six months, and a birthday {day 183}

Jennifer Perillo — 2012-02-06T19:01:57-08:00

Tomorrow is your birthday. The first February 7th without waking to your beautiful brown eyes. Gosh, how I miss your unibrow. Remember how I teased you incessantly about it early on, and then you finally let me tweeze it? That's true love, I know that now. ...from the first birthday card you gave me in November 1999. What I would give to feel the sharp clash of your toe nails against my ankles under the covers. Why is it you never took my advice on using a nail file to soften the edges? No matter now, right? I had this...

chocolate pistachio madeleines {day 182}

Jennifer Perillo — 2012-02-05T19:42:50-08:00

My first attempt at making madeleines was only recently, just before Mikey passed away actually. I relied on a trusted source to guide me, and while the batter tasted amazing, and the finished product was quite good too, my madeleines looked like they'd been through a war. I broke a sweat trying to pry them from the pans with my offset spatula. Figuring I didn't use enough butter or flour to coat the pans, I immediately started a second batch. Mikey looked at me like I was nuts, but he knew my drive for perfection was ceaseless and I wouldn't...

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six months, and a birthday {day 183}

chocolate pistachio madeleines {day 182}