use real butter

I’ve been trying to encourage Jeremy to finish off the semifreddo and the chocolate dome so I can make some room for more homework in the freezer. I can’t send anything to Tom and Kellie for several days because Kellie’s dad is visiting and he’s diabetic and she said it’s best not to even let him see sweets during his stay because he lacks self-control. And if I send anything to Marcus, it has to serve at least 5 people because his parents are visiting for the month. This afternoon I acquired 24 petit four molds which I plan to use in the very near future before my pastry cream, buttercream, chocolate mousse, and ganache go south. Jeremy has expressed quite a fondness for the petits fours I packed in his lunch yesterday - and they didn’t have any chocolate!

the chocolate dome ages nicely

2 dozen cute and little petit four molds

My Donna Hay book arrived and I splurged on early Easter candy at the store because I am an atheist and I like robin eggs…

We met up with Greg this morning at Eldo for some pretty sweet conditions. Jeremy and I skied a couple of hours, but Greg remained for the whole day and had a great time. I wanted to stay longer, but my legs were tired from the weekend, and Jeremy had to get back to work. Before we left, Greg came with us to the car and got a package out of his truck from Emily. He even put it in a bag and tied a bow on it!

goodie bag

The contents of the goodie bag included gourmet salts from Hawaii, Mexico, and France! Foodies are such incredible people. The salts are so pretty I’m afraid to use them…

salt, salt, salt, and maple syrup (not pictured: smoked ham!)

Tonight I went into Boulder to meet up with Jeremy and Greg for dinner at Jax Fish House. When I told Greg I had chosen a seafood joint, he sort of chuckled. I realized I must have sounded like some crackhead telling him we were going to eat seafood in a landlocked state. But we were all pleased with our meals and the boys both ordered the blue plate tonight:

beautiful seared sashimi grade ahi tuna

greg and i, outside of jax’s