Topic: THE BOOK FAIR (Read 20565 times)

Jane · « **Reply #150 on:** December 06, 2009, 04:56:06 PM »

thanks for all the good thoughts and vibes

td · « **Reply #151 on:** December 06, 2009, 04:56:17 PM »

I have spent my day doing laundry, slow roasting a pork loin and making cookies of a sort: Chocolate-Almond Saltine Toffee. It's a confection I got the recipe for several years ago in Food & Wine magazine. I like to make it for grazing days (everyone brings snack foods) at work and it proves to be popular.

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups sliced almonds (6 ounces)
Approximately 60 saltine crackers (not low-sodium)
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 sticks (3/4 pound) unsalted butter
2 tablespoons light corn syrup
1/2 pound bittersweet chocolate, chopped into 1/2-inch pieces

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350°. Spread the almonds on a baking sheet and toast for about 6 minutes, until golden.

2. Line a 12-by-17-inch rimmed baking sheet with a silicone mat or lightly buttered parchment paper. Arrange the saltine crackers on the baking sheet in a single layer, patching any holes with cracker bits; slight gaps are okay.

3. In a medium saucepan, combine the sugar, butter and corn syrup and cook over low heat until the sugar is melted. Brush the side of the pan with a moistened pastry brush to wash down any sugar crystals. Cook the syrup over moderate heat without stirring until it starts to brown around the edge, about 5 minutes. Insert a candy thermometer into the syrup and simmer, stirring with a wooden spoon, until honey-colored caramel forms and the temperature reaches 300°, about 6 minutes longer.

4. Slowly and carefully pour the caramel over the crackers, being sure to cover most of them evenly. Using an offset spatula, spread the caramel to cover any gaps. Let cool for 3 minutes, then sprinkle the chopped chocolate evenly on top. Let stand until the chocolate is melted, about 3 minutes, then spread the chocolate evenly over the toffee. Spread the almonds evenly over the chocolate. Freeze the toffee until set, about 15 minutes.

5. Invert the toffee onto a work surface and peel off the mat or paper. Invert again, break into large shards and serve.

Make Ahead:

The chocolate-almond saltine toffee can be refrigerated for up to 2 weeks in an airtight container.

DAW · « **Reply #152 on:** December 06, 2009, 04:58:19 PM »

Quote from: td on December 06, 2009, 04:50:49 PM

Lovely photos DR DAW - did you take them all yourself?

Didn't you see my season on The Amazing Race?

Laura · « **Reply #153 on:** December 06, 2009, 04:59:26 PM »

Jane, you've been in my thoughts. I hope you have a restful night tonight and a good day tomorrow.

DAW · « **Reply #154 on:** December 06, 2009, 04:59:37 PM »

That sounds good, DR td. I've seen a similar recipe using melted butter and brown sugar over graham crackers, with the toasted nuts spread o'er the top, of course.

DAW · « **Reply #155 on:** December 06, 2009, 05:06:05 PM »

I am glad that Laura DR is keeping us up to date on the latest teen lingo. Otherwise, I'd feel hopelessly antiquated.

Laura · « **Reply #156 on:** December 06, 2009, 05:06:49 PM »

I'm very hip, DAW.

Jane · « **Reply #157 on:** December 06, 2009, 05:07:02 PM »

laura thank you. sleep tonight will be a welcome treat. the doctor said i must sleep with the sling on until the breaks are healed. i get painfully stiff as the night progresses. during the day, at home, i don't have to wear the sling if i'm careful to keep my arm against my body. i get up often and move around to stretch and slowly let my arm stretch out at my side. it all hurts but the early morning pain is barely tolerable. i've decided to play it safe tonight and only take an extra half tabler to see how i do before doubling it.

Ginny · « **Reply #158 on:** December 06, 2009, 05:07:39 PM »

I'm watching the BCS Bowl Selection show on FOX - wonder where the #4 Bearcats are headed?

Ginny · « **Reply #159 on:** December 06, 2009, 05:17:03 PM »

Hmm - Sugar Bowl in New Orleans against Florida. And will Coach Kelly be with them or will he have deserted to Notre Dame?

elmore3003 · « **Reply #160 on:** December 06, 2009, 05:31:56 PM »

I wept again at the closing scene of FINIAN'S RAINBOW this afternoon. I so love this production! Then I had a too-brief visit with two of my favorite people, DR FJL and the wonderful Skip Kennon. I wpould have loved to stay for pizza but I had to get home to accomplish soem more work before I head for bed around 9:30. I have to be up around 6 am to accomplish a lot of what I need to do before tomorrow's recording sessions begin.

I walked out of the apartment at 43rd and 10th, and a bus pulled up almost immediately. It was a nice ride home and I stopped at the market for some tonic water; I'm in the mood for vodka and tonic when I finish my proofreading.

DR vixmom, I want to see RAGTIME too!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #161 on:** December 06, 2009, 05:32:47 PM »

Everyone, thank you for the real estate vibes! Let's hope they do me some good.

td · « **Reply #162 on:** December 06, 2009, 05:36:00 PM »

MORE REAL ESTATE VIBES FOR DR elmore!

bk · « **Reply #163 on:** December 06, 2009, 05:36:53 PM »

Well, we got everything addressed and all postaged up, then we had a bite to eat, and I've been writing liner notes ever since. I have to stop now. It's turned quite cold today.

