Holiday Hodge-podge
First of all, I want to send a shout out to my friend Jim (www.onegayatatime.com) who is in Houston, TX telling his story at a gi-normous gratitude meeting. I am grateful that it’s not me.
I have completed two deserts this afternoon. The first was a monster. (Thanks, Martha.) It is rice pudding with candied butternut squash and toasted walnuts. I’ve never baked anything in Ramekins before, let alone Ramekins in a roasting pan half filled with boiling water. How high maintenance can you get? Second was a repeat from last year: The Great Pumpkin Bundt Cake from Williams Sonoma. And yes, it deserves those capital letters. My heritage turkey is in the shed soaking in brine and I am sitting at my new granite topped bar in my new kitchen eating sliced pineapple with chopsticks. I am spectacularly gay right now. I need a tiara.
I was a Chipotle the other day and at the soft drink dispenser I noticed the not-so-fine print on the Minute Maid Lemonaide: “Contains 0% Juice”. I think thats terrifying. So it’s basically just sugar, water and chemicals. When did this happen? My Diet Coke with a wedge of lime actually has more fruit juice in it than Minute Maid Lemonaide. Someone should do something.
