I've never really heard of this blog which I can't help reading as Smitten Kitten. But I will go investigate.

A trend I'm finding with some tumblr artists (that's all I can speak about) is that they livestream their work. They chat amiably to an amassed internet audience while they whip up their latest masterpiece in Photoshop or whatever is their tool of choice.

FUCK ME. Even if there were a way to project my 12th centure technology, you don't need to see that! You can play with the baby without watching the episiotomy.

That degree of surety boggles me. No one gets to watch me create anything (::hugs singlehood tightly if a bit lonelily::).

I need to make a roulade so I have something for lunch tomorrow (and perhaps the rest of the week). This'll be my first one, so I hope it is (a) not too difficult, (b) tastes pretty good and (c) freezes okay because the plan is to make 8 servings and have lunches already made for a while.

Smitten Kitchen recipes are generally awesome.

Clearly I need to go investigate Smitten Kitchen.

It calls for two cups of sugar (1 white, 1 brown). That's nuts (don't--just don't)!

How many cookies does it make. My chocolate chip cookie recipe calls for two cups of sugar, but makes close to 5 dozen cookies.

The only time I tried a smitten kitchen recipe I found it terribly bland, so I kind of wrote her off.

I have been asked by two different people in the last two days to be a guarantor for their passport. I wanted to go for a long walk this afternoon but instead I waited for the passport office to call me back. Finally I ended up calling them back but it took three calls to get the person to answer her phone. But friend is guaranteed now, and I can stop stressing about missing the call.

Also, I seem to have lost my baking mojo. The last batch of chocolate chip cookies I threw out because they tasted wrong. This batch tastes great, but they flattened like little pancakes and have attached on the pan. I am trying to make them for someone I don't really know...so it would be nice if they resembled a half-decent cookie.

Oh PMS where everything is horrible and goes horribly.

I have been exploring Smitten Kitchen

I need to make these [link]

that waffle recipe is whispering in my ear.

urgently.

Thanks for reminding me about this site. I am going to make a strawberry basil balsamic pie for a dinner party on Friday, and SK's strawberry rhubarb pie recipe will be a good starting point. The balsamic syrup will provide the tanginess that the rhubarb provided.

Smitten Kitchen on chocolate cake

Making a cake for a chocolate fanatic? You can pretty much skip the frosting, as nothing will make their eyes roll back in their head more than a simple ganache, made simply by melting some bittersweet chocolate with a glug heavy cream. Pour it over the cake and watch it dribble. Try and fail not to lick the bowl