Please make a note about the supplanting of cupcakes with marshmallows, as decreed by T. Still, I think that's REALLY unfortunate, because I wanted profiteroles to be the new cupcakes, and you just know petits fours are going to be the new marshmallows in a couple months. 2012 SUCKS.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
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Winter white is always chic. With my off-white faux fur from Portobello Road, my ivory crepe de chine shirt from Gucci and Ann Demeulemeester’s rabbity-white leggings, the Michelin Man’s got nothing on me.
The same goes for my winter diet.
Words, they fail me. Choire, please don't link to anything from T Magazine ever again.
Words, they fail me.
Not as badly as T Magazine just failed words.
@DoctorDisaster But look at the sidebar: Toby Cecchini and Chris Eigeman, separated at birth?
@Mr. B "so yummy waiting to amuse your bouche in a mug of hot chocolate."
I'd like to amuse her bouche. With my fist.
Wait, I thought macaroons (the French kind, of course) were the new cupcake?
I can't keep up.
@Limaceous My girlfriend's mom always give me Ladurée macarons when I come to visit, would love for this trend to catch on in the States!
@stuffisthings too late, it's already in the Times so it's already a dead trend. Which is fine, because this article's concusion is basically "macarons in NYC are terrible", and I don't think y'all could handle the Ladurée vs. Pierre Hermé feuds that tear Parisian families apart these days.
Marshmallows in the, like, sexual subculture sense. Right?
@deepomega I don't know what that means!
I am always so proud when I don't recognize a sexual subculture reference. And by "always" I mean "both times."
@DoctorDisaster Yeah, this is a new one to me, too. I'm still trying to figure out the Tokyo Sandblaster.
@sorry your heinous Hold on, I have to draft up my resignation letter before I google this at work.
This week's Marshmallow Wars secret ingredients are some shells found on that beach were that murdered CL prostitute was found, a receipt from Duane Reade and yuca.
HANDPIES FOR NEW CUPCAKE IN 2013
@jolie
I know what you mean by it, but 'handpie' just looks like a euphemism for something filthy and entertaining.
@City_Dater I see nothing wrong with any of this?
@jolie What is a handpie, and will you post a recipe for it?
Also, as non-fan of cupcakes about 95% of the time (they're generally all show and no flavor), I'll take most of these suggestions and would like to add anything marzipan to the list.
@sox Oh wait. Ohhhh. CUPPIES.
I heard cream puffs were the new profiteroles.
WHITHER CANNOLIS?
@DoctorDisaster Shhh. You want them ruining cannolis, too?
HAVE YOU PEOPLE NEVER HEARD OF MACAROONS FOR CHRISSAKE!?
I've been worried about this coming trend since Baked started offering twee bags of - what? "artisinal?" "craft?" whatever - flavored marshmallows. WTF? When do you eat a marshmallow that isn't bobbing around in hot chocolate? And now, I suppose, that has to be a cup of precious Jacques Torres lost Mayan molé recipe.
Wait, people eat marshmallows? Like, by themselves? That's kind of gross. When an alternate (apparent) trend of macaroon consumption exists, one would be a fool to go for GOO over one of the best deserts ever created.
That said, no dessert fad will ever match the cupcake thing. Which is good, because God damn this shit is silly.
Here's my marshmallow recipe:
Take a big marshmallow.
Hold it with three fingers from one hand, and three fingers from another*
Stretch it out.
Keep stretching.
Eventually, after about :30, it turns into something like silly putty.
Then, you eat it.**
Seriously. Try it.
*This recipe only works if you have fingers.
**Probably best to be 10 or under to try this recipe. Or alone.