Espresso

Walter was not involved with this project, but I thought I would share a photo of the ultimate retrofitting of an old espresso machine that a lab-mate designed (my contributions were minor).

You pour already heated water into the reservoir and then flow compressed air at 120 psi up the steamer tube, which forces the water through the grounds. This way you can get what a fancy espresso machine has, which is higher pressure than you can get from just steam and a brew with water at the ideal temperature just below the boiling point.

Swedish Horse Cookies

This was another Paige birthday baking

Coconut Cream Pie

For Paige's birthday we made her a coconut cream pie! We melted unsweetened and semi sweet chocolate and put it on the baked graham cracker crust.
We cooked the eggs and milk and sugar and added the coconut!


And put this into the pie shell. We added whip cream at the last minute!

Old thyme Uptown youngsters Easter Brunch weekend jam




Beets for the beat. Heart shaped beets!

Our friend Brooke was the mastermind of Katie and Erin's wedding cake. Kate and Erin eloped in Canada on a ski hill. To welcome them back we made chocolate chiffon cakes, 7 minute frosting (homemade fluff), and marzipan figures.

Dumplings

For Katie and Erin's shower we wanted food that held some luck and some sweetness and some spice as wishes of future joy and happiness in their marriage. Dumplings seemed like a good fit. Pockets of surprises. We made veggie dumplings: Cabbage chopped finely, grated carrots, ginger and garlic and hot pepper. Meat dumplings: ground pork, grated carrot, ginger, garlic, hot pepper. And Beet dumplings (something sweet): Boiled beets for 45 minutes, peeled, grated, mixed with zest of one orange, tarragon, and a fried onion. Fillings were carefully placed in wrappers and closed by hand.

Trout

Trout with lemon and cilantro.

We cooked this loving trout in the oven at ~350C, stuffed with cilantro and lemon for ~ 10 minutes. Trout was accompanied by a salad. (ps - this is an added post by Anna)