So. I have something I’ve wanted to tell you guys for months but couldn’t because everything was all up-in-the-air and iffy and totally undecided and it was unclear when/where/if it would ever happen.
In just a few short weeks (okay….31 days to be exact), The.Boy and I are moving! Together! Into a sort-of-studio in my building!
Sometimes you just feel like eating a pocket full of cheese and greens. And that’s okay. If you’re having such cravings then check out my post about these Kale and Three Cheese Calzones over at Marcus Samuelsson’s blog!
So….I had a bit of a mishap.
Of the moldy pie crust variety. (Ew.)
Which, I guess, is technically my own fault but in all fairness I wrap pie crusts in saran wrap and leave them in the fridge overnight pretty much biweekly and never have I ever come back to use them the next day to find them covered in unseemly white spots (differential diagnosis: pie herpes). Until now.
My need to someday visit Australia has gotten under my skin, nestled itself into my taste buds and, apparently, nose-dived into my flour container.
Where it proceeded to raise hell in a sponge cake/strawberry filling/coconut/chocolate mess kind of way.
So, this is strange and uncharted territory.
I haven’t posted on a Thursday in years but when your psychotic need for posting recipes three days a week decides to throw down with your neurotic compulsion to stick to your (self-imposed) Mon.(Tues).Wed.Fri posting schedule…crazy things can happen.
It’s not every day you get whisked away to Australia for an afternoon.
No twenty(plus)-hour flight. No having to figure out how to drive on the wrong side of a car on the wrong side of a road (which may be especially problematic given that your driving skills have acquired four years worth of rust). No koalas hanging from tree branches outside your window.
Just a crosstown cab ride on a rainy day, and there you are.
(Although, for the record, once you’ve spent an entire afternoon immersed in Australian food, wine and culture, you will pretty much be begging for the opportunity to go and spend a few weeks there. Or at least, I’m not ashamed to say, I did.)
Welcome to Eats Well With Others, where we take a vegetable-and-cupcake laden approach to life (always with a bit of laughter on the side)!
