Candied Grapefruit Peel

So the other morning I ate a lovely pink grapefruit for breakfast. This was prompted after seeing Black Swan, a beautiful yet suspenseful film starring Natalie Portman. Portman's character Nina is a ballet dancer and very concerned as such with her physique. For breakfast, she eats a poached egg and half a grapefruit commenting on how pink and pretty it is. Luckily my grapefruit was just as pink and also wonderfully sweet.

I couldn't help but feel sad as I finished up my fruit, sadly wishing that there was more lovely grapefruit essence that I could enjoy when it dawned on my that i knew how to candy citrus peel.

Angel Cookies

This year, being the first holiday season after I graduated from culinary school with a degree in baking and pastry, what does everyone in my family want for Christmas? Cookies. Well, can't argue with a classic. I decided to go with good old fashioned sugar cookies and even though I did various holiday shapes (Christmas trees, stars, ornaments) the angels seem to be the most popular and disappeared quickly. So when my grandparents asked for a special secret box of cookies just for themselves, I set about baking fleets of angels.

New Year, New Outlook on Life

Oh blog, you are always here. Even when I pay you no attention at all. I'm sorry little blog. I started you under the premise of some grand ideas and didn't hold up my end of the bargain. So, here it is: in this new year, I will be a blogger. I will define my mission and goals of this little blog and bring everything to the table. I want this blog to be about food-- learning about it, making it, growing it, finding it, and enjoying every mouthful. Maybe not always a recipe, but food and all its relations. This, my little blog, is what '11 has in store for us.