Radish and Apple Slaw

Early May marks the beginning of real variety at local farmers’ markets in the mid-Atlantic region, including crunchy radishes which I recently picked up while wandering through Eastern Market on a recent Sunday. It was a big bunch of bright red radishes with their leaf greens already removed, which was too bad since I’m a big fan of trying to find the best way to prepare and serve random greens like radish and carrot greens. As I walked home I bit into one of the spicy crunchy delicacies, savoring this underrated taste of sprin.

One of my favorite ways to eat radishes is raw and undressed, either as a snack with lunch or dinner or sliced into a simple green salad. However, raw and undressed radishes, with their peppery bite, are not for everyone so I set about researching delicious ways to use radishes that would compliment the spicy taste without letting it overpower folks’ taste-buds. The first thing I tried was peas with red onions and sauteed radishes, which cut the bite of the radishes and made them a bit sweeter, but also made them soft and almost mushy which is not how a radish should be eaten. After some more research, including finding a Rachel Ray recipe for an apple and radish salad, I decided to do a radish and apple coleslaw recipe with a creamy dressing.

To complete this recipe you will need either a very steady hand and a sharp knife or a mandolin slicer with julienne capability (I received this one a few years ago from my step-sister Lindsey and am in love with it) to create the small matchstick-like pieces of radish and granny smith apple that make the recipe a coleslaw.

Radish & Apple Slaw with Cream Dill-Lemon Dressing
Serves 4

1 large granny smith apple
10 medium/large radishes
half a medium red onion
1 cup light sour cream
juice of 1 medium lemon, about ¼ cup
2 tablespoons fresh dill, chopped
salt & pepper, to taste
1 tablespoon poppyseeds, optional

1)      Using a mandolin or a sharp knife, cut the apple and radishes into equally sized small matchstick shaped pieces. Drizzle with about a tablespoon of the lemon juice to prevent apples from turning brown.

2)    Cut the onion in half so you have 2 quarters of the onion and slice those thinly, so the sliced layers of the onion are similar in size and shape to the julienne apples and radishes. Add to bowl and toss to evenly incorporate.

3)     Whisk together sour cream,  remaining lemon juice, dill, salt & pepper. Add to apple, radish, and onion mixture.

4)     Toss the fruit and veggies well to coat with the dressing.

5)     Dish can be served immediately or stored in the fridge for several days. Do not be surprised in the dressing turns a slightly garish pink color, as the red skin of the radish does have that effect on the sour cream dressing.

Peaches ‘n’ Cream Popsicles

Ruth and I have been writing Cork and Spoon for almost 2 years now- which is a bit shocking to me right now. It certainly does not feel like 2 years; maybe that’s because it has been so much fun. Sure, the past couple of months have been difficult for us both because we have precious little time to cook, let alone photograph the cooking process and write about it, but whenever I do find time I do enjoy it, and I think I can confidently say Ruth does too.

Despite this, I have found my one most dreaded blogging task — taking pictures of popsicles. I know, it seems weird, but this may be the most difficult task I have face in the kitchen. I’ve made a perfect souffle on the first try with Ruth, I have made French onion soup from scratch without a recipe, I have grown and kept alive my own yeast and made bread from it – but I can not take a pretty picture of finished popsicles. It certainly doesn’t help that the food blogging world is filled with multi-talented dynamos who take pictures like these:

The Endless Simmer’s Grapefruit and Strawberry Greyhound Poptail

The Tiffin Box’s Mojito Popsicles and ‘Poptails’

< I have noticed that a lot of the lovely and artistic photos are of popsicles made in more traditional rectangular shapes, but I really don’t think my awesome start shaped molds are the problem. To be honest I am not sure what the problem is, but as we get closer and closer to summer, rest assured that I will keep practicing the art of popsicle photography and you will be the happy beneficiaries of this practice – starting today with peaches ‘n’ cream popsicles.

These popsicles were inspired by these strawberry and cream popsicles. In making my popsicles, I used frozen peaches this time around because peaches aren’t yet in season, but I look forward to making them again later this summer with peaches fresh from the farmer’s market.

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Peaches ‘n’ Cream Popsicles
makes 6 popsicles

1 6-oz container plain Greek yogurt
1 10-oz package frozen peaches, slightly defrosted
5-6 tablespoons skim milk
4 tablespoons honey
¼ teaspoon vanilla

1)     Using a traditional blender or a stick blender, puree all ingredients together until smooth.

