Inspired my current foray into quilting (my hobby is usually “buying materials for craft projects that I won’t actually finish” but I’ve managed to make pretty decent progress on a few quilts over the past few months), I have been…
Crafts and cooking
The Great Pandemic Baking Show: Trifle
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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.)…
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…
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!)…
Red Pepper Pesto
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If I’m going to post something every day this month, not every post is going to be deeply thoughtful. In that vein, I give you: Red Pepper Pesto Ingredients: About half a jar of roasted red peppers from Trader Joes,…