Birthday picnic
The idea for a picnic came last minute. I didn’t have any grand plans in my head to celebrate my birthday this year – a pandemic, a few postponed trips, and other surprises thought me to slow down and not have many expectations. I decided to have a simple yet exciting and delicious picnic celebration, therefore I made some arrangements, prepared the menu, and looked forward with anticipation. For my last year’s birthday, I made a meringue cake (Pavlova). This time I challenged myself with a crème brûlée mille crêpe cake. Reality is different from tempting food images in culinary blog posts, thus there wasn’t any photographic evidence of this…
Birthday thoughts and cake
I was born yesterday. My mother remembers a thunderstorm the night before and rays of sunshine around noon on my birthday. This year location and latitude are different and there was a quick storm the evening before. Probably a coincidence. August is honey and amber, a summer as mature as old wine. I am grateful it chose me. Birthdays are not a time to regret getting old and cry over it. They are rather a moment to pause, wipe out any worries or sadness and enjoy yourself. Last year I made a red velvet cake, this year I decided to pay tribute to a few of my favorite things: meringue,…