2)     Pour into prepared popsicle molds, leaving about ½ and inch of space at the top for expansion during freezing.

3)     Place in freezer for at least 1 hour before serving. Can be kept in the freezer for up to a month before risking freezer burn.

Gluten Free Fun – Make Your Own Gluten Free Flour

This experiment started with a recipe that came out quite disappointing. It was a quinoa cupcake. The picture was so pretty. Lovely vanilla cake with quinoa scattered throughout like poppy seeds. It was healthy with all its fiber and lower calorie count. I didn’t even notice the “gluten free” tag line until I pulled up the recipe.

Oh, they smelled deeeeliiiish in the oven. Sadly they came out worse than my Friendship Muffins. Was it the same problem (too much liquid in the batter) or was it the lack of gluten? With gluten free baking ingredients not being the cheapest thing on the market, I was not willing to keep experimenting as I did with the muffins. My buttercream battles take up enough of my budget with all the butter, eggs, and sugar I go through. Time to make my own gluten free flour mix.

As I had researched gluten free baking previously, I already knew that gluten free flours were not a one for one swap deal with all purpose flour. Since I had brown rice flour already, I went in search of an uncomplicated, affordable blend based off of this flour. I also knew that “special” ingredients may be required to assist in replacing gluten’s connective powers. I crossed xanthum gum off my list immediately (Umm, “abdominal discomfort”?) . Instead I decided to use corn starch as a substitute since I had plenty of it available in my pantry.

It took me two days to find this amazing homemade gluten free flour mix from King Arthur Flour. Super easy and super cheap (compared to other gluten free flours that is), this one is a keeper. I have used it to make vanilla cupcakes, pizza dough, and chocolate pancakes. I won’t say you won’t “miss the gluten” as the products did show some change in texture (I’m very sensitive to food textures myself), but they were not bad changes. Everything tasted delicious!

I am also so very glad that I did this experiment, because a co-worker of mine has a four year old daughter with a gluten allergy. I found this out when I was heating up some of the leftover pizza for lunch and I was telling everyone about my gluten free experiment. When I shared my pizza dough and cupcake recipes with her, she almost cried. She was so happy that her daughter would be able to enjoy homemade childhood treats made with mamma’s love.

Gluten Free Flour Mix

adapted from King Arthur Flour

makes appx 4 1/2 cups

Ingredients

• 3 cups brown rice flour
• 1 cup potato starch
• 1/2 cup tapioca flour
• 1 tablespoon corn starch

Directions

1. In a bowl, whisk together all the above ingredients to combine completely. As the flours and starches are very fine, this whisking is key for a nice and even texture in the final baked product.
2. If not using, pour into an airtight container and store in the refrigerator.

Mini Berry Crostatas

Many many years ago, back during my college days, I hosted my first “grown-up” dinner one summer while my family was away. I had a couple of friends over, made chicken and vegetable kabobs, baked fresh bread with flavored butters, and fresh green salad. For dinner, I used a recipe from one of my mom’s ever present issues of Country Living Magazine. The simple rustic tart, a crostata so the magazine informed me, was full of fresh fruit and bright flavors and, despite how easy it was to make, looked amazing elegant, especially on my grandmother’s crystal cake stand. I remember being incredibly impressed with myself that day as everything I made quickly disappeared from my guests plates and knowing, from that moment on I would be the type of person who cooks for those she loves.

Fast forward nearly a decade to last week when I went a little crazy with the berries on sale at the Harris Teeter near my office. I went into buy a bag of frozen peas and walked out with 2 packages each of blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries. With 3 of those containers, I planned to make fruit salad for breakfast the rest of the week, but that still left a container of each berry in the fridge at the risk of going bad. That was when I remembered the mixed berry crostata I had made all those years ago, and went online to try and find the old recipe. This time I changed the recipe a bit to create a lighter flakier crust and, instead of making one large crostata, I decided to make several smaller 2-serving tarts that could be frozen and warmed up when I am craving something sweet.

