AND SO IT BEGINS... DAY 1 OF SCMG SUNDAY
All right, so one day I was flipping through this random website when I caught site of this book: http://www.amazon.com/Sticky-Chewy-Messy-Gooey-Desserts/dp/081185566X
Like any other sane person, the first thought that popped into my head was omfg, that looks delicious... and thus proceeded to buy it from Borders. I showed it to my dad, who basically had the same dazed, drooling expression I did when I first looked through it. Then, he got this great idea...
We had recently rented the movie Julie and Julia, which is about a story about a woman who cooked her way through the culinary genius, Julia Child's cookbook. So my dad suddenly got an idea: What if I baked my way through this book? I honestly love to bake (especially sweets xP), so I definitely wouldn't mind. Of course, I would not be baking everyday, as our house would be drowned in cookies and pies and cakes (oh my!), and the family would be seriously obese. So, I decided that Sunday would be my baking day (nicknamed "SCMG Sunday": Sticky Chewy Messy Gooey Sunday), and, since I don't use this livejournal nearly as much as I want to or should, I will put all of the pictures and names of the recipes I'll be baking.
Before you ask, no, I will not be putting the actual recipes on here. If you want to try the recipe, then go out to your bookstore and buy the book so you can taste the mouthgasmic deliciousness (even if you don't bake, the book is some damn holy *food porn :P). Also, I acknowledge the fact that Julie Powell got a publishing deal after she did her amazing blog, and by no means am I trying to replicate what she did. This is simply something that I will be doing for fun, something that I'll enjoy sharing with everybody. With that said, I started today with the very first page: Heart of Darkness Brownies
(Don't worry, it made much more than this) Not a hard recipe, actually; just a lot of ingredients and a bit of time. No more difficult than normal brownies or cookies. Anyway, I will tell you that one of the ingredients inside the brownies were Snickers bars, and THEY TURNED OUT DIVINE.
.... Ahem. With a beginning like this, it's going to be one helluva (awesome) challenge.
Family Rating: 5
Next week: Dark Chocolate Soup with Cinnamon Pound Cake :)
P.S. The challenge will be added to my wishlist (http://woodrokiro.livejournal.com/5464.html)
* To clear this up ahead of time, the definition of "food porn" is basically food in photography that looks really really good. Just... wanted to make sure you didn't think I had some weird fetish or something xD
Like any other sane person, the first thought that popped into my head was omfg, that looks delicious... and thus proceeded to buy it from Borders. I showed it to my dad, who basically had the same dazed, drooling expression I did when I first looked through it. Then, he got this great idea...
We had recently rented the movie Julie and Julia, which is about a story about a woman who cooked her way through the culinary genius, Julia Child's cookbook. So my dad suddenly got an idea: What if I baked my way through this book? I honestly love to bake (especially sweets xP), so I definitely wouldn't mind. Of course, I would not be baking everyday, as our house would be drowned in cookies and pies and cakes (oh my!), and the family would be seriously obese. So, I decided that Sunday would be my baking day (nicknamed "SCMG Sunday": Sticky Chewy Messy Gooey Sunday), and, since I don't use this livejournal nearly as much as I want to or should, I will put all of the pictures and names of the recipes I'll be baking.
Before you ask, no, I will not be putting the actual recipes on here. If you want to try the recipe, then go out to your bookstore and buy the book so you can taste the mouthgasmic deliciousness (even if you don't bake, the book is some damn holy *food porn :P). Also, I acknowledge the fact that Julie Powell got a publishing deal after she did her amazing blog, and by no means am I trying to replicate what she did. This is simply something that I will be doing for fun, something that I'll enjoy sharing with everybody. With that said, I started today with the very first page: Heart of Darkness Brownies
(Don't worry, it made much more than this) Not a hard recipe, actually; just a lot of ingredients and a bit of time. No more difficult than normal brownies or cookies. Anyway, I will tell you that one of the ingredients inside the brownies were Snickers bars, and THEY TURNED OUT DIVINE.
.... Ahem. With a beginning like this, it's going to be one helluva (awesome) challenge.
Family Rating: 5
Next week: Dark Chocolate Soup with Cinnamon Pound Cake :)
P.S. The challenge will be added to my wishlist (http://woodrokiro.livejournal.com/5464.html)
* To clear this up ahead of time, the definition of "food porn" is basically food in photography that looks really really good. Just... wanted to make sure you didn't think I had some weird fetish or something xD