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A Food Crawl in February

2/24/2017

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Of course, since it is a break this week my Dad and I have to do a food crawl in the city.  What’s a food crawl? It’s a full day packed with food. We start in one spot and go from place to place walking and eating. Our plan for this year was to start at Dominique Ansel.  Next stop would be Dō, a place that sells raw cookie dough.  Then we’d go to Ippudo for ramen, Sugar Fish for sushi, Beechers (the home of The World's Best Mac & Cheese), Eataly and Donut Plant.  As you can see, there was a big day of eating ahead of us.  My Dad and I both agreed that we would split everything because if we each got an individual portion it would be too much.

Dominique Ansel is the home of the famous cronut. You might have had a cronut before, but it was probably a knockoff.  This was the real thing. The home of the cronut where it was originally sold.  That was not the only thing they sell there. They also have frozen s’mores and cookie shots.  My Dad and I were so overwhelmed that we almost bought everything in the store. We came to our senses that we could not buy everything.  We paced ourselves and decided to buy a cronut, a frozen s'more, a DKA (which stands for “Dominique's Kouign Amann"), and madeleines.  We ate the cronut, the frozen s’more, and one madeline there for breakfast.  They have a monthly flavor for the cronut and the February flavor was lychee, rose, and pistachio.  To be honest I thought I wasn't going to like it at first, but all the flavors went really well together.  The outside was like a hard shell with a fluffy inside that had a mixed sweetness from the lychee and the rose.  The frozen s’more was a marshmallow stuffed with ice cream and it was toasted on the outside.  It tasted so good but it was super cold when you bit into it, but it paired well with a warm marshmallow.  Even just one madeline was enough to get your taste buds dancing.  When you ate them warm they taste so good.  As I said, we each had one. They were moist and warm and you can taste the lemon zest which didn’t overpower the madeline but was just enough to it balance it with the fluffiness.  I kept asking if I could have one more as we were walking to our different stops, but my dad kept reminding me that we had to save some for my Mom and my brother.  At home, we tried the DKA.  It was almost like biting into a pastry filled with creme brulee.  The glazed outside was similar to the cronut, and the cream inside was heavenly.  My mouth is watering as I even think about it.

Our second stop was DŌ, where they sell raw cookie dough that is safe to eat so you won’t get sick from the raw eggs and the flour.  They used this special flour without any of the bad chemicals and used these special eggs that were specially grown. The lines at this place were said to be sometimes up to four hours.  Now, I know what you are thinking four hours just for cookie dough! You have already eaten raw cookie at some point in your life. That is probably true, but they also have cool flavors like S'mores, Fluffernutter with marshmallow fluff, and Heavenly (with nutella, caramel, and chocolate). Now tell me you do not want to go DŌ even if you have had cookie dough! My dad and I got lucky and we were second on line and only had to wait an hour and a half. It seems long but it really wasn’t that bad.  When it was time to go in, they gave the first 20 people tickets to go.  My Dad and I of course already had a game plan of what flavors we were getting. We got their signature chocolate chip to eat right away in a chocolate chip cone and then got chocolate chip, S’mores and Heavenly to go.  Since we were going to be walking around a lot, they gave us a freezer bag with the DŌ logo on it and two ice packs to keep them cold.  We took the cookie dough in the cone to Washington Square Park and took cool pictures of it before we ate.  It was so rich and creamy and it tasted better than any other cookie dough like Toll House or Pillsbury.  My favorite flavor was the S’mores because it tasted like summer and sitting by the campfire.  Basically, if you are on a food crawl or have nothing to do, go to DŌ and I guarantee you’ll love it.

