Cuire means to Bake

Abel has been talking some smack about all of the things that we are going to cook.  Macarons?  Sure. Macaronade Setoise?  Absolutely.  Mille feuilles?  Definitely.  Today, we put his money where his mouth is and baked madeleines and chocolate chip cookies.  

For the madeleines, I had ordered a special pan, so to christen it, we broke out Julia Child's recipe.  They turned out amazing, but next time (and we've already decided that there will be a next time), we won't cook them for as long.  Abel made a lemon glaze to dip them in and that really took them to the next level.

The chocolate chip cookies were also a new recipe from America's Test Kitchen, and those were insane.  The secret is in the brown butter.  

It should be noted, however, that Abel not only bought this shirt after I did, but he also went upstairs to put it on when he saw that I was wearing mine.  We're pretty adorable.