In the last two days.

Hello. It has been a long stretch of time since I have posted. I have tried many times to post pictures but It took to long for them to load, I became frustrated and went on to other projects. So as I was sitting in bed at 3:30 this morning ( I woke hungry and needed a piece of cake) I decided that I would just write about my cooking and projects, and the pictures will come later.
I have been busy. I tried my hand making a sachertorte yesturday, this was a long time coming ( http://www.gastronomersguide.com/2009/05/sachertorte.html) a friend requested it for Easter, but I made cupcakes instead. It seemed too daunting a task to be made for a group I was still quite shy around. Delicious, especially at 3:30am. There are a few tweeks here and there that I will do when I make it again. I really like trying to perfect a recipe. I have spent days making a peticular dish or dessert over and over, hopefully improving it with time and experience.
I went to the farmers market on sunday and picked up some young zucchini and a glorious bunch of purple kale. Last night, I made dinner for katrina and jenn. I have fond memories of this hardy meal, sitting in the cafe after close with nathan and alistair, digging into it with our fingers and a fork ( and cold beer of course). It is a one pan meal of sausages from oyama, onions, tomatoes, zucchini, olive oil and salt and pepper. After all those flavours marry together, you soak up the juices with handfuls of crusty bread. It is surly one of my favorite comfort foods. simple and full of good memories. Like comfort food should be.
Tuesdays being my usual day off, I woke up, put on some music, made some coffee, and started looking for recipes to fill my day. I was lucky enough to find some beautifully spotted bananas on the counter and still having some zucchinis, I made a bread out of the two. It is still cooling on the counter, so I can not comment on the flavour, but the smell that fills my house is very promising.
Oh and there is more... I have been looking for different ways to use my sourdough starters ( I have one apple starter and one "regular" starter that I have been feeding and using for months) other than the usual suspect, bread, and I found a recipe for pancakes. You use one cup of starter for them, and they turned out alright. Needs some tweeking ;) But there seem to be an abundance of different starters. You can essencially make a starter out of any fruit that will ferment. My next project is a potato starter. Yum, potato bread...