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Baby shower cake for my cousins first granddaughter.

Nice day by the pool for snacks. Pancetta Mushroom Tartletts, Hot Honey Roasted Brussels Sprouts, Arancini with tomato sauce, olives, grilled rosemary bread and Prosecco!

Groovy Chocolate cake and cupcakes for a graduation.

Made a few raspberry macarons for mother's day. I tried out the rosette style, but I'm still not sure about them. And then a cream cheese pound cake for lunch with my mom's sisters tomorrow.

Needed to use up a fennel bulb. bucatini with caramelized fennel, Kalamata olives, capers, tomato, garlic, Calabrian chilies.

May the 4th be with you! 😋 Made some Grogu pistachio macarons.

Happy Birthday to my Aunt Sibbie. White almond cake and vanilla buttercream.

A few Easter cookies. I designed and printed the icing sheets in Procreate. I think $11 for one printed icing sheet is ridiculous. So, I’ll make my own since I have everything.

Baked corned beef, roasted cabbage and carrots, Champ, Irish soda bread, horseradish sauce.

It’s got red wine vinegar in the dressing, along with pepper. I was looking at the chile flakes when I was making it. I was leaning toward pistachios instead but tried the original recipe. My mom suggested bacon. Probably would help. It has raw shallot, and I thought they were too harsh, so I would think roast them with the sprouts.

Day late because of stuff, but this is my birthday cake this year. I dug out my Cocolat cookbook because I was thinking Marjolaine. Which this is pretty much except I added a chocolate crème fraiche cake layer. Along with hazelnut and almond meringue, praline and chocolate buttercreams and caramelized hazelnuts. Really good 😋.

Charred Brussels sprout salad. Blood orange vinaigrette & segments, feta, shallots and pecans. Not bad, but needs some livening up.

All in one. I don’t particularly like apricot or white chocolate that much, but this combination is pretty good.

Mini scones. Bacon, cheddar and scallions and white chocolate, apricot and pecan.

Pizza night. Pepperoni, Olive, red onion and a little Gouda. After all the tornado watches and warnings yesterday, it was bright and sunny today. Crazy Georgia weather.

Still on the chocolate chip cookie kick. David Leite’s Ultimate. Couldn’t find my Valrhona Manjari, so used El Rey’s Mijao discos, with a sprinkle of Maldon. Added walnuts cuz I have to have nuts in my cookie.

Linguine with Gorgonzola and walnuts.

Craving a burger. Schweid & Sons makes a brisket/Chuck burger that is great. We watch for Kroger to mark then down then stock up the freezer. $3.99/4 patties is much better than $10.99 👍🏻. Brioche bun, provolone, herb aioli, lettuce and caramelized onions.

I know, I was surprised that Walmart had such nice ones. I never go there so was just lucky I found them. They were tasty too. It was 80F here today, so wanted to fire up the grill.

Meze night. I found some really nice artichokes at Walmart of all places. Steamed then grilled with an herb aioli. Olives, feta, hummus and sourdough.

Had a chocolate chip cookie craving. Used some Valrhona mini chips I had, walnuts and Heilala vanilla bean paste. Excellent ☺️.

Thanks, I’ve never cooked them before. I was really surprised that I found them in Atlanta.

King Oyster Mushroom “pulled pork” sandwich, slaw and brioche bun. Wasn’t bad, texture was a little on the slimy side like mushrooms are. Tried it since my mother is not into meat as much. Could use a little liquid smoke maybe.

Some quick Valentine’s cookies. Had big plans to airbrush, etc, but didn’t happen. So went the easy way with sprinkles.

Two dozen organic brown eggs at Costco was still $7.59 yesterday. I haven't seen any egg issues here, and I've wondered if it's because there's a lot of chicken houses in Georgia. Kroger is sometimes low, but all the other stores are stocked.