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Burnt Caramel Sea Salt Dark Chocolate Coins with my mind on my money and my money on my mind
Thursday, April 10, 2014
I wonder if Snoop Dogg visits this blog, and if he does, what he thinks about my gratuitous, trying to be cool, hip-hop reference.This chocolate video features one of my rare forays into the world of candy. These chocolate coins are inspired by my love for the chocolate-salt-caramel flavor combination, and my fascination with edible money.
To this day, if Im in a store and I see those little mesh bags of chocolate coins, I immediately turn into a 5-year-old. Those foil wrapped chocolates were, for whatever reason, my absolute favorite. Come on, money and chocolate in one shiny package…beautiful.
It also provided a valuable life lesson. I always thought the saying should have been, "you cant have your chocolate coins and eat them too." I mean who wants to keep cake around? It gets stale. Of course you eat cake as soon as you can - thats a no-brainer. Chocolate coins presented the real have-or-eat dilemma.Before you watch, let me say that Im not a candy maker or chocolatiere. I didn’t really use a recipe, so if you are experienced in chocolate manipulation you very well may see errors in both technique and execution.
I also didn’t bother to wrap them in gold and silver foil. I was very tempted, but time management and sanity prevailed, and I just piled them up.The chocolate I used was made by a company called Amano, which is quickly gaining a reputation as one of the top artisan chocolate makers anywhere. They are one of the few American companies that create their chocolate directly from the cacao beans. Its amazing stuff and Ive included a link here so you can learn more, and hopefully taste it for yourself. Enjoy!
Ingredients:
6 oz dark chocolate, broken in small pieces
1 tbsp sugar
1/4 cup heavy cream
sea salt
cocoa for dusting
Feature on me in MINT CAKE RUSH
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Feature on me in Mint today http://www.livemint.com/2011/1ake-rush.html
PRESERVING ANGLO-INDIAN CUISINE https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2571530697921&set=a.2571524377763.177223.1543866568&type=1#!/angloindiancuisine
Sticky Notes on an anniversary
Friday, April 4, 2014
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| Mist on the mesa- toward Abiquiu. |
We choose our partners with a secret eye seeking the twin. Not the twin in the mirror, but the lost twin in shadow. The discarded, smothered twin we poked and twisted and kicked under the bed of childhood. The Other. The Everything We Are Not. The Abandoned One.
Forgotten in order to please.
If the stars are kind and align just right, you choose well. And The Chosen shimmers with your own potential, reflecting not what you have found but what you seek. And basking in their soul mate glow you grow- just a little. You stretch and you risk- just a little. With time and fledgling self awareness you notice a glint sparking back at you and you reach to claim it, knowing, This belongs to me. I am this, too.
And you take it back.
This unburdens your partner, piece by shining piece- who is, by design, if you have not done the work of reclaiming, either bored or chafing beneath the yoke of your golden-hued projection. Or worse- wandering off in search of eyes that see something new, or more authentic.
When people ask, What is the secret of a good marriage? I usually answer, Chemistry. And good manners. Especially when it comes to the toilet seat. And then I laugh. Because its true. But only a slice of the truth. The more complicated truth (and one you dont share at dinner parties) is a messy, juggling, wrestling wrangle with the aspects of two separate selves discovering two mysterious twins in the marriage bed.
You see, its not always safe to integrate.
The squelched and sore parts of you can knock apart your coupled equilibrium. Dont kid yourself. Its not ever easy to bid for wholeness. To grow. Growth means change. And change is challenging. Even in the best of circumstances. So some days its frighteningly tempting to believe that the dust balled fragments skulking in the shadows are not worth the effort of excavation.
Denial and distraction can smell pretty good at first.
But one cloudy day when your mending hip is aching and your desert skin is itching, you glance up from the kitchen counter cluttered with sticky spoons and banana peels, and you meet a clear gaze that sees you for who you really are- not some projected angel in the house, not some idealized muse, or nurturing mother stand-in. But who you really are in all your unadorned, quirky, burnished glory.
And you thank not the stars, or luck, or even fate. You know better. Youve done your homework. So has he. So you smile a slow smile and crack, What are you looking at?
The love of my life, he says.
Happy 13th Anniversary, Steve.
Wedding Wednesday on Tuesday A 100 Layer Cake Knock Off!
Sunday, March 2, 2014
In some ways, it feels like we got married yesterday (its been a month and a half) and in others, it feels like it was years ago. After months and months of planning, anticipation, and LOTS of bitching (from me to pretty much everyone in my orbit), the "Big Day" was over in the blink of an eye, which is exactly why its so important to have photographers on hand that you trust who will capture all of it in its still, perfect form so you can relive the tiny moments that will be so easy to overlook that day over and over again. Today, I wanted to share just some of the hundreds and hundreds of pictures from what I can conclusively say was the happiest day of our lives. Some cliches are just true. Details for everything are listed at the bottom!
Oh, and P.S., its still not too late to get us something from our registry...
Venue: Westin Georgetown; Dress: Monique LHuillier Emotion (purchased from Carines Bridal Atelier); Hair: DryBar; Earrings and Feather Bracelet: BHLDN; Shoes: Jimmy Choo; "Bride" Robe: Victorias Secret; Bridesmaids Robes: Plum Pretty Sugar; Bridesmaids Bracelets: DERNG; Invitations: White Paw Press; "I Do" shoe stickers: Etsy; Coordinator: Magnolia Bluebird Events; Flowers: Edge Flowers; Cake: Fluffy Thoughts; Balloons: Maggie Spaloss; Sequin table runners: La Tavola Linen; Mr. and Mrs. forks: BHLDN; Pink Toasting flutes: BHLDN; Grooms tie and pocket square: Brooks Brothers; Photobooth: Onomonomedia; Photographer: Jeff Simpson and Tara Parekh
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