Lemon Tart with Lemon-Vanilla Sablé Crust

June 28, 2013

lemon tart with lemon-vanilla sablé / une gamine dans la cuisine

"I wanted to stay as I was
still as the world is never still,
not in midsummer but the moment before
the first flower forms, the moment
nothing is as yet past-"

~ Louise Glück, opening lines to "The Doorway," in The Wild Iris

Part of me still thinks it's April. That splintered half is always slightly behind - yet always happy, and hopeful. The here-and-now me knows it's June 28th. Very soon I'll hear the *woosh* of hot air balloons overhead and my other, other half - the one who's always a grey spot on a stormy, yellow field - will give me a subtle nod from up ahead, signaling that this is the half-way point of something I don't want to come to an end. (Sometimes it's better to ignore each other.)

Summer. The word itself is light golden, and billowy like a thin sail. Oh, how I love summer. If only I could capture it in a butterfly net and hold it captive for two extra months.

Lemon Shortbread

June 24, 2013

Lemon Shortbread  / une gamine dans la cuisine



Sorry for the brief hiatus. As you can see my blog underwent a bit of a facelift. Isn't she lovely! My go-to designer is Ana from Blog Milk Shop. (She did my previous layout too!) Simple is beautiful. If your site is ever in need of something new, fresh, and clean - look no further than Ana. She's super-sweet and extremely patient. (I must have asked a gazillion questions. Maybe more.) ♥

Spiced Guinness Brownies

June 14, 2013

spiced Guinness brownies | une gamine dans la cuisine

With Father's Day almost upon us, I thought it only appropriate to share a jaunty, masculine recipe. Of course it's perfectly okay for ladies to enjoy their stout, too I do, despite my mom's clucking whenever I reach for a Guinness at summer get-togethers.

Usually for Father's Day I pay tribute to my dad's memory by making something laced with his beloved peanut butter. This year however, with the wonderful crop of summer ales and stouts from the local microbrewery, I decided to go a different route. My dad loved wine, but even he enjoyed the occasional dark, flavourful, elixir. Unfortunately my stout stash had been depleted before I could use it for baking. (I blame me.) So instead of using a local brew, I went with classic Guinness. Thank goodness for backup.

Old Fashioned Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies

June 10, 2013

Old Fashioned Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies / une gamine dans la cuisine


If, according to Camelot, the month of May is lusty, it's definitely now the lazy month of June. Finally. The atmosphere is dewy, and humid, and languid. The various spaces around me are dripping with aromas of fresh-cut grass, fuchsia hydrangea - and, thanks to a delicate green rainfall, wet earth (one of my favourite scents in the entire universe). After a never ending winter and chilly spring, it's nice to finally feel a temperature that's aligned with the calender.

Strawberry Hand Pies

June 4, 2013

Strawberry Hand Pies / une gamine dans la cuisine

I wanted to share these hand pies with you last week, but life got in the way and I never got around to writing out the recipe. Then I was going to write this post yesterday, but Game of Thrones got in the way. Seriously. Sunday night's episode...what...how...Why?? I'm still reeling - my stomach is still in a sickening knot.

Don't worry, I won't give anything away (in case you haven't watched it yet), and I won't linger on it too long in case you're not even interested in Game of Thrones. But for those of you who were just as shocked as I was - where do we go from here? I felt something coming, but that's only because I have the tendency to think that if things are going too well, it's only a matter of time... Still, I was floored by what happened. *shiver* I'm okay. It took a few episodes of Arrested Development to snap me back to my happy, snarky version of reality, but I'm okay.

Strawberries nestled inside flaky pâte brisée; lets talk about that, please. 
 

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