Next we had to go to ramen. In the February weather, how could we resist?  So, we went to one of my Dad’s favorite ramen spots in the city, Ippudo Ramen.  We were the first ones in and my stomach was growling for real food, not just sugar.  As soon as it opened we walked in and at Ippudo Ramen whenever someone walks into the back where the tables are, they shouted so that everyone knows that you are walking into the restaurant.  It was very fun and creative.  When we sat down it was kind of like looking at a forest. There was a huge tree in the middle of the restaurant.  It was a cool design.  We got the first bowl of ramen which we split obviously. But even that little bowl was enough for me to know it was the best ramen I had ever tasted so far.  I know I always say that but I am not exaggerating.  The description of the soup was: the original silky “Tonkotsu” (pork) soup noodles topped with Ippudo’s secret “Umami Dama” miso paste, pork chashu, cabbage, sesame kikurage mushrooms, scallions, and fragrant garlic oil. Now I am sure your mouth is watering. Usually I do not like tonkotsu broths, but this broth was different. It was silky and had a salty taste that balanced with everything in the bowl.  The noodles tasted fresh and weren’t soggy at all, and the Umami Dama was super good even though I didn’t think it would be, but it was delicious and brought the soup together.  Overall, it was the best ramen ever!!!

The next place we went to was a little bit far, but totally worth the walk. It was Sugar Fish, a really popular sushi restaurant. It had a pretty decent line, but we were in the first wave of people and we got the second to last table.  We were doing really well on timing everything out.  On the menu, yes they do have regular sushi rolls that you can get, but why do that at this amazing restaurant? Why not let them pick for you?  So, we did. We picked the “Trust me” menu.  I got the smallest size and my Dad got the medium size.  At Sugar Fish they have a rule that they will not give you any extra soy sauce, wasabi, or rice.  They did this because it was the traditional Japanese way of eating sushi. On the menu they also have other rules that they follow at Sugar Fish.  For example, they want you to eat any hand rolls immediately, and also dishes that have sauce on them already should not be dipped in any other sauce. I have to admit I was a little nervous at first because although they show you what you are going to get, I wasn’t really familiar with what I was about to eat.  We started out with edamame, but our first fish dish was tuna sashimi.  Now, I have to say I do not like soy sauce it is way too salty for me. That day though I had an exception, because the sauce was so good.  It was salty, but also a little sweet and it went really well with the tuna.  The only complaint was that it was really little and I wanted more of it on the plate.  The next dish was a sushi dish it consisted of; Albacore Sushi (1-pc), Salmon Sushi (1-pc), and Yellowtail Sushi (1-pc).  The sushi had a sauce on it that was sweet and it really complimented the flavor of the fish and the soft hot rice.  When you dipped the sushi in the soy sauce all the flavors blended making it so much better, especially since it wasn’t a ton of soy sauce and you can actually taste the dish. The last dish for me (my dad had one more dish) was I had a toro hand roll. When it came I was so excited to eat the roll it looked delicious and I was starving. The crispy seaweed went really well with the soft warm rice and the cold crisp fish. I really wish they had sent out two. It just felt like a perfect combination especially to end the amazing meal. I suggest if you do go there to just put a little faith in them and get whatever size Trust Me suites your hunger.

Then we just went around shopping at a few places.  We went to Beecher's Handmade Cheese. It has the “World’s Best Mac & Cheese” that is the brand name but it actually is the best.  There cheese is amazing and I especially like the Flagship. We got to sample them so we eventually got my favorite Flagship cheese to bring home.

After we went to Beecher's, we went to Eataly, but stopped to take pictures of the Flatiron building.  It is a building that has an illusion of being flat. Inside there are all types of stores, but it is the outside that people really enjoy.   Then we were off again to Eataly.  The reason why I love Eataly is because it reminds me of an outdoor market, all crowded with different parts of the building selling different things.  One thing it is famous for is a whole entire wall with Nutella jars on it.  We walked through the markets and looked at all of the different vegetables in the market. We also got to taste a cheese that no one can touch because the cheese sweats.  Now, I know that sounds gross, but we tasted the cheese and it was really good. We asked the man who handled the cheeses why it did that.  He said that the cheese’s moisture builds up and turns into sweat. It was really cool to just go there and walk around, not just to try the food. I really love Eataly and hope I can go the next time we decide to go into the city.

