Food

I'm on week two of my experiment of using limited kitchen tools in my new apartment kitchen. So far so good, I'd have to say.

This week we moved out of the corporate housing apartment and into our own cozy two bedroom apartment down the street.

For the next three months I will be calling this place "home." And I will be using finger quotes every time I call it "home."

While I like to think that I can survive in any space, this is going to take some effort. I haven't cooked a meal, other than kraft dinner type stuff, in a month and a half. The kitchen in this apartment is barren and my kitchen collective is still on the east coast.

It's that time of year again...

Time for me to get busy in the kitchen! Every year I like to make food gifts for people. All summer long I make canned goods that I usually give away at the holidays. (You can read about those here.) But I also like to make some stuff for people specifically that I know they enjoy.

Right around October 1st, my friends start asking me about my Pumpkin Truffles. I first made these about 4 years ago for another friend's HUGE Halloween party. That year I made about 100 of these little morsels of goodness with varying coatings on the outside. Every year since I've some variation of these lovelies.

Have I mentioned that I am ABSOLUTE SHIT when it comes to making anything that involves yeast?

Really, I am. I have tried countless times to make the simplest of loaves and they all failed miserably. I've even had several friends buy me books specifically on making bread in hopes that I might one day master the art of baking the perfect french baguette.

No such luck. I still suck.