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Cooking and baking are a medium through which I express myself or rather a means to channel feelings and emotions I don't know what to do with. When I'm in the kitchen nothing exists for me but the ingredients before me. The actions of chopping, dicing, whipping, grating, folding, kneading etc. allow me to focus my thoughts.

Lately, I've been experiencing something I can't quite place. I'm not sure that I dislike it, but I can say I like it either. Emotions can sometimes be complex - happiness, sadness, clarity, confusion, peace, and unease can sometimes exist at the same moments or for a continued period of time.

I tried to capture that complexity it a dessert last weekend - a tart with raspberries + blackberries  from the farmers market tossed with a sherry vinegar reduction, sugar, salt, and chopped fresh basil from my garden then baked in a rice flour crust. I really liked the crust; it came out perfectly. I'm becoming a huge fan of rice flour. I got the recipe from the crust from Chaotic Cooking(http://chaoticcooking.wordpress.com/2007/02/22/rice-flour-pie-crust/). The entire tart was a perfect balance of sweet + savory.

Oh, I forgot to mention, there's a hint of black pepper as in the tart as well. I told you the flavors were complex.

Cheers to being human!


 


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09/03/2010 10:39am

A lovely looking tart, beautiful jewel colors, will have to try.

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