From the beauty that is mercuryfern: What is the first thing you learned how to cook by yourself? (Yes, I mean as a kid.) Ahhh, that's easy. Brownies, specifically the Brownies Cockaigne recipe on page 653 of the 1975 edition of The Joy of Cooking. I always loved that our copy of the Joy fell open to this recipe, and I still think that these are the most moreish brownies I know how to make. Peanut butter: crunchy or smooth? Yes. I mean, crunchy for sandwiches or snacking, plain for sauces. And I love cashew butter the same way. Mmm, cashew butter. Halvah: chocolate or plain? Marble. Tea: green or black? hot or iced? lemon or sweet? I want details. Oh, dearest, I am a Type O positive with tea. Green and black. Hot and iced. Morroccan sweet tea and lemon unsweetened tea. Tisanes. Taro-flavored bubble tea. I love them all. Lately I've been hipped on the sage iced tea with honey sold at my local coffee/internet bar; it (the tea, not the coffee bar) is a beautiful light-green color that radiates a gentle, sea-colored light. When you get to New York, we are going to drink buckets of the stuff. (Unless you hate sage. Then I'll drink it for you. 
And pistachio, too. Pistachio halvah rocks.
Sunday, August 07, 2005
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