Last week I went to a Red Cross Christmas charity event and not only did I manage to pick up a vintage velvet opera cape and an 80's Louis Feraud dress for pennies they also had Chocolate mince pies... they were gorgeous. If you don't like mince pies then you might like these because they have less of a traditional sweet mince taste and more of a mature chocolate orange taste. I found a recipe online courtesy of Hotel Chocolate at:
I haven't tested it yet mind.
I am definitely going to try and make these this year. I also have a craving to make an over the top three tier Christmas cake with pillars and everything. Just like an tragic 80s wedding cake really but my mum thinks it is a bit unnecessary. But what is a western Christmas about if it isn't about excess? You cant bring me up in ambitiously excessive culture and then expect me to make a one tier Christmas cake for the single reason of not being able to eat it all. Marie Antoinette wouldn't get on so well with my mum maybe.
Thinking about the Kirsten Dunst Film Marie-Antoinette makes me think of Laduree. Ive only ever come across their macaroons on glossy pages but after visiting their site it is my new ambition to visit one of their tea rooms. I could maybe go on a tea room tour? Wouldn't that be a nice way to spend your days. That one is certainly going in the pipe line for 2010. People need to know about the tea rooms of the world. They are culturally significant parts of societies. So when I write about them, people will learn more about the world, humanity and be a bit more understanding. Tea room tours could solve the racial issues of the world.
So offers of sponsorship for me to drink tea and eat cake are most welcome. I'd do a really good job of it.
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