The last place we hit up before going home was Doughnut Plant. They have very creative flavors of donuts that are super delicious. This was my first time though, but my Dad had gone before. There are so many names for donut shops that are so similar that sometimes I mix up their names, like Doughnut Plant and Donut Project. We walked into our last stop exhausted from our long day to the smell of delicious donuts. It was a little place that was perfect for our last stop. On the wall there were donut pillows that were awesome.  We decided to order a creme brûlée donut, a carrot cake donut, and a tres leches donut.  We took them home and didn't have any there. The creme brûlée donut had a nice creamy filling and tasted exactly like creme brûlée.  The carrot cake was my favorite. It was a moist cake with an amazing cream cheese frosting.  Cream cheese frosting is my favorite frosting, so obviously I took a liking to it.  The last donut was a tres leches donut.  It is a donut that has three milks; whole milk, condensed milk, and evaporated milk.  It was a very moist cake and I thought it wouldn't be that good, but it was amazing. I would definitely go back if I was in that part of the city again.

Overall, I had an awesome time in the city and cannot wait for the next food crawl!
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History and Tradition: A Night on Broadway

1/29/2017

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I don’t know about you guys but I can literally not stop singing Hamilton songs. They are too good! It is so hard to get tickets to it because they are really expensive and they sell out really easily.  Lucky for me though, my dad got tickets to see it last year for this January!

In the 1920s, people went to Broadway shows and then after they got out they would go to Sardi’s, a restaurant near Times Square.  It was a tradition, and now everyone says that every New Yorker should go there before or after a Broadway show at some point. So, that is just what we did. We went to Sardi's for dinner before Hamilton.

When we got there, on the walls were pictures of famous people who have been there.  Actors, actresses, and politicians were all up on the wall.  The best one in my opinion was Lin Manuel Miranda in the front of the restaurant.  For those of you who do not know who Lin Manuel Miranda is, he created Hamilton and played him.  Besides the picture it looked like the restaurant was right out of the twenties which I loved.

I just got a burger which was good, but it was a burger.  I think the thing that was really special was just to be there and sit where hundreds of stars have been.
Hamilton was amazing. It was everything you would imagine and more.  It was funny, sad, and happy all at the same time. Also it teaches you about the history of our founding fathers.  Now, go online and buy Hamilton tickets, and if you get them stop by Sardi’s for a quick bite before the show.

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The Great Big Challah Bake

12/4/2016

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What better way to spend your Thursday night than baking challah all night long?  Nothing!  I got a chance to bake challah with my grandma at an event called The Great Challah Bake at her temple.  My aunt Samantha and my grandma’s best friend also came too.  When we got to the temple we went into a tent where we got bags that had challah recipes on them, a stress toy, and an apron.  Then we walked into the main room where we were going to actually prepare our challah.  We got a huge plastic bowl, measuring cups, a huge spoon, flour, sugar, and yeast packets.  There were also ingredients on the table that everyone shared.  Before we started to bake we watched a video that teaches us about the Shabbat Project which helps people around the world to celebrate Shabbat.  If you do not know what Shabbat is, it is a holiday that we celebrate Friday evening to Saturday evening it celebrates the day God rested after he made all of the living things.  The organization helps people everywhere celebrate Shabbat.  After the video we started to make the challah!  We got a placemat where there was the recipe and added in the ingredients.  We mixed it with the big spoon and then got to knead it with our hands which was my favorite part.  The dough was a little dry so we added some water and it felt nice between my fingers.  After we kneaded it, we had to let the dough rise a little from the warm air, so while we let it rise we went and did the horah.  The horah is a traditional jewish dance that you usually dance at a bar/bat mitzvah or at a jewish wedding, but today we did it while our challah was rising.  It was very fun and I almost forgot we were baking challah.  Once we finished dancing we braided the challah it was difficult for me, but I managed to do a three braid, and a four braid I was super proud of myself.  After we finished braiding and helping other people braid we cleaned up and managed to get a few extra bowls.  I had a super fun time and really want to do it next year. ​
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Celebrating "Dia de los Muertos" at Dirt Candy

11/7/2016

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The day after Halloween is a tough day. We are all tired from last night's trick or treating, and we need to rest.  You may think that, but what we really need to do is party!  We have to celebrate a holiday called Dia de los Muertos, otherwise known as Day of the Dead.  Day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday that celebrates, and honors relatives that have died.  A lot of people on this holiday make altars, and offer bread and flowers to welcome the spirits into their homes.  People dress up and share food with neighbors and paint their faces like a skull.  People often try to feel the presence of their loved ones. This holiday lasts for two days: November 1st and 2nd.

