For the record, for the next time I make one of these little fuckers, though I can’t imagine when I’d feel magnanimous enough to do that again, here’s what we did: 4X Saveur mag pate a choux recipe: yielded about 210 1.5-inch puffs total 3X Saveur mag pastry cream recipe, and then oh duh, of [...]
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Last weekend was spent not averting what I was afraid would be a total disaster, on both personal and culinary levels. By which I really mean there was no disaster, but not through any action on my part. It was Deb and Joel’s wedding, and three weeks prior, they were still finalizing their self-catered menu. [...]
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Totally unrelated to food, but just to clarify, in case anyone was harboring any delusions: Pretty much everyone who has anything to do with Roving Gastronome is a total dork. Peter and I are so dorky, we volunteered to have our pictures taken for Bike Month NYC promotional posters. If I can’t be Miss Subways, [...]
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Huh. They are safety orange. Peter said this, but I didn’t believe him. I was still living in “saffron” fantasyland. I think because I was riding my bike, I had this automatic anxious response to the color. “Construction ahead. Bridge closed. Detour this way. Your life will start to suck very soon,” is the subconscious [...]
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