Mindy Weisberger (she/her)Tonight I decided to add candy eyes to our chocolate-dipped strawberries, only to learn that when it comes to desserts there is a very, very fine line between “whimsical” and “cursed”
Sarah Orsborn
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She/her. Line cook. Culinary student. Aspiring chef. Twin mom. Obsessed with my dog Pablo, my cat Tinycat, books (ok once upon a time I went to grad school for English lit and now I read romance novels), skincare, and cocktails. Feminism, disability rights and LGBTQ rights are super important to me. Presbyterian (PCUSA). Arkansan in Denver. PTSD, anxiety, congenital heart defect.đź’•đź’śđź’™
My kids have realized that if they insult newbie chef mom’s dessert skills, she will attempt to prove them wrong. This is an eggnog crème brûlée. (And I *can* execute desserts. I just don’t particularly like to eat them. So I don’t make them much.)
Rest in peace, Olive pup. 2008-2022. She came to us one Christmas and she left us this one. A great and awful dog. With a heart full of love for her people, a general hatred of almost all other living creatures, and for a time, a desire to escape any fence that rivaled the velociraptors of Jurassic Park. In her later years, she decided to stick with us, and was our anxious kid’s personal emotional support dog. We will love her forever.
I feel like it was suboptimal to try to get plugged in here during my last month of culinary school—I barely have time to read and post. Two weeks left and then I will have a lot more time. In the meantime, here’s Tinycat and Pablo chilling on my bed.
Post-Thanksgiving is a great time to come home from a line cook shift hungry. Just absolutely demolished a big bowl of leftover mashed potatoes, turkey, and gravy.
A late-night #caturday posting, with bonus sleeping dog. This cuddle crew gives me so much happiness.
While chatting about fave #Thanksgiving foods with a restaurant coworker, I was like “I have to have cornbread dressing.” He asked what I think the difference between stuffing and dressing is.
My answer: stuffing is looser, to me. Dressing holds together, like a savory bread pudding. Also: “stuffing” poultry is a recipe for salmonella.
Best Thanksgiving dish is actually brunch the next day: crisp cornbread dressing in a skillet. Top with fried egg, gravy, and hot sauce.
Muppet HistoryJim Henson had a 1978 Lotus Eclat that was not only Kermit the Frog green but also had Kermit pupils on the headlights
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It’s pretty wild that I get to just hang out with some of the coolest people I have ever met and watch #TheAmazingRace and oh, surprise I brought home slightly damaged pecan pie from the restaurant and yes, let’s brainstorm a name for a stuffed animal that is a little mushroom person, and then we read a story and have a cuddle before bed. #parenting is the hardest thing I have ever done and it is also so very lovely sometimes.