Cupcakery

Anyway, the appointed hour eventually arrived, and Erik and I hopped on a NJ Transit and rode it forevvvvvvvvvvver until we arrived in New Jersey’s farm country and at this beautiful house, appropriately festooned: Where our impeccably attired hosts, Elena and Chris, were waiting: (Photos again courtesy of Andrew Kelly ). … The themed snacks were amaaaazing and brilliant: Deviled eggs with olive spiders: Cheese-ball pumpkins: Puff-pastry fingers with onion fingernails: Hot dogs with puff pastry and mustard: Chicken cordon bleu balls: Mini-quiches and spinach pie: Shenanigans: (Photo courtesy of Andrew Kelly .) Beer pong: (Photo courtesy of Andrew Kelly .)

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Potlucky

I used yogurt instead of sour cream, lime zest instead of lemon zest, unsweetened coconut flakes instead of vanilla extract, 3/4 whole wheat flour and 1/4 white flour instead of all white, and somewhat less sugar than required, given that the whole thing was doused in that melted sugar caramel concoction. I baked it and cooled it and then inverted it. I was obviously in love with how pretty it was and could not stop taking pictures. Sprinkled with coconut (instead of powdered sugar): When I cook things for myself, I tend to go nuts on the substitutions and make it as healthy as possible. … I think I made a good compromise on this cake and was excited to share it at the potluck. Aside from the cake, we had tons of delicious food including lots of salad, pesto pasta, wheatberry salad, freshly baked homemade bread, and the list goes on. The cake was a hit Yay, CSA!

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Swingles club

At the very end of September, right before I took the LMSW exam, I decided I needed a break. I needed water, and I needed dessert. I researched a way to get both. Erik and I took the free IKEA shuttle bus out to Red Hook and started following the beach grass: Red Hook is [...]

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