Now you might be wondering, what does this have to do with food. Well, for Day of the Dead, my dad took me out to a special dinner at Dirt Candy where we had a special Day of the Dead themed dinner. This was a special event so you had to get a special ticket for an eight course meal.  Dirt Candy is a vegetarian restaurant owned, and run by Chef Amanda Cohen.

The first course we had was a corn brioche with elote butter.  The brioche was a warm, spongy bread that had a slight taste of lemon zest in it.  The elote butter was a creme fresca, with cilantro oil in it. It did give off a little tang but it was nice.  The butter was creamy and light. The warm spongy bread with the light creamy elote butter went great together.

The next course was beet tacos.  The dish was a beet infused taco, and in it was creamy chipotle, salt roasted beets, and purple cabbage.  I honestly thought that I was not going to like the dish but it was really tasty.  The dish was crunchy, soft, and spicy. It was like a party in my mouth.

This third course was my favorite.  The dish was tostilocos with chipotle, jalapeño, and orange jicama sauce.  I am not kidding when I say this the only thing that was wrong with the dish was that there was not enough sauce!  My dad and I cleaned the plate.  The flavors in this dish popped. It was spicy, crunchy, smooth, and the pickles on the dish made it stand out.  I thought that the chipotle and the jalepeño were really spicy but that the orange jicama sort of cooled it down.  That was the end of the appetizers.

The first entree was a pumpkin ceviche.  Well, if you do not know what ceviche is, it is usually a fish appetizer that is made of raw fish and has lime juice on it.  So, now you can probably guess what this dish was.  It was raw pumpkin with avocado and lime juice. There were sunflower seeds on it with some fresh herbs.  The pumpkin was cut like a carpaccio and was very smooth and thin. When I had it, I could taste a hint of olive oil, and it was seasoned very nicely. I got salt and pepper with a bit of lime or lemon juice on it. Simple but tasty.  I also want to say that I really liked the sunflower seeds. It gave it that balance of crunchy and soft.

The next dish was a sweet pea enchilada.  An enchilada to me is like a burrito, but cut into slices, so this one was no different but I liked it a lot.  It had a very soft outside and a more crunchy inside. It was also a little bit sweet and a little bit sour.  There were also different sauces on the plate that I dipped peas into and it was really good.  I especially liked the sour cream and hummus.  This was a fun dish that I enjoyed, and would love to come back for more.

This third dish was called Pepper.  It was not exactly pepper though. It was beans in a little skillet with pepper “life savers” all around it which I thought was clever.  The beans were in a sauce that was a five pepper sauce.  This dish, specifically the sauce, reminded me of oyster sauce and was very smooth.  I also thought that the salad with the beans and the sauce was stupendous.  I know I said the “life savers” were clever, but they were also really fun to eat.  Overall, I thought this dish was the most fun dish with the “life savers” and the tiny skillet.  


Now, this last dish was my favorite entree, and my third favorite after the tostilocos and the pumpkin semifreddo that you can read about in my next paragraph.  It was the brussels sprout tacos!  The dish was a “make your own” taco which I love when we have taco night at my house.  So, the layout was the brussels sprouts were on a really hot plate that you could not touch like a bibimbap bowl.  To the side of the brussels sprouts were lettuce leaves they were the shell.  Then, the rest of the plate had toppings on it; creme, radish, sour cream, crunchy corn sticks...etc.  I went all out. I took the lettuce leaf put brussel sprouts and all of the toppings on it.  The taco was delicious. It was smooth, spicy, and creamy.  The brussels sprouts were packed with a nice kick, that made me want to eat them all day long.  Just typing this paragraph makes my mouth water.  Before my dad and I went to Dirt Candy he kept saying how much he loved the brussels sprout tacos, so I waited all night long for them and it was well worth it.