DAW · « **Reply #164 on:** December 06, 2009, 05:42:22 PM »

DR elmore3003 - have a great time tomorrow at the FINIAN'S recording session! I hope you will report everything about it.

George · « **Reply #165 on:** December 06, 2009, 05:57:22 PM »

Quote from: DAW on December 06, 2009, 05:42:22 PM

DR elmore3003 - have a great time tomorrow at the FINIAN'S recording session! I hope you will report everything about it.

~~~DITTO!!~~~

I hope you post a FULL report!!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #166 on:** December 06, 2009, 05:58:44 PM »

Quote from: DAW on December 06, 2009, 05:42:22 PM

DR elmore3003 - have a great time tomorrow at the FINIAN'S recording session! I hope you will report everything about it.

I think it will go very smoothly. We're adding two more violins and guitar/banjo for the recording and I think it will sound fabulous. The recording will have more of the score than any previous recording and I think the day will be long but a lot of fun.

I had meant to tell you all that last night I watched the 1930 film of Molnar's LILIOM with Charles Farrell. I found it quite wonderful in its mix of middle-European characters and flight into fantasy with the heaven- and hell-bound trains. I had read the play 30 years ago and I was surprised how much of it I remembered. Of course, a lot of the original text ends up in its American counterpart CAROUSEL, and now I want to see the Fritz Lang version in French with Charles Boyer.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #167 on:** December 06, 2009, 06:00:29 PM »

DR elmore - Have a FUN time tomorrow!!! -Where are they recording? Every time I walk by 54th and 10th, I'm still amazed that the old Sony(?) studios are no longer there. (That's where we recorded Lestat. $:-\$ )

Michael · « **Reply #168 on:** December 06, 2009, 06:02:20 PM »

Quote from: DAW on December 06, 2009, 01:53:36 PM

Montreal Biosphère (Canada)

This was originally built for the Expo 67 and was the US Pavillion. If memory serves it was designed by Buckminmater Fuller The Monorail used to go through the pavillion.

I believe it is one of two pavilions still left standing, The other being the original French Pavilion hat is now the Casino.

In the early 90's when they were sealing what was the entrance/exits for the monorail the exterior coating caught fire and burned. The structure and the inside remained intact. I remember watching it burn from across the river at revolving restaurant. It was a Sunday.

It is being used for something but I'm don't remember what.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #169 on:** December 06, 2009, 06:03:13 PM »

OH!

Happy 90th Birthday, Dave Brubeck!!

Cillaliz · « **Reply #170 on:** December 06, 2009, 06:04:34 PM »

REAL ESTATE VIBES FOR DR ELMORE ~~~~~~

TCB · « **Reply #171 on:** December 06, 2009, 06:05:11 PM »

Quote from: Matt H. on December 06, 2009, 06:55:16 AM

Lots of TV on tonight including new episodes of BROTHERS & SISTERS, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, (as DR Jennifer noted) THE AMAZING RACE, and COLD CASE (now on at 9 p.m.) CBS has dropped THREE RIVERS from the schedule and is replacing it with reruns of their crime dramas until something else moves to Sunday nights at midseason.

Not to mention Sunday Night Football (Arizona vs Minnesota).

Cillaliz · « **Reply #172 on:** December 06, 2009, 06:06:58 PM »

Loved the TAR Finale!

Michael · « **Reply #173 on:** December 06, 2009, 06:07:22 PM »

Here is the old French pavilion and now the casino

In another picture too large to post here showed another pavilion still standing next to the casino is the original Quebec building

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #174 on:** December 06, 2009, 06:07:33 PM »

Quote from: Cillaliz on December 06, 2009, 06:06:58 PM

Loved the TAR Finale!

DITTO!!!!!

Michael · « **Reply #175 on:** December 06, 2009, 06:08:41 PM »

Quote from: DAW on December 06, 2009, 01:51:46 PM

Atomium (Brussels, Belgium)

This was built for the Brussel's world fair late 50's early 60's

Michael · « **Reply #176 on:** December 06, 2009, 06:11:06 PM »

BK
I see that Ethel Merman's Broadway is being distributed again. Did Rita McKenzie buy back the rights? Or did they reverted to her after certain amount of time?

Jrand74 · « **Reply #177 on:** December 06, 2009, 06:15:40 PM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on December 06, 2009, 06:07:33 PM

Quote from: Cillaliz on December 06, 2009, 06:06:58 PM
Loved the TAR Finale!

DITTO!!!!!

Ditto Squared!!!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #178 on:** December 06, 2009, 06:17:31 PM »

Anyone in NYC just walking around tomorrow can stop at the Laurie Beechman Theatre and see my friend Adam Chandler in a cabaret called Brandon & Cohorts at 1 p.m.

$20 - Brunch

Jane · « **Reply #179 on:** December 06, 2009, 06:18:51 PM »

Quote from: DAW on December 06, 2009, 05:42:22 PM

DR elmore3003 - have a great time tomorrow at the FINIAN'S recording session! I hope you will report everything about it.

DITTO!

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