Tuesday

Why Green and Green?

I have a recipe book that describes exactly how to confect 25 different birthday cakes. One of them is called the "Vert, Vert", french for "Green, Green". It was a cake that Claude Monet's cook used to make for his birthdays. I have made this recipe approximately never as it has no less than 37 ingredients and requires about 7 hours of ones time. However, I am enamoured with the pistachio cream, the mint green marzipan, and most importantly the "green, green-ness" of the baked fantasy.

So I decided to name my fairies after this enchanting cake that once was the painter's favorite. Each time someone calls upon me to create a fairy friend for them I remember this cake and all the times it must have been served in his French gardens.

Warmly,
me

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