The end of the quarter is always a busy time for me at work. Our bonuses are based on what we did in a quarter so there is a lot of people working late trying to get credit for as much as possible. Including me.
We had Lorrie's mom here for awhile and my parents stopped down too. I haven't had a ton of time to bake but I tried a couple recipes. No pictures, they were test batches. The first was the Ice Box Crunch recipe of my grandmother's. I made two types: fig and cherry. OK, I have to admit, other than fig Newtons, I don't think I've had figs before. Actually, I don't think I've even seen figs before. I was walking through a local Polish market and they had figs so I picked some up to try. Not bad. I understand the grit in Fig Newtons now: seeds. The cherries were some organic sweet cherries from Target. The fillings were basically the fruit with some sugar, heated to create a bit of syrup. I did use an immersion blender on the figs but I left the cherries like they were. I like how it turned out, I need to do this again. The second recipe is from my great-grandmother. It was an excellent rhubarb cake. The recipe was basically a list of ingredients, that's it. I do plan on doing this again and will go into more detail about the recipe in that post.
You may notice some changes here. First, I've added the Foodie Blog Roll. It's been a boon to this site, bringing in all kinds of people. Second, I've been kinda keeping this a 'dessert' blog but I think I'm going to include more under the 'Et Cetera' part of the blog and include the other food related things I do. Possibly, in the near future, there may be a site redesign too. Not sure about that yet.
Lastly, I glad Top Chef is back on. Shear Genius just wasn't doing it for me.
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I got bored with Shear Genius as well...which surprises me, I used to work as a CSR for Supercuts back in the day and am obsessed with salon stuff. LOL. I used to like Blow Out on Bravo, but I guess it's not on anymore!
I liked Blow Out and Top Design but Shear Genius just took it too far.
Who is your Top Chef favorite? I'm rooting for Lia.
I'm not sure I have a favorite yet. I think there's still too many and right now they seem to be focusing on only a couple with the most drama. I was glad to see Howie do well though I don't see him going to the end. I think right now if I had to pick, I'd have to go with CJ.
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