pastry, gardening, and duck

melted_snowball's pastry post last night reminded me of a discovery I made yesterday- City Cafe makes awesome chocolate croissants! Yesterday was the first time I've been there early enough in the day to actually eat one. It was a fluke that any were left at 2pm; apparently they're usually gone by 10am.

( Gardining... behind the cut )

Last night's dinner was finishing off the duck that d. cooked while he was here. Duck-thighs and asparagus, yum. I've put some fat in the freezer, stock in the fridge (ready for some sort of soup tonight; if I can find matzo meal it'll be matzo-ball soup), and a couple of duck-burger patties in the freezer too. Duck is such a good thing.