PENGUIN SNACKS

Click here to read the original post! ** Making Valentine’s Day chocolate…honestly, what the heck? Was anyone else flummoxed by this? I was always tremendously confused as to why people in Japan wouldn’t just go out to buy chocolate like we do in America. Also…”making” chocolate. Like…from scratch? Do you know how hard it is to actually do that? I’ve researched it- without professional cocao bean grinding equiptment it’s incredibly difficult to do in a home kitchen. So why we

As a wee lass, Valentines Day meant nothing more to me than an occasion for buying boxes of Valentines from the grocery store to give to my classmates and hoping I would get a lot of candy during the class Valentine exchange we did every year in Elementary school. I remember hand writing out Valentines to my friends, hand making special ones for my family, and crunching through box after box of those candy hearts- my grandma kept my sister and I well-stocked through the month

Hey all! Long time no see! For real. I haven’t been posting lately, and here’s why. I contracted The Plague I was on winter break and didn’t leave my bed except for the essentials, like candy and wine. I started teaching two periods at a high school as part of my training, and emotionally, it’s hard. It’s really hard. Teachers have a hard job. I’ve been learning a lot as a teacher over the past couple of weeks. Teachers have to be strict, even when they don’t want to. They ha

Well, well, well. I’ve done it. I’ve achieved cake nirvana. I am prepared for The Great Beyond, now, thanks. There is nothing left in this world for me to experience, because I’ve already eaten the best cake attainable. Hasta luego mis amigos, Sacher Torte is all I need for the rest of my life. I’m being dramatic, but actually, this cake is amazing. Each component is perfectly balanced to support and heighten each new taste, and the Austrians knew what they were doing when th