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Nov. 17th, 2004 02:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oakenguyIt's odd to discover that four other people with my name have Amazon wishlists.
I'm tempted to buy them things. Or steal some of their ideas. (Talking plush Gollum doll? Yay!!)
In the supermarket line this weekend, I cracked and picked up the current issues of 'Gourmet' and 'Oprah', because each one promised excellent chocolate recipes.
WHAT I LEARNED:
'Oprah' had an article on what to do when there are too many people making demands on your time, and a second article on what to do when you're lonely. That seems to cover all the bases.
Someone in the chestnut industry must be on the 'Gourmet' board of directors.
I have no natural defences against food porn.
There were some really interesting chocolate ideas, though, ranging from the odd (layers of chocolate wafers + layers of whipped cream = a cake!) to the oh-my-god-why-didn't-I-think-of-that (make ganache into a thin layer, freeze it, and then cut out a disk; place the disk in the middle of muffin or brownie batter, and when you bake the whole thing you get a ready-made liquid center). Hmmm.
I'm tempted to buy them things. Or steal some of their ideas. (Talking plush Gollum doll? Yay!!)
In the supermarket line this weekend, I cracked and picked up the current issues of 'Gourmet' and 'Oprah', because each one promised excellent chocolate recipes.
WHAT I LEARNED:
'Oprah' had an article on what to do when there are too many people making demands on your time, and a second article on what to do when you're lonely. That seems to cover all the bases.
Someone in the chestnut industry must be on the 'Gourmet' board of directors.
I have no natural defences against food porn.
There were some really interesting chocolate ideas, though, ranging from the odd (layers of chocolate wafers + layers of whipped cream = a cake!) to the oh-my-god-why-didn't-I-think-of-that (make ganache into a thin layer, freeze it, and then cut out a disk; place the disk in the middle of muffin or brownie batter, and when you bake the whole thing you get a ready-made liquid center). Hmmm.
