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the month of
black raspberries
June 30th, 2009

and lots of them from Martha's garden (and red raspberries)

(plus had apricots)

the bowl is HUGE

used a recipe from the new york times as a guide...ended up with this huge dish and a deep pie dish as well

painting painting painting and other small things getting done

mirror!! (very exciting!)

and light!  (even more exciting!)

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apt photos
June 24th, 2009

upstairs office (cork will go on walls

media/guest room

testing light size and height in kitchen with paper models

my office

credenza (awful word) with lazza glass top

beige stuff is protection

my bedroom

gym area

gym area looking east

playroom (again, cork will go on wood covered wall space)

fire door hardware

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savory tarts
June 21st, 2009

made lunch last week to take to the tv studio

used my new favorite book, the modern baker

assembling gruyere, scallion and walnut tarts

red pepper and goat cheese tarts

egg and parsley added, before baking

out of oven:

and toasted orzo with fennel:

everything was a hit

publicity shoot:

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just buy em
June 14th, 2009

tried making english muffins...have been wanting to for months...

made the relatively healthy recipe from the La Brea Bakery book (lots of ingredients needed)...quite time consuming - good for a weekend when you are snowed in

resting before baking

resting after cutting (heavy sigh)

   (I ran out of english muffin tins and used other round molds - but they stuck badly to everything but the english muffin tins)

cooling

look just like english muffins!!  but more whole grain"y"...dont think they will keep well(better fresh) and think I made mine a bit too thin (the big ones)

and the batch from Martha's book:

this is the not-so-healthy, very tasty version (comparatively)...the two on the right are just freaky thick

 

found a great new baking book - LOVE it

made the fig bars

stewing the figs:

and of course forgot to photograph the puree, but it is just like fig newton filling...

out of the oven...

    not perfect cause I rolled out the dough in advance and then did not let it come to room temp before trying to fold it...by the time I got to the last one (top) the dough was pliable and then I almost knocked the tray off its perch and had to stop its fall by smashing the perfect roll with my forearm

 

some pics from the set:

in the kitchen

mid blink

 

 

 

 

 

 

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work today
June 9th, 2009

prepping last night (ie making lunch!)

ginger and jalapeno on the stove for the soba noodles with tofu, avocado and snow peas (I used green tea noodles and left out the snow peas)...make extra if this is your kind of thing - it was a huge hit, esp the ginger and jalapeno "pickles"

transporting to the whatever martha studio

lunch time!

salad "bar" with "japanese"/"miso happy" salad dressing (added basil and vidalia and ginger) - if you haven't tried this dressing you are missing out!! it is amazing...but the sweet white miso is hard to find this time of year...they will make more in the fall

things are oh so glam behind the scenes...footwear when no one is looking/can see and clips holding up pant legs

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food
June 8th, 2009

strawberry pies:

   two batches of crust (pate brisee) and 9 cups strawberries, 4 tbl lemon juice, 1 c sugar, 4 tbl corn starch...made 1 doz baby pies (some 5", some 4")

on nonstick cooling racks

oops    this one fell as I was trying to clean the bottom of the pan

yum...

plus, for the vegans:

miso stew

   vidalia onion, carrots, shitake, garlic, arame (soaking), cabbage, tofu

quinoa with kombu

all together

takes a total of an hour to prepare and was very good

 

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brown butter raspberry tart
June 1st, 2009

just made them tonight after the show

1.5 hours total time including baking/really easy!!

taking them to construction meeting tomorrow...will let you know if they are "good" - they smell amazing

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last weeks baked goods etc
June 1st, 2009

glazed lemon pound cake

before glaze:

after:

irish soda bread:

pretzels from donna hay

 

soft like the kind you buy on the street in nyc (minus the rat shit)

seem to be best the day they are made if you put salt on them since the salt attracts moisture and makes them a bit soggy (not too bad though)

sat visit to construction site

living room (looking towards dining "room")

looking towards kitchen

powder room almost complete

"kids" closet (no door - open to the curtain wall/windows facing north)

new york has been having a bizarre bout of perfect weather

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