretzel salt on hand. But the recipe was easy enough that Igor got to do a whole lot of the actual recipe.  He didn’t get to do the boiling part, and he didn’t get to put the [...]

So, in prep for the Bee-Day cake, I was practicing basketweave and grass techniques with buttercream icing.
Well, you can’t frost nothingness (sorry sweet-toothed existentialists), so I made cupcakes.  Amaretto spice cupcakes with hazelnut creamcheese icing, to be exact.  Yum.  The groovy thing about making cupcakes to practice is that it’s easy to give away cupcakes.  [...]

Quick banana bread from scratch.
Yum!