Mini Berry Crostatas
Makes 5 crostatas, could serve up to 10 if people share

For the Crusts
1 ½ cups whole wheat pastry flour
1 cup unbleached all purpose flour
½ cup granulated sugar
1 cup butter, softened
1 large eggs, lightly beaten

For the Filling
1 8-ounce container blueberries
1 8-ounce container blackberries
1 8-ounce container raspberries
1 ½ tablespoons unbleached all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 lemon, cut in half with seeds removed
1 egg, beaten
Turbinado sugar, for sanding

1)     Using your hands, combine pastry flour, all-purpose flour, sugar, eggs, and butter in to a soft pliable dough. Wrap dough in plastic wrap and chill for at least 30 minutes or over night.

2)     When ready to make and bake crostatas, pre-heat oven to 375ºF. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper or brown paper lightly sprayed with cooking spray and dusted with flour.

3)     Rinse and dry berries well. Mix together in a medium sized bowl. In a small bowl, combine 1 ½ tablespoons flour, 3 tablespoons sugar, and 1 teaspoon cinnamon.

4)     Break dough into 5 roughly equal portions. To make one crostata, roll a portion of dough into a rough circle about 4 inches in circumference. Sprinkle about half a tablespoon of the flour, leaving an inch ring on the outside. Pile about a fifth of the berries on top of the dusting of flour and sprinkle with lemon juice. Carefully fold the crust up and over the edge of the berries, brush the crust with beaten egg and sprinkle with Turbinado or sanding sugar.

5)     Place prepared crostatas on baking sheets and bake for 40 minutes, rotating cookie sheets half way through baking time. Let cool some before serving.

Leeks Vinaigrette Sandwich

It is not hard to get stuck in a rut when it comes to weekday lunches. At my office there is this one gentlemen who, since he started 6 months ago, has eaten the same thing everyday – a big bowl of spaghetti from home. While I’m sure its nice to know exactly what you are eating everyday and not have to add menu planning to an already difficult morning routine, I don’t know that I could last one week on such a boring diet. I get around the potential for boredom by freezing a lot of individual leftover portions, but sometimes those run out and I need something fresh and new to pack in my lunch bag. So I was pretty excited several weeks ago when several leftover Easter eggs and a vague memory of a French dish I’d once heard of inspired me to create a rich, tasty spin on an egg salad sandwich. The recipe was perfect for 2-3 sandwiches, just the right amount to make things interesting and but not so many I was risking falling back into a rut.

I had heard once, quite some time ago, about a French dish involving leeks, hard boiled eggs, and vinaigrette called, unsurprisingly, leeks vinaigrette. The traditional recipe calls for several boiled leeks topped with a simple vinaigrette and chopped eggs, but with just one leek in the fridge that recipe wasn’t going to work. Being someone who loves egg sandwiches in whatever their form – egg salad sandwiches, scrambled eggs on toast, even the occasional fried egg on a burger – I decided to make my own spin on leeks vinaigrette between two slices of bread.

The sandwich is wonderful in its simplicity with just 4 ingredients: bread, eggs, marinated leeks, and mayonaise. What takes it up a notch is the complexity of the herbed mayo with the tanginess of the leeks. It is in these two flavorful sub-components that all of the ingredients find their home. Below are recipes for both the leeks and the mayo and a simple explanation on how I combined it all in the sandwich.

Leeks Vinaigrette Sandwich
2 hard boiled eggs, peeled and sliced
2 slices whole grain bread

Marinated Leeks
1 large leek
½ cup champagne vinegar
¹⁄3 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon horseradish grain mustard
salt & pepper

Herbed Mayo
2 tablespoons mayo
1 finely diced clove of garlic
3 teaspoons finely copped chives

1)     Begin by preparing your leeks, as you want to let them marinate for about a day before using. Thinly slice the white and pale green parts of 1 leek. Separate the leek rings and rinse well. Whisk together vinaigrette ingredients and add sliced leek to the bowl. Coat well, cover, and place in the refrigerator for about 24 hours.

2)     At the same time you prepare the leeks, mix together the mayo, garlic, and chives so the flavors have time to marry.

3)    To assemble the sandwich: Spread a thin layer of mayo on the inside of each slice of bread. Spread about a quarter cup of well drained leeks over one slice of bread. Layer sliced hard boiled egg over the leeks, top with second bread slice and enjoy.

