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I have slowly but surely been developing a huge crush on Jeremy Renner. HIS FACE. He wins at everything.
I don't think I realized that he was starring in the fourth Bourne film (I like Matt Damon and those movies). That makes me SUPER EXCITED for it. I would normally not be into any franchise movie without the original star, but... JEREMY RENNER. Plus Edward Norton is in it! And Joan Allen's back! I'm so there.
He's practically the only reason to watch Mission Impossible 4 (which was admittedly a fun action flick). And of course, he's one of the many, many reasons I'm excited about The Avengers.
Pink's video for "Trouble," which is a great song but a fairly ridiculous video, is watchable because Jeremy's in it. True story.
Also, this.
I made this lemon-scented pull-apart coffee cake today. It's pretty time consuming, as most baked goods involving yeast are, but it's delish (and makes your house smell awesome).
Cooling on a wire rack, straight out of the oven:
With the glaze:
Baking notes:
- The dough is sticky. VERY sticky. More sticky than the recipe would indicate. However, it's still fairly workable. I didn't add too much more flour while kneading, though I certainly could have. It would've taken a lot more flour to make it totally unsticky, so some stickiness is ok; it just shouldn't be like liquid.
- I used all lemon zest rather than part orange, mostly out of laziness.
- I wasn't too crazy about the cream cheese glaze. I don't know if I'd use it next time. Plus the recipe makes more than you need for this cake, and I ended up throwing half of it away because I didn't care for it enough to use it anywhere else.
- Could be my oven, but about 23 minutes into the baking time, I noticed that the top was already very brown. I quickly covered it with foil, and if I hadn't done that it would have burnt (in fact, you can see in the photos that the edges look fairly dark). It's totally fine now, but if I'd noticed a few minutes earlier I probably would have covered it then.
- Other people seemed to have a lot of trouble getting the cake to come out of the pan. I don't know if it's because I used a lot of grease or because I used one of my new CorningWare pyroceram loaf pans, but I didn't have any issue at all, it popped right out!
The other day while at Whole Foods I impulsively picked up a couple of heirloom tomatoes, even though they're not exactly in season yet and the price was outrageous (hurry up and get here, summer! I want to eat ALL YOUR TOMATOES). Today I made a simple and delicious tomato sandwich, recipe courtesy of Saveur. It's not much of a recipe, really. Just thickly slice a tomato. Butter two thin slices of toast, then spread mayo on both (yes, BOTH butter and mayo). Stack a few tomato slices inside, add a smidgen of salt and a tiny bit of sugar, then devour. It's incredible. I might've eaten two of these sandwiches. >.>
Tonight I'm going to be healthier. Making my favorite black cod dish along with a stir-fry vegetable medley. D made it for us for dinner last night, and I scarfed tons of it. Sometimes nothing is better than a heaping plate of veggies. Afterward he, K and I played a few games of Pandemic, none of which we won, lol. I couldn't really tell if D was all that into it; I know K really likes it though. Pandemic's turning into a pandemic. :))
I don't think I realized that he was starring in the fourth Bourne film (I like Matt Damon and those movies). That makes me SUPER EXCITED for it. I would normally not be into any franchise movie without the original star, but... JEREMY RENNER. Plus Edward Norton is in it! And Joan Allen's back! I'm so there.
He's practically the only reason to watch Mission Impossible 4 (which was admittedly a fun action flick). And of course, he's one of the many, many reasons I'm excited about The Avengers.
Pink's video for "Trouble," which is a great song but a fairly ridiculous video, is watchable because Jeremy's in it. True story.
Also, this.
I made this lemon-scented pull-apart coffee cake today. It's pretty time consuming, as most baked goods involving yeast are, but it's delish (and makes your house smell awesome).
Cooling on a wire rack, straight out of the oven:
With the glaze:
Baking notes:
- The dough is sticky. VERY sticky. More sticky than the recipe would indicate. However, it's still fairly workable. I didn't add too much more flour while kneading, though I certainly could have. It would've taken a lot more flour to make it totally unsticky, so some stickiness is ok; it just shouldn't be like liquid.
- I used all lemon zest rather than part orange, mostly out of laziness.
- I wasn't too crazy about the cream cheese glaze. I don't know if I'd use it next time. Plus the recipe makes more than you need for this cake, and I ended up throwing half of it away because I didn't care for it enough to use it anywhere else.
- Could be my oven, but about 23 minutes into the baking time, I noticed that the top was already very brown. I quickly covered it with foil, and if I hadn't done that it would have burnt (in fact, you can see in the photos that the edges look fairly dark). It's totally fine now, but if I'd noticed a few minutes earlier I probably would have covered it then.
- Other people seemed to have a lot of trouble getting the cake to come out of the pan. I don't know if it's because I used a lot of grease or because I used one of my new CorningWare pyroceram loaf pans, but I didn't have any issue at all, it popped right out!
The other day while at Whole Foods I impulsively picked up a couple of heirloom tomatoes, even though they're not exactly in season yet and the price was outrageous (hurry up and get here, summer! I want to eat ALL YOUR TOMATOES). Today I made a simple and delicious tomato sandwich, recipe courtesy of Saveur. It's not much of a recipe, really. Just thickly slice a tomato. Butter two thin slices of toast, then spread mayo on both (yes, BOTH butter and mayo). Stack a few tomato slices inside, add a smidgen of salt and a tiny bit of sugar, then devour. It's incredible. I might've eaten two of these sandwiches. >.>
Tonight I'm going to be healthier. Making my favorite black cod dish along with a stir-fry vegetable medley. D made it for us for dinner last night, and I scarfed tons of it. Sometimes nothing is better than a heaping plate of veggies. Afterward he, K and I played a few games of Pandemic, none of which we won, lol. I couldn't really tell if D was all that into it; I know K really likes it though. Pandemic's turning into a pandemic. :))
