Life of Pat

Friday, November 23, 2012

Baked

I got into a serious baking mood last week. My parents bought me the Momofuku Milk Bar recipe book when they came to visit last month. This book is fan-friken-tastic. Some of the recipes can be a bit involved, but they are so worth it.

I made Momofuku's Apple Pie Layer Cake for Mancini's 50th birthday, but I accidentally used apple cider vinegar instead of just apple cider for the cake soak. What a terrible and expensive error. I cannot for the life of me think why I would have ever thought using vinegar as a cake soak was acceptable or normal. The apples had even come from my parents back yard. So sad!

Anyhoodle....

Last week I made the famous momofuku Compost Cookie. These cookies include: chocolate and butterscotch chips, graham cracker crust, raw unused coffee grounds, oats, pretzels and potato chips. They came out quit nice, but next time I think I will bake them for about one to two minutes less.

They real winner of the day was the Blueberry and Cream Cookie. This cookie is unique and delightful! Being that this is a Momofuku recipe there was a bit of some pre-work to be done. The recipe calls for milk crumb. Milk crumb is a Momofuku creation. It is made with milk powder, cornstarch, butter and white chocolate. And let me tell you, the milk crumb makes this cookie! This is an A+ product!

Overall I made about 80 cookies. I also have another 40 Compost in my fridge at home. I am eager to bake them for less time. I think they will be utterly perfect.

Thursday, October 04, 2012

New!

This is what a brand new 737 door handle looks like. I mean that shit is shinny sick!

Monday, October 01, 2012

10 Downing

I have always liked this building.
It's four block from my apartment, and on my way to Washington Park.

The Cake That Started It All

I made this cake for my friend and favorite female stewardess Heidi's Birthday. It was chocolate cake with Vanilla frosting. The recipe came from Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything...

The cake was awful. It was absolutely the worst cake I have ever eaten. It was like sugarless sawdust. An Absolute disaster, but it did inspire me to go to culinary school

Sunday, September 30, 2012

A Search For Inspiration...

to get my ass over to this park for a night time run.

edit: apparently this is my misspelling blog. Geesh!

Saturday, September 29, 2012

It's time...

to start blogging again! This is my life in bullet points:

I am up to date with Grey's Anatomy. Please do not judge me. This show is like crack. I know it's bad for me, but I can't help it. I like Sandra Oh.
My friend and neighbor Ruth is in the hospital fighting cancer. She has had a rough go of it. I have been thinking A LOT about her.
I have been working a lot... a lot of long days. It's OK. I kinda just coast through it.
I have been running Washington Park a lot. This makes me think of Brian.
I miss the professional kitchen.
I have been baking: