MEET THE DILs
Jessica Coulter
Jessica lives in New York City with her Husband and Dog. When she isn't writing for this here blog, she's a copywriter at an ad agency in Manhattan.
3000 MILES AWAY...
Marites Cristobal Coulter
Marites lives in Los Angeles with her husband. When she's not dabbling as a self-proclaimed domestic wannabe, she's working in PR.
- BEVERAGES
- BREADS
- BREAKFAST/BRUNCH
- DESSERTS
- FRUIT
MEET THE MIL
Pat Tippett
MIL is a chef and food stylist in Portland, OR. For many years she owned Flaming Carrot Catering, pdx's favorite eco-conscience catering company. She takes her passion for art, travel and cuisine back to the kitchen and studio and delicious things happen.
She's currently focusing her talents on food styling and on-site chef services for film scenes and group gatherings (hey tweens - she did the food styling on the twilight movie!). Oh, and writes MIL Missions for this little blog.
Cooking with us? Let us feature a photo of you and your hard work. Email it to 3000milestildinner@gmail.com
3000 miles 'til dinner. |
♥WHEN YOUR MIL (mother-in-law) IS A CHEF, YOU EITHER GET NERVOUS OR GET COOKING.♥
----------------------------------------------- Two busy DILs living on two different coasts getting long-distance cooking lessons from their MIL. |
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notes Scottish Shortbread. (jessica’s attempt)Original MIL Mission #33: Scottish Shortbread
The first time I tasted shortbread was in Victoria, Canada when I was but a wee Jess. It’s called shortbread, but they should really just call it a butter cookie. A name like that sells itself.
The ingredients.
♥HOW I MADE IT.♥
I Cuisinarted (yes, it’s a word) the butter until smooth.
Then gradually added the rest of the ingredients to form the dough.
And just for the sake of variety and in the name of wingin’ it, I used a bottle instead of a rolling pin to roll out the buttery dough.
It should be known that I own a very odd assortment of cookie cutters thanks to Husband who frequently surprises me on valentine’s/birthday/anniversary with pancakes in creative shapes.
I had to do two different batches in the oven because of all the dough. And before putting them in, I didn’t forget to dust with some sparkly sugar. Mmmm, sugar.
♥MIL MISSION #33: ACCOMPLISHED.♥
A heart for me and a bone for walter the dog! (Except, walter the dog isn’t allowed to eat people food. Well, save for the occasional french fry.)
I also utilized my favorite and most ironic cookie cutters in my collection: the half-eaten gingerbread man. Yes, I know that these aren’t gingerbread cookies. But comedy knows no boundaries. Or something like that.
All my wayward Scottish Shortbread cookies ready to be devoured.
♥PLATE IT, ATE IT, GRADED IT.♥
scale: 0 (not at all) to 5 (very)
Cupboard to table time: 1 hour
Difficulty: 1
Deliciousness: 5
Impressed Husband/co-worker factor: 5! I send a huge bunch of these cookies with Husband to work and they were devoured. Though it was noted that these cookies are most delicious straight out of the oven (which he enjoyed several from). I myself brought some cookies to my work and people were big fans. Huge!
Leftover-friendly: If you can hang on to them long enough…
(posted by jessica)
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