2016, you’re almost over, and I’m so happy! Today the electoral college went ahead and confirmed the dismal 2017 forecast, and news from the rest of the world recently has been extraordinarily terrible too, but I’m looking forward to at least symbolically closing this year’s chapter.
This weekend Andrew and I spent time with friends at our annual eggnog party and then participated in a tiki-themed holiday concert put on by our friends Amrita and Andrew in their music series Spirits on Spirits. Before the party took we took 30 minutes out of the whirlwind weekend to have an afternoon coffee with some satsumas, dark chocolate, and candied chestnut panettone. No, I didn’t bake the panettone myself, although I’m sure that would be a gratifying thing to do at some less busy point, but it was nice to take a few moments to breath in between everything else. For the rest of this year, and definitely into next, I plan on taking as many of those moments as possible.
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I’ve always fantasized about baking panettone, but haven’t quite gotten there yet (I’ve been tempted to order some from http://www.thisisfromroy.com, but then I think that $50 is a bit steep for something I could bake myself…And then the cycle continues). Oh well, maybe one day. I did make some Christmas Quark Stollen this year, though, so a small victory was mine! 🙂 Happy New Year to you!
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I bought this one from Eataly! It was expensive but worth it, since I always mean to make my own and never do! The chocolate panettone looks delish!
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