Cranberry Clementine Shortbread Cake

February 19, 2014

Cranberry Clementine Shortbread Cake | une gamine dans la cuisine


I don't always acknowledge happiness as it wisps and curtsies in front of me on a daily basis. My distracted mind keeps a wary eye on the cloud inside the silver lining. It's me. I worry, I over-analyze, I talk myself out of beautiful happenings and cling to the cold and damp, even as I rail against their tyranny. But I'm hopeful. Also. And I find inner peace in the midst of things I thought would be my undoing. Basically I'm an unhinged wicker basket case over an empty paper towel roll and a red raspberry stain but when life throws actual snowballs (like a site not loading properly), I'm a Boss.

When Better Homes and Gardens contacted me last week and said I was a nominee in their Blogger Awards, I was absolutely floored! Blithe thoughts all 'round. (An elephantine Thank You to everyone who tossed my name into the hat!) It's cosmic to see une gamine among bloggers I idolize.

Boston Cream Pie

February 4, 2014

Boston Cream Pie | une gamine dans la cuisine


"I was reading a book about pleasure,
how you have to glide through it
without clinging
like an arrow
passing through a target,
coming out the other side and going on."

~ Tony Hoagland, from "What Narcissism Means to Me," in Impossible Dream 

Chocolate, I've come to realize, is at its best when relished in delicate doses. I wouldn't dare take a lemon-slippered step into the vast world of chocolate fandom, but I'm at the cusp of understanding the immortal seduction...this rich, lavish substance is quite saporous.
 

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