I love to bake. Especially cookies. My current cookie craving is my husband's Aunt Eileen's beautiful hamantashen for Purim every year, which arrived today in a USPS box. I came home from the gym and jammed one in my mouth and it was divine.
What's a hamantash, you ask? It's a triangular cookie with filling peeking out of the center. Old school fillings include prune or poppy seeds, but my favorite is apricot jam. The soft cookie dough has a slightly sweet and lemon-y flavor, like a very soft linzer cookie, minus the WASP-y name and confectioner's sugar.
I also love that the cookies are a kind of Jewish joke. They're made for the Jewish holiday of Purim, and the cookies mock the tri-pointed hat of Haman, the villian in the Book of Esther. Basically, it's a badass cookie that looks wholesome but has a bit of a sly sense of humor. It's a cookie after my own heart.
Aunt Eileen, I'm coming over for a baking lesson!
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Smart Actress Viewing Party
This afternoon I hosted a viewing party for my new web series, Smart Actress and I am relieved to say it was a blast.
Right before the first episode crossed my television screen in my living room, in front of the cast, crew, and my husband, I got nervous. I immediately think of every last thing I would change, if I could.
But seeing everyone's smiling faces, and hearing the immensely cheerful theme song (by Sweet Soubrette) once we hit play, I felt truly happy because it was out there, at last. And then people laughed! And applauded! And hugged me and my co-creator, Sherry Locher! Ahh, there's nothing better than hearing people laugh.
And then Brady Adair, one of my favorite people and star of Episode 2 (coming this Thursday, March 8!), gave me such a boost. He said, "You're like Tina Fey, Jake! You're a writer, producer and actor!" I honestly could not think of a better person to whom I could aspire to emulate.
Right before the first episode crossed my television screen in my living room, in front of the cast, crew, and my husband, I got nervous. I immediately think of every last thing I would change, if I could.
But seeing everyone's smiling faces, and hearing the immensely cheerful theme song (by Sweet Soubrette) once we hit play, I felt truly happy because it was out there, at last. And then people laughed! And applauded! And hugged me and my co-creator, Sherry Locher! Ahh, there's nothing better than hearing people laugh.
And then Brady Adair, one of my favorite people and star of Episode 2 (coming this Thursday, March 8!), gave me such a boost. He said, "You're like Tina Fey, Jake! You're a writer, producer and actor!" I honestly could not think of a better person to whom I could aspire to emulate.