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okay this part was insane and took literally a whole day and is really kind of a succinct illustration of why I can never have a normal life, but here it goes
So, last time I left off with this:
Three big slabs of chocolate cake, and all these piles of gingerbread that will turn into buildings.
Continue reading “Adventures in Baking the Entire Athenian Acropolis, part 4”An update on my ongoing descent into madness: last night I made all (or at least, hopefully all; I have a fairly large lump of dough still in my fridge if it turns out I forgot something) the gingerbread I’ll need to assemble the monuments of the Acropolis.
Well, I promised updates, and here’s a short one on the first stage of this ludicrous project. If you follow me on Twitter you’ll already have some inkling of how my style of baking works – you lurch from one disaster to another until enough of them cancel each other out and produce something wondrous. But here’s the more detailed report:
Continue reading “Adventures in Baking the Entire Athenian Acropolis, part 2”Regular readers of this blog may know that, although from New Zealand, I am currently living in the United States, where I am studying for a PhD in classical archaeology. Long-time regular readers may further be aware that I have something of a penchant for baking. And, of course, even the most cursory of readers will be perfectly cognisant of the fact that I am completely insane.
Once a year, these three facets of my life come into glorious conjunction.
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