Last, but certainly not least was dessert.  It was a pumpkin semifreddo pie with mango and chili.  The semifreddo was like a frozen pumpkin pie with a slab of crust under it which gave it a cool hip style.  I tasted like pumpkin ice cream and the mango and chili was a nice compliment with the pumpkin.  The crust was so good it was hard and flaky just the way I like it.  With the semifreddo we also had a mexican hot chocolate that we shared.  It was very heavy with a little bit of paprika in it and not watery at all. It was perfect.

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Overall I had a wonderful meal and would love to come back to Dirt Candy with my whole family including the new addition, Josie.    
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Halloween Treats

10/30/2016

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Halloween is a super fun holiday especially when you make treats. But when you cannot have treats because of allergies, that is not fun.  My brother has a tree nut allergy and cannot have the treats his class brings in because it risks him having an allergic reaction.  So I decided to make him treats that he can have and share with his class!  I was going to make him mummy Rice Krispie treats and if you have an allergy to peanuts or tree nuts this is a good recipe for you.

I started off by melting three tablespoons of butter on low heat.  I stirred them until they melted completely and then added a bag of mini marshmallows along with some rainbow sprinkles to add some color.  You want to keep stirring until it is completely melted before adding six cups of Rice Krispies.  Then, you want to keep folding the mixture until the marshmallows look like they are stretching the Rice Krispies.  After it looks like cobwebs, turn off the stove. Then get a pan and spray it with cooking spray.  Slowly start pouring the mixture into the pan.  You want them to cool so put them in the fridge for fifteen minutes.  When you take them out of the fridge, you want to put parchment paper over a cutting board. Then, you want to flip the pan onto the board and tap it a few times.  Lift the pan, and it should have come out nice and clean.  You next want to cut the treats into even squares. Heat up a bowl of chocolate until it is silky smooth.  After you heat up the chocolate, you want to take a knife and spread the chocolate on one side of the Rice Krispie treats. To add the finishing touch, cut a mini twizzler in half and stick the two pieces on the treat to make creepy eyes!  Keep repeating until you have finished all of them.  I hope you will use this recipe and enjoy it just as my family did.  Happy Halloween!!!!!
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The New United States Ambassador to Laos

10/26/2016

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It is not every day that you get to go down to Washington D.C. to see your cousin become a United States Ambassador. Last week, I was really lucky to get to go down to Washington D.C. for a few days for this exact opportunity.  As you may have seen on one of my previous blog posts, I went to Vietnam for a couple of weeks to visit my Cousin Rena and to taste the wonderful Vietnamese cuisine.  Now, she has been appointed the United States Ambassador to Laos, which is a neighboring country to Vietnam, and from what I have heard, has the best South Asian food.

Washington D.C. is far from New York so it was a very long ride, but when we eventually got there we had a family at a Laotian restaurant so we can taste, and get a feel for the cuisine of Laos and to have a party before the ceremony that was the next day. My cousin Rena knows that I love food. She was so nice and she had someone show me all of the different Laotian foods and tell me what was in it.  I made a plate with some different stuff on it. I was honestly not starving but I took a good amount of food.  I got spicy eggplant salad, sticky rice, pork shoulder, and sun dried beef.

I had a little bit of each dish because I was not that hungry, but all of them were satisfying.  Let’s start off with the pork.  I really enjoyed the pork. It was fatty, and had a nice char on it with a lot of really good flavors.  Next, was the eggplant salad. It might have been my favorite one even if I did not have a lot of it.  Considering I do not love eggplant, this dish caught my attention. It was very spicy but in a good way.  The sticky rice was cool. Sticky rice is a glutinous rice and I kind of liked it better than regular white rice.  Lastly, I tried the sun dried beef. It was almost like beef jerky because it was tough but it was better because it had a tang to it.