Grilling Fruit for a Fun Summer Twist

I have just enough time to share a quick post with you before delving back into my Manhattan Prep “5lb Book of GRE Problems” (Seriously, it’s five pounds.) Now, this isn’t really a recipe. It’s more of an idea for you all to keep in mind the next time you feel like firing up your grill.  If you haven’t already, I’m sure you will soon once the warm weather hits your hometown like it has here in Virginia.

So last Sunday was my first grilling day of the season.  With lighting coals not being one of my stronger skills (like all the math problems I keep missing!), I prepared a LOT to grill so as not to waste any of that precious fire. I had a nice slab of sirloin steak, a couple of chicken breasts, and some salmon fillets. That would ensure a few homemade meals for the upcoming week. But what else? I’d definitely still have some prime grilling time after these bad boys were done.

Then my eyes strayed across the island top to a blushing pink lady apple I hadn’t gotten around to snacking on.  Ooohh! I love grilled pineapple. How would other fruits like this apple do on the grill?? Taking my paring knife, I sliced up three apples into [not so pretty] rounds. This was going to be fun! Baked apples, apple pie…all delicious way to cook apples. I was excited about the thought of adding the smokey flavor of grilling.

I was not disappointed!  The apples came out with just a little bit of crunch left (This disappears if you let them sit awhile since the fruit keeps cooking after you remove it from the heat). They tasted like apple pie…but with smoke. Score! I had this batch over baby greens with pecans and goat cheese tossed in a honey balsamic vinaigrette, but I can think of many other ways to enjoy grilled apples.  How about with vanilla ice cream?  Or topped with graham cracker crumbs and caramel sauce? Maybe as a side for some grilled pork chops?

I can’t wait to try more fruits.  Soon plums, apricots, peaches, and other yummy things will be in season.  Yup,  I am definitely keeping grilled fruit on the menu this summer.

 

~Ruth

A Passion for Paella

For Christmas this past year I received one of the most amazing gifts ever from Tom – the chance to pick any 2-3 classes I wanted at the established, highly regarded L’Academie de Cuisine, a local culinary school with both professional and recreational class offerings. A few days after we exchanged gifts I spent the day pouring over the class listing trying to narrow down my options. I wanted to pick a class that was participatory and involved a cuisine or technique that I would never try on my own. I was immediately drawn to the Passion for Paella class for 2 reasons: 1) I had never had paella before and was pretty sure I was missing out on something amazing, and 2) like risotto, paella has a reputation for being difficult and I had to know if that reputation is truly deserved. For my second class I chose An Evening on the French Quarter because I was excited for our spring trip to New Orleans and knew that I would want to recreate some of the amazing flavors I was going to encounter. And, while it’s been 4 months since Christmas (the classes filled up fast, so I had to pick classes a few months out), I got to experience my first class this weekend and I took pictures just for you. There are from my iPhone though, so some of them are a bit fuzzier than usual

My group’s final product: gazpacho (made by yours truly) and Paella alla Valencia.

The Passion for Paella class started at 7pm with a short discussion about the the origins of paella, basic kitchen tips and safety when using an industrial kitchen, and an overview of how to prepare the various menu items. As student, the approximately 24 students would be making an appetizer course, a soup course, and one of 7 paellas. The dessert course, a sangria sorbet, was then made by the teacher and her staff, with students given an easy to follow recipe for making it at home.

The first dish the class was tasked with making was a mushroom crostini with fresh made aioli. It was a straight forward dish with mushrooms, jamon serrano, and parsley.

Our soup course was a gazpacho with onion, garlic, tomatoes  cucumbers, and green peppers. I’m not a huge fan of cold soups, but this was still refreshing, and insanely easy to make.

Of course, the main dish for the evening was paella, and with so many versions to try each team was tasked with making one of the paella recipes. I picked the team that was making Paella alla Valencia, a traditional paella made for special occasions in Valencia, Spain. This traditional paella is made with a host vegetables – including artichokes, green beans, and tomatoes; garlic; saffron; paprika; rosemary; meat – including duck, chicken, or rabbit (we used chicken and rabbit), and some seafood – shrimp and mussels in our recipe.

