Monday, July 20, 2009
So....much....chocolate
So this weekend was truffle weekend. Literally.
My flight back from New York was cancelled / bumped on Friday, so rather than getting out of Newark at 7, it was more like 9:30. By the time I got home, it was after 11, the perfect time to start making chocolate! Got to bed around 12:30 with the first batch of ganache cooling in the fridge.
Saturday I got 2 batches done, and worked more or less straight from 10am (when I got back from another failed mission to the library to get free museum passes...got there 15 minutes before they opened and was already 32nd in line!?) to 11:30pm.
Sunday was two more batches, 10am -> 12:30. Laura's sister was a big help boxing up the chocolates.
The sad part? there's 97 people coming to the wedding, and a few of the batches only made about 90-93 truffles. Oops : ( (especially when most of the truffles were pretty big and could easily have been smaller).
Anyways, I'm DONE with truffles! And frankly, I think they look pretty darned good!
My flight back from New York was cancelled / bumped on Friday, so rather than getting out of Newark at 7, it was more like 9:30. By the time I got home, it was after 11, the perfect time to start making chocolate! Got to bed around 12:30 with the first batch of ganache cooling in the fridge.
Saturday I got 2 batches done, and worked more or less straight from 10am (when I got back from another failed mission to the library to get free museum passes...got there 15 minutes before they opened and was already 32nd in line!?) to 11:30pm.
Sunday was two more batches, 10am -> 12:30. Laura's sister was a big help boxing up the chocolates.
The sad part? there's 97 people coming to the wedding, and a few of the batches only made about 90-93 truffles. Oops : ( (especially when most of the truffles were pretty big and could easily have been smaller).
Anyways, I'm DONE with truffles! And frankly, I think they look pretty darned good!
Thursday, July 16, 2009
New York!
I'm in the Porter lounge waiting for my flight to New York! I love Porter, even when it meant waking up at 5am...the lounge is so comfy, and the almonds are so good! If I drank coffee, I'd probably appreciate it even more! It seems like they are doing a lot of construction, maybe even building a whole new terminal.
I'm just down in New York today and tomorrow, not even long enough to officially bring back duty free. I actually miss New York a bit - wouldn't want to be down there for any more than a week, but there's a bunch of guys from the New York office that I haven't really had a chance to hang out with for atleast a year now.
Anyways, it's just about 1 week til the wedding! Ali's wedding this past weekend was terrific....super nice to see everyone, including the radiant bride herself! All things considered equal, the weather actually worked out quite well, and the food / wine was stellar! The Perth Plaza Motel even ended up being a notch or two above expectations : ) Thanks to Yonny and Dave for being good carpool buddies, and thanks to Reid's Dairy for fueling the trip in both directions.
Laura and I finished making the name card things for the tables last night...definitely a pretty time consuming process, but ended up being fun and I think they look terrific. Just need to get the truffles made this weekend, and the playlist finalized.
Can't wait to see everyone next week!
I'm just down in New York today and tomorrow, not even long enough to officially bring back duty free. I actually miss New York a bit - wouldn't want to be down there for any more than a week, but there's a bunch of guys from the New York office that I haven't really had a chance to hang out with for atleast a year now.
Anyways, it's just about 1 week til the wedding! Ali's wedding this past weekend was terrific....super nice to see everyone, including the radiant bride herself! All things considered equal, the weather actually worked out quite well, and the food / wine was stellar! The Perth Plaza Motel even ended up being a notch or two above expectations : ) Thanks to Yonny and Dave for being good carpool buddies, and thanks to Reid's Dairy for fueling the trip in both directions.
Laura and I finished making the name card things for the tables last night...definitely a pretty time consuming process, but ended up being fun and I think they look terrific. Just need to get the truffles made this weekend, and the playlist finalized.
Can't wait to see everyone next week!
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Worth a laugh
I've gotten much enjoyment out of these two websites over the past few days and thought I'd pass them on!
Awkward Family Photos: Basically, the site is a swack of pictures of embarassing/funny "family photos".
The other one is called Fancy Fast Food. This one's not so much funny as impressive. It's a list of "recipes" and pictures of gourmet looking meals prepared entirely with "ingredients" from fast food restaurants.
This one is a fancy "sushi" meal prepared entirely with ingredients from Poppeye's Fried Chicken.
Awkward Family Photos: Basically, the site is a swack of pictures of embarassing/funny "family photos".
The other one is called Fancy Fast Food. This one's not so much funny as impressive. It's a list of "recipes" and pictures of gourmet looking meals prepared entirely with "ingredients" from fast food restaurants.
This one is a fancy "sushi" meal prepared entirely with ingredients from Poppeye's Fried Chicken.