​The next day we went to go see her get sworn in at The United States Department of State.  It was super cool because inside there were a lot of historic papers.  We even got to see the real Emancipation Proclamation signed by Abraham Lincoln!  Her speech was very nice although it was a little weird looking up at the stage thinking this is my cousin and not someone I do not know.  Overall the whole experience was great and the meal was very good. I cannot wait to go to Laos to see my Cousin Rena again and try more amazing food there! 
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Anniversary Hot Dogs & Milkshakes

9/24/2016

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What is better than going out for your parent’s anniversary and getting a hot dog, fries, and a milkshake? Going out to get a Black Tap milkshake, with a Walter’s hot dog, and potato puffs is better than that!.

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Walter’s Hot Dogs is located in Mamaroneck and, in my opinion, has the best hot dogs you will ever taste.  They are split down the middle and charred with a grilled bun.  They also are famous for these tiny fried mashed potato balls that are addictive.  Black Tap is located in New York City and have these huge amazing milkshakes that are to die for.  They are not super heavy, but they are light, creamy, and airy.  For one weekend only, they decided to do a little swap. Walter’s was going to sell Black Tap milkshakes and Black Tap was going to sell Walter’s hot dogs.  So, obviously my family was going to go to Walter’s and to make it even better we were going on my parents wedding anniversary.

Walter’s is unlike any hot dog stand you’ve ever seen. It looks just like a pagoda. A pagoda is a South Asian temple, that is used to to keep remains of saints, and kings. Even though Walter’s was selling the milkshakes they were also still selling their famous hot dogs.  So, when we went we got four hot dogs, two orders of potato puffs, and two milkshakes.  We got two because my family of four was not going to drink those huge milkshakes all by themselves.

The first time you bite into a Walter’s hot dog, something is born in your body that hasn’t been there before: the need to go here every weekend.  When you bite in the hot dog, you notice a couple of things that make them unique. First, most hot dogs aren’t split. Splitting them makes them get a char inside and outside which makes them crunchy. Also they are not all beef. They are half pork, half veal.  I love that it has that nice char and they get so much flavor from the veal and the pork.  Next, the potato puffs were perfect.  The outside was a crispy fried shell and the inside potato was so soft.  The very last thing is the milkshakes.  The thing that I really liked about their milkshakes was that they didn’t fill you up so much, and it was very silky and not really heavy.  It was a good shake but I just wanted to taste a little bit more of the oreo in the shake. Everything else about it was really good, especially the frosting.  Overall it was a really satisfying meal, and I hope to go there again soon!
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Finding a Barbecue Dessert

6/13/2016

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What better way to kick off summer than a barbecue!  Well, personally, I love barbecues, playing, and eating delicious food.....especially the food.  So, that is exactly what my family did. We went to our friend's (the Braunings) house for a delicious and fun barbecue.  My family wanted to bring something we had never made before so we made a chocolate mousse.  We started by separating egg yolks which you get when you crack the eggs you sort of toss the yolk back and forth between the egg shells so you can get all of the egg whites. Then you are just left with the yolks. We did that 11 more times and put them in our Kitchen Aid mixer and whisked them until we saw the peaks rise. After that we put whipping cream in a small pot and put it on simmer. When it started bubbling, we put that into the the egg mixture until it was all mixed. Then we put that mixture back into the the pot and put it on simmer again and then mixed in chocolate chips (Ghirardelli) and kept mixing it until all the lumps are gone.  We put the mixture into a bowl and then put plastic wrap over it and put it into the fridge for two hours.  While that was freezing, we started to make our whipped cream.  Before we started, we the whipped cream, we put a stainless steel Kitchen Aid bowl into the freezer for about 15 minutes. The amount of whipping cream you put into it depends on how much whipped cream you want to make. We put in a lot since we were going to a pretty big barbecue. We used a setting of about six on the mixer. It took a little bit for the whipping cream to start to look creamy so when you do it, do not get frustrated if it doesn’t get creamy.  When it starts to get creamy add in about three cups of sugar. Then we started it back up on the mixer at about a setting of four so it isn’t too creamy.  Then we put that back in the refrigerator. When the time was up, we folded half of the whipped cream into the chocolate mixture and the other half we saved to put onto the chocolate mousse.