The steps for making the paella are simple, although it will take some practice for me to get them just right. Once the aromatics are sautèed in olive oil, the rice is added and coated in the flavored oil. Like risotto, water or broth are added to the dish and the vegetables and spices are stirred in. Unlike risotto, though, that is the end of your stirring because you want a nice caramel, crispy layer of rice to form on the bottom of the pan. After about 10 minutes, your pre-browned chicken and rabbit are gently folded into the paella and it is left to cook until almost done. With 10 or so of cooking time left, the shrimp and mussels are pushed carefully into the top of the paella, cooked until the mussels begin to open. After about 10 minutes, you remove the pan from the heat and cover it for 5 minutes before serving.

Paella alla Valencia with about 8 minutes of cooking time left – the mussels are just beginning to open.

In addition to my teams excellent rendition of Paella alla Valencia, there were at least 5 other paellas to sample:

Arroz Negro – a paella made with squid and squid ink.

Chickpea & Eggplan Paella

Paella Marinara

In the end, this was one of the best ways I could imagine spending a Saturday evening. Experimenting with a new dish under the guidance of an expert makes me feel ready to try my hand at making paella for friends and family. Keep an eye out for pictures from my next class in the coming weeks!

Cherry Blossom Martini

This weekend was the finale of the 2013 National Cherry Blossom Festival. How fast cherry blossoms fade away!

Two weeks ago, Shawn and I were enjoying a stroll around  the Tidal Basin and White House, while the blossoms refused to emerge from their buds.  Yesterday, I watched it rain pink and white petals from my chair in my favorite coffee shop while getting some GRE study time in.  There they were, dancing in the wind, leaving behind them the pale green of the newly emerged leaves.

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The Cherry Blossom Festival is more than an annual Washington, D.C. event for me.  Many of you know that I grew up in Okinawa, so this Japanese tradition was

2006 Cherry Blossom Festival – View of the Jefferson Memorial

part of my childhood.  It seemed befitting then, that during the heart of the 2006 festival, my sister and I re-united with  two of our closest friends that we had grown up with…over a decade after last seeing each other in middle school.  Taren drove up from San Antonio, Mika metro-ed in from eastern Maryland, and Val and I metro-ed in from Virginia. We found each other on the steps of the  Jefferson Memorial, amidst peak bloom, and the energetic vibrations of taiko drums.  It was like old times enjoying street festivals in Okinawa.  We picked up right where we left off. You never would have known the three of us hadn’t seen each other since we were children.

Japanese taiko drummers

So I thought I would share this Cherry Blossom Martini as we say good-bye to this years blooms.  It is based on a recipe from Disney’s EPCOT Center (You know, the “It’s A Small World” park where you can “visit” a number of countries, including Japan).  This pretty pink cocktail gets its color from a splash of cranberry juice, but it’s flavor is all sake (think sherry) and sweetly tart plum wine.  If you like, a delicate sparkling sake is a fun substitute to the junmai sake I used.  Just be sure to use a good quality sake.  The kind you drink warm will definitely not work here!

based on Disney’s EPCOT Center recipe 

serves 1

Ingredients

• 1 part junmai sake
• 1 part cranberry juice
• 0.5 parts plum wine
• ice cubes

Directions

1. Add ice to a cocktail shaker and pour in all three ingredients.  Shake vigorously for a few seconds .
2. Pour into cocktail glasses.

~Ruth

Warm Spring Millet Salad

Early April is when local fresh produce is finally becoming available again in DC. One of the biggest stars of the early spring season is asparagus- delicious, woody, amazing asparagus. At this time of year, my fridge is never without a fresh bunch of asparagus and I eat it nearly every day in nearly every possible way – from simply roasted with lemon, in scrambled egg sandwiches, and now in a light delicious side with my new favorite grain – millet. 

I first learned about millet a few weeks ago from this post at The Kitchn. I was immediately intrigued by this whole grain that, when cooked using the method described in the post resembles couscous. Millet has a slightly nuttier flavor than couscous, and packs just a tiny bit more of a nutritional punch than couscous with higher levels of minerals and vitamins, although calorie, fat, and carb counts are essentially the same. Another benefit of millet is the variety of whats it can be used: from this pilaf like preparation, to a gluten-free breakfast porridge, or even just tossed – uncooked – into cookies, muffins, and other baked goods. With such versatility, its becoming hard for me to imagine my kitchen without this amazing grain.

