31.12.11

recipe : chocolate chip cookies

Ingredients : 1 1/2 cups of all purpose flour, 1 2/3 cups of bread flour, ¼ cup of cornstarch,1 ¼ teaspoons of baking soda, 1 ½ teaspoons of baking powder, ¾ teaspoon of coarse sea salt (plus more for sprinkling), ¾ teaspoon of kosher salt, 2 ½ sticks of unsalted butter, 1 ½ cups of dark brown sugar, 3/4 cup of white sugar, 2 large eggs and 1 egg yolk, 2 teaspoons of vanilla, extract heaping, 1/2 cup-3/4cup of valrhona milk chocolate disks broken in half heaping, 1/2cup-3/4cup of organic dark chocolate chunks, 1-1 1/2 cups of ghirardelli semisweet chocolate chips.


1. Put all of the dry ingredients in a bowl and whisk to combine.

2. Soften the butter and put in a bowl, add brown sugar and white sugar. Mix on medium speed for two minutes. Add eggs and egg yolk one at a time until thoroughly combined. Add the vanilla extract mix again.

3. Slowly add in the dry ingredients, but be careful not to over mix. When combined, add in chocolate chips and continue to mix until the chips are dispersed throughout the batter.

4. Wrap up the dough in plastic wrap and let sit in the fridge for at least 24 hours. Preheat oven to 350 degrees when ready to bake. Make large cookies (about a ¼ cup in size). And place on a parchment-lined sheet. Sprinkle the cookies with a little coarse sea salt. Place in the oven for around 16 minutes until chewy, but browned on the edges. Take out of oven and let sit on sheet tray for a minute or two. Take off the pan and enjoy while hot!



(c) opening ceremony

drawing : the statue of Liberty



3 looks : Kate Foley

photograph : sunny road

17.12.11

Matthew Gray Gubler's Christmas movies




collage : All I want for Christmas is... pour L'Officiel


- Une garde-robe A.P.C.
- Le sac « Milk » d’Olympia Le-Tan
- Un animal taxidermisé de chez Evolution, www.evolutionstore.com
- Le livre « Secrets of Stylists : An Insider’s Guide to Styling the Stars »
- Des mocassins chat Charlotte Olympia
- Un bon d’achat illimité chez Opening Ceremony
- Toute la collection Kenzo, printemps-été 2012
- Un dîner avec Sofia Coppola, Woody Allen, Wes Anderson, Chloë Sevigny, Jason Schwartzman et Spike Jonze
- Des casques Ruby dans toutes les couleurs
- Un Jack Russell


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girls on film


movie in collage : The Royal Tenenbaums

love affair : old movies posters




girl of the month : Gia Coppola