Yes, probably the strangest blog title I have posted to date. Let me explain. Three days after the wedding, we had driven back to Brussels and headed out to Cora – a huuuuuge supermarket – to do all the grocery shopping for the week and for the big Sunday brunch at our flat that we…
In all the chaos of getting married, travelling to Stockholm (yes I know, have to go into much more detail about BOTH of those events…) I missed the birthday of one of my best friends here in Brussels. Marissa is probably my loudest friend. I could recognise her laugh anywhere, she rarely doesn’t have a…
In beginning to update my blog again, it would seem to make sense to start at the beginning of what I missed. But that seems too hard. So I’m starting at the end. Two days ago to be precise. (you’ll just have to wait a little longer for those wedding photos!) Tuesday I declared girls…
I didn’t do the daring bakers challenge this month. This is normally our reveal date so sorry if you were hoping for another extravagant something. But since I get married TWO WEEKS TODAY I have a few other things higher up my to-do list… 🙂 In case you were wondering, this months challenge was puff…
The August 2009 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Angela of A Spoonful of Sugar and Lorraine of Not Quite Nigella. They chose the spectacular Dobos Torte based on a recipe from Rick Rodgers’ cookbook Kaffeehaus: Exquisite Desserts from the Classic Caffés of Vienna, Budapest, and Prague. “Spectacular” is quite a daring word, don’t you…
The July Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Nicole at Sweet Tooth. She chose Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Cookies and Milan Cookies from pastry chef Gale Gand of the Food Network. This month’s challenge included two recipes with the option to do both or just one or the other. I was so very excited about the…