Week 7 Already

Today's historical romance features a spitfire heroine with a dagger in her boot and a streak of white running down her raven hair; twin brothers dueling for dukedom; gravediggers and mad scientists; an English countryside; and of course, love as deep as the infinite ocean.

Back on 14th Street and 7th Avenue, however, I'll be making eclairs during class tomorrow. I hope. I know vanilla pastry cream is on the agenda, for the third time recently, and I must say I've gotten pretty good at it by now. (My Tracy Anderson Method Mat Workout DVD has come in handy for the intense egg beating required for the making of pastry cream.) Chef Nola may or may not be there to inspire.