testing, testing...

Oh hello, and welcome to the inaugural post of this four-ninety-five blog, born out of yesterday's waffle party ideas of making ridiculous amounts of food and attempting to eat it all. The idea is that we will all contribute stories and/or recipes and/or videos and/or life advice that we deem worthy, and upload them so that we can look back on this when we are begrudged scientists writing too many grants and remember our graduate school freedom/festivities. So, this attempt is going through Brendan's SD card and uploading relevant pictures thus far - a photodump, if you will - in no chronological order:

Let's start with the most recent picture, from yesterday, depicting what we called a "waffle party" consisting of Brendan, Rachel and I (and pup). Brendan's recent purchase of a $12 waffle maker from craigslist - from a middle aged azn women outside of JC penny waiting for us in a blue (sportscar?) - made this all possible, as well as the warmer-climate states for supplying strawberries and pineapples.

 Also made yesterday, our first attempt at french bread, of which I am a huge fan.
 

 breakfast of champions

Below is one of our first attempts at "exotic fruit sundays" - we buy weird fruit we don't recognize, eat it on sundays. Such victims include: pommelos, ugli fruit, baby kiwis, champagne mangoes, papaya, korean pears, genetically engineered orange hybrids, etc etc 

 We started the whoopie pie phenomenon. Caution: these should only be made once a year - the amount of lard and sugar is actually disgusting. 

making whoopie

Brendan's birthday queens cakes - he made his own birthday baked good.

Man food. Randall and Brendan made habanero-cheddar-brats in a blanket. sausages.

 strawberry raspberry pie, a big hit. Please note the lazy-lattice. 

little bro visits the rock. sibling pizza duel. 

Mine was the best, obviously. Blue goat cheese, spinach, tomato, mushroom, olive pizza. 

PARTY HATS. beast and pheasant.

Puppen's first birthday! She is so mature.

rachel as sour dough queen. we still want a starter.








































Flaming creme brulee                                   

Les

star fruit buttermilk cornbread attempt 1. Actually tasted like aunt jemima's feet. Don't use whole-wheat flour when making cornbread, or you will be manically remaking it before your friends come over for dinner. self'd.

The world's best cinnamon raisin bread.

Crab rice boats. Kinda gross, don't trust all recipes you see in random blogs.

Aglish liked them

spiced grapefruit blood orange juice, sometimes you can trust recipes from strangers

Brendan recently discovered chicken cutlets

Melting lindt for vesna's birthday cake

Almond cookies are delish when you are craving almonds, especially dipped in chocolate.

Carrot cake cupcakes to celebrate that jesus has arisen. Actually lifechanging. Complete with buying a stupid cake decorator kit for the cream cheese frosting. 

easter'd.
Michele's first/best easter basket. 

chocolate bread pudding, also known as 'what to do when you have stale white bread and a packet of chocolate pudding mix'


stay tuned.