My favorite thing that I had to eat at the barbecue was the corn they made.  Corn is good on the grill, which I personally think is the best way to make it, but it is even better how the Braunings made it.  The first thing you do is put this really good cheese sauce on it and then roll it in this really good Mexican Cheese.  Then you are done! It might not sound good, but it is amazing!  Then we had the Chocolate Mousse. The first thing I have to say about it is that it is very rich so, I would not have seconds of it because it might make you a little queasy.  Although it is really good I would totally make it again, and it was super chocolaty and the whipped cream on it was very delicious.  I was so glad to make something different, and know that it is good to make it again.
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Everything Bagel Donuts?!?!

4/10/2016

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Most of you have probably already heard of the new musical called Hamilton. Well my parents went to see it, and when they went they picked up a donuts from an amazing place called The Doughnut Project.  My dad bought a box for us to try and in it was a donut that everyone has been talking about called the Everything Bagel Donut. I know that you guys might be thinking that it was not going to taste too good. Well, that went through my mind also when I heard about it.

The first piece of donut I tried was the salted caramel chocolate donut with buttered pretzel on it.  You know that was the one that looked like it would be my favorite but, to be honest, it was not my favorite, and here is why.  When I took a bite of it the donut tasted exactly like a chocolate donut with crunchy stuff on top.  I thought it was more of a plain jane donut that did not really stick out but, it was still pretty good.  That is really what I thought about it overall.

The next donut I tried was my favorite.  Believe it or not, It was the everything bagel donut with sweet cream cheese glaze. Even though I was hesitant, I thought that the cream cheese was not overwhelmingly sweet but, it was just enough to go along with the everything bagel flavored topping.  I thought the bagel donut stood out and you would not find that at every donut shop you went to.  To be honest, it was the exact opposite of the first donut.

Next was a very interesting donut, and that is part of the reason why I really enjoyed it so much.  It was a long donut that had a maple frosting with a piece of bacon going across.  It was the perfect combination because bacon, and maple are like, two peas in a pod.  The savory bacon gave a nice touch to the sweet maple.  Overall I would say the same thing about this donut as I said for the last.

The last donut was a pretty cool donut. It was a PB&J donut.  It had a strawberry glaze with a peanut butter filling.  I thought it tasted almost identical to a PB&J sandwich, and I really liked that they did that. I thought that was very creative.  Overall I thought it was a really good donut.

The next time you are in NYC and want a sweet snack, swing on by the Doughnut Project and grab a box of these delicious donuts.
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"Treat" Yourself

3/27/2016

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If you have ever eaten Kellogg's Rice Krispies I’m sure you have seen the recipe on the back of the box for Rice Krispie Treats.  Well I have when I eat them I always see that recipe.  Each time I saw it I got more and more interested in making them.  So, finally I decided I’d make them.  I got lucky and I found a full box of Rice Krispies, mini marshmallows, and butter. I heated the stove to medium, and in a skillet I melted three tablespoons of butter.  When it was fully melted (which takes a little while), I added in the full bag of mini marshmallows, and melted them until they were fully melted, so that it sort of looked like fluff.  Then, I added in six cups of Rice Krispies (which is almost the whole bag), and I mixed it all together until it looked like a Rice Krispie treat.  If you have ever seen a Rice Krispie treat you will know that the marshmallow sort of clings to the Rice Krispies.  That is how it should look.  After you do that you turn the stove off and pour it into a tinfoil pan, and press it down to look like a rectangle.  Then, you let them cool for about fifteen minutes, and then cut them.  Then enjoy!! The next time you have a box of Rice Krispies lying around maybe you can make these easy yummy treats just like I did. Keep checking my blog because, I have been really getting into cooking and baking more so there will be a lot of blog posts coming up on Jordan’s Lunch Box.
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