Monday, January 25, 2010

-katniss and sticky buns.

i am an emotional reader eater.
notice the forming double chin.
it happened with angela's ashes, grapes of wrath, pillars of the earth and the road.
when i read stories where the characters are starving, i feed them. kind of.
i feed me- which makes me feel as though i'm feeding them.
and i feed them well.
katniss and peeta had a daily feast while i was reading the hunger games in kennewick.

enter the greatest pastry shop on the planet:

understated location.
the most incredibly decadent creations from the pastry planet gods.
the treats taste almost as sweet as this boy looks:


i want this little place to succeed.
so here's my glowing stamp of approval- as the unofficial sweets aficionado .
i'm giving it my highest rating on the scale of amazeballs.
ooooo
that's 5 amazeballs.
congrats.

1. sweet and tangy berry fruit bar.
2. my pecan sticky bun
3. my mom's pecan sticky bun
4. my dad's pecan sticky bun
(these are really hard to share)
5. a crusty/chewy/buttertastic croissant
6. a coconut macadamia nut bar on....shortbread
and
7. a warm peach turnover sprinkled with rock sugar
(so warm that the butter between the layers was still melty)

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

that picture makes my mouth water.

Lucrecia said...

Forget the amazeballs pastries! Did you love Hunger Games??? It's seriously in my top 3. I loved Catching Fire. I'm in so much pain right now because Book 3 doesn't come out until bleeping August!

Stephanie said...

You never told us what pastry #7 was. There's an empty place in my heart, that I am unable to fill with that beautiful pastry, because I don't know it's name. haha :) I'm glad you've been enjoying yourself!

Carl said...

Yumyumyum. I have been to this pastry store and it is delicious indeed!

So is Ade.....I want to eat him up!

Love ya!

~Dev

audrey lasalle said...

can it even be better than the french macaroon?
and to think perez stole that word....

the mama monster said...

5 amazeballs? that is a high standard indeed. i have hunger games but haven't started it yet. guess i better get to it.

Sara said...

This bakery is not in my state, is it?

Could you make it be in my state? And could I have your plaid coat while you're at it?

Jamie said...

Lonardo's is full of awesome.

Jess said...

My hope is that Lew doesn't read that post. He'd go straight into a diabetic coma.

1 Funky Woman said...

Oooh, send some through the computer, please? I am so that kind of reader too. Actually I think when they are scary murder, suspense books I eat because I am nervous and don't know what will happen next. But I don't eat that well!

kate said...

Lovely blog.

I'm just reading the Hunger Games as well, and I'm a major emotional eater.

pretty sure we could be friends in real life! :)

brian and thera tolman said...

When did little Ade turn into a five year old? He looks so grown up! So glad you love Hungar Games, Katniss is my hero!