rosemary ricotta blintzes with strawberry rhubarb sauce

i harvestedededed the rhubarb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! look, see that above? that is my i-haven't-showered-in-a-week-and-omg-eggboy-has-a-camera-and-i-have-no-makeup-on-but-who-gives-a-poop-i-gots-rhubarbbbbbb face!

rhubarb is my new favorite because i didn't even do anything and, look, it grew in my backyard. how nice of it to show up! ok ready? let's make all the things.

first up: blintzes. 

i never enjoyed blintzes growing up. all the ones i had were soggy and had awful pancake-to-filling ratios. my problem was that i only ever met them in hotel brunch buffet situations. i typically love a hotel brunch buffet, but i don't love a thing that should be crispy on the outside and oozy on the inside at a hotel brunch buffet because that is a recipe for sogginess. so when my girl devra suggested blintzes i was like shit.

but then i made them, and then made them again, and i ate them, and ate them again. and i could not stop because blintzes are actually the best. all it takes is a spot by the stove to catch them in your mouth as they come off the pan, because that is key: they must be as fresh as can be. 

so here you have it, my first ever blintz recipe, all fancied up with strawberry rhubarb sauce and rosemary-infused batter for the upcoming shavuot, a jewish holiday where it is traditional to eat dairy foods. you can find the recipe in the latest installment of molly on the range and it includes not one, but two gifs.

-yeh!

citrus mini cakes + friday links

we moved to the farm yesterday! (i moved to a farm!!!!!!!) it feels so grown-upish and exciting and weird and fantastic. two years ago, if you would have told me that i'd be moving to the farm of that quiet trombone player with the mozart tattoos, i would have lol-ed so loud. and also two years ago, if you would have told me that there exists a land without traffic and a quality of life the size of texas that i would soon be calling home, i would have called you a liar and ordered another bagel.

the farm welcomed us with a purple-pink sky and a few bits of yummy rain. we slept in the guest room, on our king-sized mattress plopped onto the queen-sized bed, because there's still a lot of work to be done on the house. we need floors, mainly. i also need to learn how to navigate the basement so i don't feel the need to store all of my fondue pots right in the kitchen.

the great news is: we have kitchen shelves with a custom cutout for my kitchen-aid, i have a baking station complete with a cookie cutter drawer (but food coloring is invited), and we've officially labeled our two main rooms the parlor and the studio because after 27 years eggboy still does not know the difference between a living room and a family room.

this open shelving thing has got me on a hunt for cute bottles for my vinegars and little jars for my sprinkles. any ideas???

i have some citrus mini cakes up on betty crocker today, just in time to celebrate! they were so much fun to create because i had a reason to buy every piece of citrus from the store. the layers in the recipe are lemon, lime, and grapefruit, and they're held together with a bit of lemon curd, but really any combination of citrus will do. get the recipe for these cakes here.

i am off to spend the day unpacking! but first, some links...

friday links

this is highbrow/brilliant, also my next halloween costume

you know why i love the internet? because it shows you how to replicate the holy grail of drunk foods so you can have it in places that are not new york city, for example, a farm

if t.r.l. could come back with more videos like this i would watch it every day with handi-snacks and dunkaroos

swirly bread with red bean paste!!!

lemon, lavender, and earl grey mini cakes and mini mini cakes!!!

the milk carton kids live on npr is a perfect way to spend a rainy afternoon in your jammies.

it's my savory crepe cake dreams come true

despite all of my halva failures, i think i would be delighted to attempt this semolina halva

oh this is what i can do with that dukkah that's been lying around

this week i enjoyed tom brosseau's tiny desk concert, especially the long part about marilyn haggerty

i want to crust all of the things in salt, but first, these potatoes

these photos, ohmygah

-yeh!

easter scenes + a giveaway winner

egg dying at midnight

a fiber-themed easter basket

an egg(boy) hunt

a morning coffee "for here"

lots of ham, lots of kitties

matzoh brei with easter eggs and plenty of parmesan

ashlae's pretzel crusted peanut butter pie, which was gone in an instant

a meat n nuts photo shoot

a walk, a run, a day filled with fun!

-yeh!

p.s. the winner of last week's giveaway is... jessica clement!

congratulations, jessica! please drop me a line with your mailing address :)

MAY!

it is MAY! hooRAY! the most glorious month of the year. and not just because it is my birthday month and i officially have the freedom to eat as many breakfast sandwiches as possible. my goodness, i just went for a walk around the upper west side and it is beautiful,​ the perfect may weather. i just want to pick flowers and roll around in the grass about it. but i have a concert tonight and i can't get my clothes dirty, so i'm just going to make a list about it.

​things that may is perrrrfect for:

-turning 24 years old!​

-turning 24 years old at home! with my family!​

-going to hong kong and stuffing my face with dumplings and illegal strawberry daiquiris in a cocoa covered glass.

-surprise picnics with basil and salted watermelon.​

-colorful dresses of many different lengths.

-popsicles, ​ice cream trucks, iced coffee... JIMMIES!

-​sunglasses, sun hats, spf a thousand sun screen.

-running my first official 5k, with mum.

-getting off the subway a few stops early to stroll around.​

-yoga on the hudson.​

-​possibly a hike??

YAY FOR MAY!​

-YEH!​