Croissant, or Mille-Feuille? An innocent enough question. An idyllic one, when I was a child. Food’s power comes from fostering relationships. It comes from the fact that two people eating together, are sharing. Sharing an activity. Sharing clumsy mouthfuls of custard caked pastry. Sharing happiness. No surprises then that one of my (literal) sweetest memories …
That is beautiful! – Massimo Bottura Kind words considering the mess in front of me…and the wasted hours behind me. Maybe I should explain what the original intention here was. As part of my recent obsession with thepastrydepartment.com, I was planning on trial running a pastry recipe for a lemon tart. Specifically, a recipe for making …