Christine | May 28, 2010
On Wednesday I was personally off pastries, their sweet garnishes and their inherent fat. I needed to get some vegetables into my body for a variety of health maintenance reasons. Luckily, the stars aligned for me that day as I drove back to Carlisle for a mid-week family fix. The CSA box (well, it’s a bunch of bags, really) had arrived, the Farmers [...]
Christine | May 26, 2010
I had my first real croissant just about 13 years ago next month while visiting my husband’s aunt and uncle at their home, a refurbished 14th century gristmill sitting on a stream in the middle of the Loire River valley in France. It was a chocolate one. And I dipped it in a steaming bowl [...]
Christine | May 24, 2010
The last time I made Pillsbury cinnamon rolls – the jumbo ones with extra glaze – I ate all eight of them, all by myself, in one sitting. Before you pass judgment, understand that I was heavily pregnant with my now nine-year-old daughter, was pretty certain there would be no subsequent pregnancies, and was fully [...]
Christine | May 19, 2010
I’ve been secretly dreading my six-week pastry course due to a deep-seated fear that I will end up looking like the Pillsbury Dough Boy. He’s got the full-blown chef’s toque and I only have my stub of a hat. But my elastic waistband trousers and a billowy white coat, I fear, have enough expansion capacity [...]
Christine | May 4, 2010
Juan tells me that Bacalaito is a local street food that you can get just about anywhere on the island of Puerto Rico. It’s so common, he says, that you just follow the smell of frying fish wafting up from any direction in a bustling town and you’ll be able to get your hands on [...]
