Thank you for holding

Thanks for waiting through this pause. We're in the clear now!
Sometimes life/law school makes you eat frozen Trade Joes food for two weeks. Not that life hasn't been without any excitement.

My friend Erin came by, after months of not seeing each other, to cook a homemade meal.  With the help of Smitten Kitchen, we churned out some beautiful chana masala and scented basmati rice.  The best part of the evening was the Banana/Caramel/Walnut upside down cake that we modified with maple syrup.  (Although, my shallow pan meant that most of the topping dribbled into the bowels of my oven, which billowed black and no doubt carcinogenic black smoke for the duration of the day.) The top, while not totally as gooey as hoped, had the kind of crumble that a good maple fudge has.  I saved some for Jack, but ate most of his share myself. (This is just to say.... I saved some of the cake that we made tonight for you. It was so delicious I just knew you had to have some. I ate it when you hesitated. It's your fault you missed out. See previous post.) 

There was also a tea-and-terrariums party hosted by my dear friend Annie, for which I made tea sandwiches (recipes to follow soon).

However, mostly, there was butter.  Somehow, two pounds of butter came into my kitchen and disappeared.  I hope to churn out some healthier recipes, light on the butter, this week to compensate. Stay tuned!

(Butter Mt. Rushmore and Pig, Boy and Whip images courtesy of Serious Eats)