Friday, October 11, 2002


cozy comfort on a cold wet friday

the weather here today is just waaay too english -- chill drizzle, cold slap-in-the-face breeze, and damp, clingy fog without any of the pretty glow you usually see here in new york. this ugly fog slumps around the skyline like a dirty old horse blanket.

as my shoes and i squished on into work today, i looked forward to nice pot of french press coffee made with the illy medium-roast my colleagues prefer. but as i was drinking some, i suddenly had a completely atavistic desire for a hunk of old-fashioned crumb-top streusel-type coffee cake to go with it. that's right -- i wanted some cozy comfort on this miserable day. and since tomorrow is supposed to be even worse. . . .

naturally, i never make anything like this, so i had to search around for a truly retro-50s style recipe. it's very simple; another with berries can be found here.

but being myself, i would naturally improve these recipes -- use plugra butter, better vanilla, etc. as well as maybe make a winter fruit compote in my glorious still-kinda-new kuhn rikon to eat with it. that would be a tremendous cuddle-up-in-your-jammies-breakfast-at-home treat.

in fact, as i post this, the kuhn rikon is making its cute little whuffle in the kitchen, filled with pears, figs, dried cranberries, spices and florio marsala. what will i think of next?

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