thawing out

the weather is finally warming up! it has been so miserably cold outside for the past few weeks. it feels a lot colder than it did last year, and it has snowed a lot more. this week it's been in the 40's. my heart is beginning to be a little happy from the warmth.


when school started last september jonathan and i were jogging three times a week here at Lafayette Park (these pics are after an icestorm):

our best friend the sad toad

After Christmas though, i lost all motivation for jogging so we stopped going. now that it is warming up i think i better start going again. especially since i work in a bakery where nibbling all day is getting me fat.

speaking of work... sometimes (okay a lot of times) i get tired of brandon (fellow pastry chef) always checking up on me and watching me and making sure i do everything right or his way. this list is to humble me:

things i have screwed up

• 24 tartlet bases
• two batches of lemon bars (it was the recipe, not me)
• vanilla sponge cake (did that one yesterday)
• lots of things i can't cut straight- cheesecake, pecan bars, tiramisu etc...
• made three sheets of brownies when i should have made four (used wrong recipe)

my memory fails me at the moment. check this list often as it will definitely grow.
now to make myself feel better, a list of things i have made succesfully by myself w/out help or constant supervision-

• chocolate chunk cookies
• white chocolate almond cookies
• peanut butter cookies
• oatmeal raisin cookies
• oat bars (blueberry and cranberry)
• brownies (the first time i made them)
• pound cake
• pecan bars (w/some help)
• ganache
• assemblage of nadoz desserts daily
• orange bavarian
• numerous recipes scaled out to a tee
• bread pudding

Hopefully this list will also grow.