Monthly Archives: June 2011

On Feeling Grown Up

29 June 2011

I’m not so sure about this concept of growing up. I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop and suddenly be equipped with the answers to everything, the ability to get everything done seamlessly with seemingly no effort. It hasn’t happened yet, and I’m not so sure that it is going to. You don’t [...]

Cherry Madeleines are Akin to Hydrangeas

23 June 2011

I have had an idea of blushing pink cherry madeleines knocking around in my head for a while. I am a little bit gaga for madeleines, as you may or may not have guessed, so I have been working on making this intangible idea into a palpable, edible cookie. The first attempt made use of [...]

Sticky Summer Nights

20 June 2011

I love nights like these. Where the sky is a solid block of mauve cloud because there is so much moisture in the air, but the weather is not quite ready yet to break. When the heat sticks around long after the sun goes down because it has nowhere to escape, stuck in the space [...]