Un-pear-shaped

Andrea and I were craving coconut shrimp last week so we splurged and made them with a spicy mango sauce and puff pastry with poached pears, brie and raspberry sauce. (it did the trick!) Thanks for a cool evening, Andrea!

What do you do when you mistakenly order 600 liters of milk instead of 60 and the company refuses to take it back, with only 10 days before it goes out of date??!!

Make pancakes, rice pudding, soup, 50 liters of vanilla custard (courtesy of Shannon), sauce, cakes, buns... (Florina)

... and stromboli, which Abi kept declaring was going pear-shaped but actually turned out really good! (Maria & Abi)

You know the chocolate chocolate chip cookies were good when the pan that was full when it went into the freezer comes out looking like this! Black garbage bags are the new aprons! (Marie & Riana)

Hello weekend! (although it just feels like an extension of the work-week!) Next Monday is the goodbye feast for the ones leaving A-lag and we are making food for 360 people! There is an event for 4,000 people here this weekend and there aren't extra people to help out with food prep, so Florina and I are going to tackle the menu today and tomorrow! We're making fun stuff like 3 kinds of salads, lamb and chicken, stuffed mushrooms, pinwheels, bruschetta, etc. Here's to a productive (and fun) day! Ps. No, there is NOT milk in stromboli! :D