Tuesday, April 26, 2011

get real

i've got to get a good stove in full-working order that does what i need it to do. impossible to get a footing with pampered chef or realize my baking intentions with two small toaster ovens.

get real, girl, and get it done.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

tentative menu for 04/10 Artist's Gallery Reception

in case they want me to do the full spread - very similar to 04/10!

carrot cake mini cupcakes with cream cheese/toasted coconut frosting
cream puffs
sugar cookies
hand-crafted crackers
cheese
apple & pear chunks

04/11 Menu ~ Cairnwood Village Monday Tea

mini cupcake carrot cupcakes
lemon chiffon tartlettes
sugar cookies
asst tea sandwiches
chunks of apple & pear
cheddar cheese
asst hand-crafted crackers
jelly beans
almonds

slices of choc-enrobed, butter-cream easter eggs?

Monday, April 4, 2011

CV

NOT curriculum vitae, but Cairnwood Village.

Earlier this afternoon, ropped off tea sandwiches for this afternoon's "minister's tea" at Bryn Athyn's retirement community ~ egg salad, tuna salad and cream cheese with olive.

No idea if my older friends care or not, but feels good to do something special for such a special group of people. Somehow makes me feel closer to Mom & her circle of friends ~ Cornelia & Grandma Rose, Viola & Sylvia, Consuelo & Gay, Gig & Ellen. (Although I should, in that case, be making whiskey sours!)

Next week, I'm responsible for the full spread. Thinking a pre-Easter spread: lemon chiffon tartlettes, sugar cookies, tea sandwiches & cream puffs, along with chunks of apple & pear, goblets of grapes, cheese & my hand-crafted crackers, almonds & jelly beans, and maybe slices of Mom's chocolate-enrobed buttercream Easter eggs.

Saturday, April 2, 2011

gloriously gilded lily

i normally shie away from oreo's attempts to expand its market beyond the classic cookie. but the newest attempt - sandwiched with peanut butter cream & enrobed in chocolate - calls to me for at least a taste test. and they are on sale at giant!

envisioning leaving a platter at bacnc (aka bryn athyn college) on 04/06 ~ nibblings of tastycake's butterscotch krimpets & this new incarnation of a timeless classic.