Whoa. Trifle is a bit…much. But what is one to do when one has most of a batch of apple pie filling left? Right. Make a pie. (Or make apple cinnamon oatmeal. Or eat it on vanilla ice cream. Whatever.)…
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Great Pandemic Baking Show: Schnecken
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Season 4, episode 6: Sweet breads For over a decade, my family recipe for schnecken has been sitting in a “wouldn’t it be nice to make this” pile. I finally made them, and on one hand, the recipe is imperfect.…
The Great Pandemic Baking Show: Puff Pastry
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In The Great British Baking Show Masterclass, Mary Berry admits that she does not make her own puff pastry since it’s easier to buy it at the shops. Nevertheless, I lost my mind and decided that now would be a…
The Great Pandemic Baking Show: Lemon Tart
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Follow up to season one, episode one: what to do when you have four leftover egg yolks. What is the best thing made with egg yolks? Lemon curd. There is no room for debate here. I am right, 100%. Except…
The Great Pandemic Baking Show: Swiss Rolls
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Netflix arrangement, season 1, episode 1. Cake week. Signature challenge: Swiss rolls. The contestants made: lemon curd roll orange and aniseed sponge with honey cream cardamom, pistachio, and coffee chocolate orange with orange jelly filling pistachio with strawberry strawberry and…
DC. It’s all gouda.
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I briefly considered applying for a job in Delaware. My lunch has spoken and told me I need to stay in DC.
Ah, 19th century news
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Is there anything more enjoyable than a brief item from a 19th century newspaper? For example: A man was taken out of the Canal last night by the Watchmen and carried to the watch-house. He was so far gone as…
Carter G. Woodson
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One of the benefits of the current location of the DC Office of Public Records is its proximity to the Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site and the Carter G. Woodson Memorial Park. On my way to the office…
A DC.Nerd’s heaven
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Shown here, my heaven. On the left, the 1901 District of Columbia Code, through 1924. Next to that, the 1901 Code amended through 1929, followed by five annual supplement volumes. The two dark blue volumes? The 1940 D.C. Code. With…
Pancakes
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Here I am two years after my last post sharing about pancakes. I’ll try to get back to more important things but really, pancakes are important, too. When Passover ends and you find yourself with milk (milk! that hasn’t spoiled!)…