Which means trying new things! Aka this blog. My goal (well...one of my many goals) for this year is to do go on more culinary adventures, including exploring the city and all of its wonderful restaurants and bakeries, expanding my baking/cooking knowledge now that I have my own lovely kitchen, and having a year filled with sweetness and fun.
I should probably introduce myself (for those of you who don't know me)...I'm Rachel, a sophomore studying International Affairs and Public Health at George Washington University in the heart of DC. In my somewhat limited free time I absolutely love baking. This summer when I wasn't working on a congressional campaign I worked at Baker Boys, a small bakery/cupcakery north of Chicago that is by far better than anything that I have ever tried. At Baker Boys I was a cupcake finisher/froster, and helped with customers. If you're ever in the northern suburbs of Chicago you absolutely must try Baker Boys. More to come on that in later posts.
At Baker Boys I created their newest cupcake, "Curious George." It's a banana chocolate chip cupcake filled with hot fudge, topped with peanut butter buttercream and chopped Reese's. (Side-note: my nickname at Baker Boy is George because I go to George Washington University, and because I'm super curious!)
My massive sweet-tooth usually drives my baking escapades, as does my desire for a challenge and my passion for experimenting. Even though I've only been here in DC for a week, so far I've had a lot of fun trying out new things in my kitchen:
Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
Peach-Blackberry Pie (recipe to be posted soon!)
That's all for now--I hope you've enjoyed learning a bit about me. I can't wait to share all of the wonderful things my sweet DC has to offer!
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