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Cake day: September 4th, 2023

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  • Small steps. Some cookbooks talk through the basics. Lock in some staples and built from there. Eggs 3 ways, pasta sauce, simple desserts. I was surprised how simple and impressive a gelatine-based panna cotta is. Once i got some under my belt, i tried something more intricate - Lemon sabayon pine nut tart with honeyed mascarpone cream from the french laundry.

    Funny how desserts are formulaic, so follow the recipe. Daily cooking is usually by ‘feel’.

    Oh and always ask that amazing lady for advice.








  • Portable hard drive. These babies were more durable than floppies and could store about 700k on a capacitor array. Iirc, the glovebox would open to show 6" CRT so you could play games on the road, only the cables were so short only the front passengers could play without the $60 extender. The only downside was the aftermarket installers usually installed a separate pair of speakers yould hang from the shades, so the car stereo would sometimes drown out the bgm.