It’s been a while. Two and a half months, actually. A lot has happened since I posted about triple chocolate doughnuts in early October. IronWhisk turned two years old, I finished my first semester of university, and I also turned eighteen.
Unfortunately, I was not able to share any of those moments with you. I was not away, however, due to any of those events.
I realize that given some of the somewhat complex recipes and step-by-step tutorials I have in the archives one might incorrectly assume that something simple like a vanilla panna cotta would not excite me.
The best dishes, however, are often the simplest. The panna cotta, an Italian dessert as traditional as the tiramisu, epitomizes this idea. I am astonished that a dessert made from so few ingredients, simply stirred together and gently heated to a simmer, could be so wonderful.
I’m part of the science club at my school and a few days ago we went to Guelph University for a science competition.
In one of the events that I was signed up for, contestants had to assemble a human foot using “clone bones” with the help of a diagram. Thirty or so bones were laid out in front of each team on a blue mat. My team was competing against three other teams. A few minutes before we began one of the volunteer supervisors asked everyone to put their phones in their pockets.