This was my first time cooking millet, so I will admit it did not come out quite perfect. I tried to follow The Kitchn’s instructions, but I think I stirred my millet a bit too much and it came out a little creamier than I wanted – like risotto in its early stages (ooo there’s an idea! Millet risotto!). I also toasted my millet in a bit of oil, as if I were cooking risotto, which probably contributed to the creaminess. Rest assured, even if the grain isn’t cooked quite right, it was still amazing, tasty, and just the right dish for a hearty side with chicken or a light flavorful lunch by itself.

Warm Spring Millet Salad
Serves 3 as a light meal or 6-8 as a side dish

1 cup hulled millet
2 cups chicken or veggie stock
1 cup shelled English or sweet peas
1 ½ cups fresh asparagus, cut about ½-inch long
¼ cup finely chopped mint
juice of 1 lemon, about ¼ cup
3 tablespoons high quality olive oil
salt & pepper

1)     Cook millet according to The Kitchn’s “Perfect Millet” instructions – and seriously don’t stir it!! It will be better that way.

2)     While the millet cooks, whisk together olive oil and lemon. Add about ½ a teaspoon each of salt and pepper (you can add more later if you need to) and mint leaves. Whisk again to combine.

3)     After about 30 minutes, heat about 1 inch of water in a pot large enough to fit your steamer basket. Just as water begins to boil, place steamer basket with peas and asparagus in pot and cover tightly. Let cook for about 3-4 minutes, depending on the thickness of the asparagus stalks.

4)     Once millet has finished cooking, fluff with fork and carefully stir in cooked vegetables. Pour dressing over entire mixture and stir to coat evenly.

5)     Serve warm as a light lunch or as a side dish at dinner.

I’m Still Here…Sort Of…But I’m Definitely Trying!

And I definitely owe you an explanation!

My friends, I am going nuts. That is why you have not heard from me in weeks. I have no excuses like a zombie apocalypse to explain my Cork and Spoon absence. Instead, I have the GRE (actually started out with the GMAT) and my quest to enroll in an MBA program. My goodness is it making a mess out of my life…and I am not even in a program yet! Yes, since January I have quite frequently made myself physically and mentally sick over this MBA enrollment thing.

It’s not just the normal stress you would expect with this situation. I have a HUGE resentment towards the whole idea of doing an MBA. First, there is a reason I did not do my undergrad in Business. I have absolutely no interest in it! Unfortunately, the career path I ended up on is one where an MBA is a “silent discriminator”. Second, I am missing a really, really, really BIG BIG BIG career opportunity that is not very likely to come my way ever again…one that I have been keeping an eye out for almost four years now. When my Mentor called me up and asked if I was interested, the two of us were absolutely giddy…until I told her I was planning on starting my MBA…then her face fell. “Get your MBA out of the way now,” plus direction to get it done in two years max. Eeep! Third, I have no time to do anything but study for the GRE and get my brain around the various admissions checklists, let alone do things I need to do or things I enjoy doing like writing posts for Cork and Spoon and interacting with you all through this blog and visiting you at your own blogs. How can I write a post about food when I will not even admit how many times I have had ramen for dinner (or cheetos or nothing) over the past three months?

However, I have not abandoned our Cork and Spoons followers, even though it appears that I have. Over the past three months, I have not stopped thinking about posts that I want to (eventually) share with you. There is a conceptual three part Gluten Free series inspired from a conversation I had with a co-worker whose five year old is allergic to gluten (among other things!). She was so excited when I showed her how to make a gluten free flour base to make pizza crust and cupcakes for her daughter. For Saint Patrick’s Day, I had started on a whiskey cocktail recipe that turned into more on how I go about creating my cocktails.  I also have an idea for a Cherry Blossom Martini in honor of DC’s famous Cherry Blossom Festival and an ode to my childhood spent in Okinawa, Japan.  Of course, most of the past three months covered the Lenten season so I have a few meat free dishes I whipped up in between ramen runs. Then there is the charcuterie class Emilie and I took at Lavagna. Oh, and my sister’s baby shower is this weekend and I am on shared cupcake duty with her BFF! My job is to make the “exotic” cupcakes since non-traditional flavors are my specialty. I was on caterer duty until my mom got fed up with my “schedule”…

Dear god, how is it going to be once I’m actually in an MBA program???