Well while all the other folks in the city were apparently raiding the grocery store shelves (see previous post), we were heading to Wolf Camera to buy ourselves a belated Christmas present. We don't really buy and wrap up gifts for one another but we kinda just get a few things we're really longing for throughout the year. In this case, it was a paticular lens for our camera. I don't know the specs, but I wanted it to take some nice artistic shots and Matt said it would do just that, so we bought it. You can see a couple of examples above. I'm kinda still learning, but I really love it!
Anyhoo, when we got done at Wolf, we dropped by the grocery store to pick up some provisions. Frozen shrimp they had a plenty, but whipping cream? Fresh salad greens? Not so much. Who knows why. Maybe everyone fancies a nice bowl of lettuce and cream when they're snowed in. Anyhoo, I did eventually find some cream, but marscapone was nowhere to be found (couldn't quite make it to Whole Foods), so when I made the Peach Cupcakes with Marscapone Frosting, I'm not sure they were quite authentic. But they were tasty. I also made up a few old favorites: Baked Shrimp Scampi and Mandarin Salad.
Why all this cooking a few days after Christmas? Well as a treat for some very helpful helpers …. more on that tomorrow!
