
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Keeping it Simple
Is it me, or has this been the longest week ever? Usually I'm pretty excited once Wednesday rolls around. After lunch on Wednesday, I'm cheerful and happy to be on my way out of the work week. How different this is from my thoughts just a year and a half ago! When I first got my job, I was just so happy to have weekends off, the work week flew by. How quickly you get used to things!
I think this week has felt super long because nothing has been going right! Reaction after reaction failed this week. Thankfully I was able to figure out what was going wrong late last night. Here's hoping I can parlay that bit of good science into more success today and tomorrow.
Today I've made you something super simple and delicious. Roquefort potatoes! Fingerling potatoes, Roquefort cheese and Bartlett pears. Add a a little salt and pepper and you've got an amazing side! Just be sure to watch your fingers when working with a mandoline. My thumb is a little worse off after making these potatoes!
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Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Wilde day in Brooklyn
This weekend I spent my Saturday in Brooklyn with a whole bunch of NYC area food bloggers! It was the NYC bake sale for No Kid Hungry and the delicious treats were out in full effect. For some reason I only took one photo, I must have been distracted by all the sweets.
The crowds were great, thanks to the beautiful sunshine, and once people learned it was all for charity, they really opened up their pocketbooks. With a plethora of sweet options from over twenty local bloggers and bakeries, along with some fun raffles and tote bags to promote big purchases! I picked up a few treats for myself too!
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Image via Tasty Pursuits Meet @sweetsillianah, @Takethetoyz, me, @TheRescueBaker, and @ChipChipHooray |
I took one of my classic dark chocolate cut out cookies and swapped out the traditional all-purpose wheat flour with Bob's Red Mill gluten-free flour and some xantham gum. Along with these cookies being gluten-free, they were made with the support of Divine Chocolate!
Divine Chocolates was one of the sponsors of the NYC bake sale and donated several baking kits to the bloggers to help make some seriously chocolatey treats. These mallomars wound up super chocolatey because they contained the Divine 70% dark chocolate bars and dark cocoa powder. The rich chocolate offset the sweet vanilla marshmallow perfectly.
In addition to being able to bake with the Divine Chocolate, the actual farmers (and owners) of Divine were in town this weekend. I got to meet with and share my mallomars with two of the Ghana farmers. I'm fairly certain they thought they were a bit too sweet, which means they were perfect for the American palate! Give them a try!
Disclaimer - I received a package of Divine chocolate for use in this post. All opinions are my own.
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Wilde Week #15
1. It has been a week full of baking! I was making all sorts of fun sweet for the NYC bake sale for No Kid Hungry and went through pounds and pounds of sugar, chocolate, almond flour and butter. It was an amazing day where I got to help out a great cause and meet so many NYC area bloggers! Such a great group of ladies (and guy!). I'm looking forward to making some savory treats over the next few weeks.
2. This is the most amazing lip balm ever. A little expensive for lip balm, but it's amazing!!!
3. While in Brooklyn yesterday, BF and I came upon the Bust Magazine craft fair. There were so many amazing artists, jewelers, sewers and crafters from the area and I found a few amazing pieces. Including this necklace! I have been lusting after a geode necklace for months and this one really caught my eye. (You can find the super nice jeweler, Eileen, here on Etsy!)
4. I love this list. And yes, it makes me feel old. So very old.
5. Chemistry has been not only fruitful this week, but it has been fun to look at! The first flask contains dry potassium dichromate, the second flask is after dissolving in hydrochloric acid and adding zinc dust. Inorganic chemistry is so pretty.
6. I bought a container of dried kiwis are Fairway market the other day and I have no idea what to do with them! Other than eat them all, of course. They taste like candy.
7. Spring is slowly coming to the Tri-state area. I'm looking forward to the hot days of summer when BF and I can get strawberry shakes at Shake Shack and sit in the park. We spent some time at the Brooklyn Bridge park this weekend, napping on the lawn, it was fabulous.
2. This is the most amazing lip balm ever. A little expensive for lip balm, but it's amazing!!!
3. While in Brooklyn yesterday, BF and I came upon the Bust Magazine craft fair. There were so many amazing artists, jewelers, sewers and crafters from the area and I found a few amazing pieces. Including this necklace! I have been lusting after a geode necklace for months and this one really caught my eye. (You can find the super nice jeweler, Eileen, here on Etsy!)
5. Chemistry has been not only fruitful this week, but it has been fun to look at! The first flask contains dry potassium dichromate, the second flask is after dissolving in hydrochloric acid and adding zinc dust. Inorganic chemistry is so pretty.
7. Spring is slowly coming to the Tri-state area. I'm looking forward to the hot days of summer when BF and I can get strawberry shakes at Shake Shack and sit in the park. We spent some time at the Brooklyn Bridge park this weekend, napping on the lawn, it was fabulous.
I hope you are enjoying your weekend and decompressing for the week to come!
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