Black and white…delicious duality
One thing everyone in this family knows now is that since I’m writing a food blog you may or may not be served the “house standard”. As in:
“I’m making brownies but it isn’t the same recipe I’ve used and loved for the past 14 years but I’m sure we’ll love it!”
The camera pans to the face of my teenage son who is a texture fascist “Right, Mom.”
Stop. It just became painfully obvious that we need a punctuation mark that is the opposite of the exclamation mark…would ¡ work? Yes, it does look like a lowercase i but it’s supposed to be an upside down !. Doesn’t really work does it? Hmmm…I’m looking for something that clearly denotes a lack of belief or interest in anything an adult says. Where is the !’s evil twin when you need it?
That is the nature of the universe, isn’t it. Duality, yin and yang, black and white. Ah now I see.
Stephanie over at Dispensing Happiness is cordial enough to host a black and white food blog party and I’m there with my Julia Child and Dorie Greenspan Brownies from the Baking With Julia cookbook and a Tall Double-shot Redeye with hand cranked cream foam produced by genius husband.
Will I make these brownies again? No.
Am I posting the recipe? No! I’m too lazy and it was bad enough to go to such work for the product but to actually write down that procedure would be insane. Around here if we want good brownies we NOW know that the recipe should be the one on the back of the Bakers Unsweetened Chocolate box. Its good, its easy, and only one bowl is messed and everyone, including the texture fascist, likes them.
They look good, they tasted good, but they were way too difficult and messy.
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The espresso is picture perfect. The brownies need to be dunked in milk immediately…yummy.
Very funny post : ) I love the shot of the espresso — that looks yuuuuuuumy! I actually just tried these cookies . Although they are not my recipe, they are Oh My God Amazing. Literally. Incredible. If you are craving chocolatey brownies, they hit the spot!
Brownies with coffee works for me. In fact, any cake with coffee works for me.
Anjali, thank you.
Rachael, I’ve been wanting to SK’s World peace cookies…just haven’t had time yet. I love that blog!
Scott, I agree.
It pains me to no end to think that Dorie would be involved in something that wouldn’t result in rave reviews, so I’ll just blame Julia Child for the mishap with your brownies, (ha! I’m sure someone will object to that).
Brilynn, thanks for stopping by. They were tasty and of course we ate them all. But they weren’t “our brownies” and it now occurs to me that some foods should be sacred…brownies, chocolate chip cookies, and Texas Sheet Cake would form the holy trinity of recipes not to be messed with around her. I have to get Dorie’s newest book and give it a spin…everything else I’ve tried from Baking With Julia has been superb.