Category: Bi Tries

Baking Three Pies for Thanksgiving May Not Make up for This Terrible Year, but I’m Gonna do it Anyway
Bi Tries

Baking Three Pies for Thanksgiving May Not Make up for This Terrible Year, but I’m Gonna do it Anyway

LaraLeave a comment

Hello, again. It’s been another hot minute. And considering every minute of this year is an hour, and every week is 1 year, it’s like I haven’t posted in DECADES. As we’ve established this year is terrible, and you know what Thanksgiving is pretty terrible too. If at this point you can’t even acknowledge the… Continue reading Baking Three Pies for Thanksgiving May Not Make up for This Terrible Year, but I’m Gonna do it Anyway

I Just Want Cottagecore Tik Tok to Accept Me: Painting Sugar Cookies
Bi Tries

I Just Want Cottagecore Tik Tok to Accept Me: Painting Sugar Cookies

LaraLeave a comment

Well it’s been quite the summer, hasn’t it? I know I haven’t posted in awhile, but July was pretty hectic. I was working and had summer classes, so basically all of my free time was devoted to napping. But the pandemic rages on and my work ended rather suddenly because of that, so I’m right… Continue reading I Just Want Cottagecore Tik Tok to Accept Me: Painting Sugar Cookies

Puff Pastry Part 2: We Live in Hell. Hell is Real, and We Live Here.
Bi Tries

Puff Pastry Part 2: We Live in Hell. Hell is Real, and We Live Here.

LaraLeave a comment

****HI just as a quick update, I wrote the first draft this post on March 14 and since then (it’s now March 20) things with COVID-19 have gotten crazy. Here in the Bay Area we are in shelter-in-place, meaning I’m not leaving the house except to go to the store, and even then we’re trying… Continue reading Puff Pastry Part 2: We Live in Hell. Hell is Real, and We Live Here.

Puff Pastry Part 1: When the Going Gets Rough the Rough Get Puff
Bi Tries

Puff Pastry Part 1: When the Going Gets Rough the Rough Get Puff

LaraLeave a comment

Hellooooo. So in January I did a poll on Instagram asking people if I should learn to make doughnuts or puff pastry and doughnuts won, which at the time I was kind of happy about because puff pastry is SCARY SERIOUS BAKING. February was over in .5 seconds and my school semester started, so I… Continue reading Puff Pastry Part 1: When the Going Gets Rough the Rough Get Puff

Donut Mania Round 3: Murder on the Donut Express
Bi Tries

Donut Mania Round 3: Murder on the Donut Express

LaraLeave a comment

Well it couldn’t all go smoothly. After two successful rounds I finally hit a roadblock with my attempt at jelly and cream filled donuts w/ chocolate glaze. Can I just say that bostom cream donuts are like…objectively the best kind of donut. Chocolate and vanilla? A SURPRISE IN THE MIDDLE? Yes. Jelly used to be… Continue reading Donut Mania Round 3: Murder on the Donut Express

Donut Mania Round 2: The Dark Donut Rises
Bi Tries

Donut Mania Round 2: The Dark Donut Rises

LaraLeave a comment

We continue our donut journey with a foray into classic yeasted ring donuts. These are the donuts we all know in love. They’re breadier than cake donuts, but are nevertheless light and fluffy and covered in sugar. Think Krispy-Kreme, except Krispy-Kreme is overrated (sorry my West Coast folks. Also I’ve never had a Dunkin Donut… Continue reading Donut Mania Round 2: The Dark Donut Rises

Donut Mania Round 1: I’m an Old (Fashioned Donut) Soul
Bi Tries

Donut Mania Round 1: I’m an Old (Fashioned Donut) Soul

LaraLeave a comment

Well it’s January, which means that it’s the WORST month of the year, and also I’m not in class. I’ve been fortunate enough to attend schools that have optional Jan-terms, aka “of course I’m not taking a fucking class if I don’t have to.” The seasonal affective disorder is also STRONG y’all. Even though I… Continue reading Donut Mania Round 1: I’m an Old (Fashioned Donut) Soul

Just Try and Stop Me PG&E: My Race Against Time to Make Royal Icing
Bi Tries

Just Try and Stop Me PG&E: My Race Against Time to Make Royal Icing

LaraLeave a comment

Well things are bad here in the good ol’ bay. Everything is on fire and we’re up against a greedy company that privatized a basic utility people need to survive then didn’t create the proper infrastructure, and went bankrupt. In case you don’t know the situation here in California, I’ll give you a quick rundown.… Continue reading Just Try and Stop Me PG&E: My Race Against Time to Make Royal Icing