Food Porn.

Yup.

Food Porn.

I'm watching it.

Anthony Bourdain's Season Six, Episode Six. "Food Porn".

Netflix it. You know you want to ;-)

But seriously, I was at home minding my own business (baking cookies) when Moshka texted/ordered me to hack into her Netflix and watch "Food Porn". I obeyed.

The next hour was filled with messaging back and fort things like "Oh my god your head is going to explode. He's eating pork" and "Chocolate. F*ck." It was kind of amazing. The episode has the whole range from the stereotypical (chocolate) to one of my personal little indulgences, Pho. Plus some kinky stuff thrown in too (pickled chicken feet anyone??). It's hott.

Did I mention that it was 11 o'clock at night? And that I was baking? Yeah, I'm that girl who whips up a cookie dough at 8 pm on a Saturday that has to chill for two hours before you can bake it. Whatever. I had fresh walnut and spice sables to eat with my porn. And it was awesome.

My cookie craving started this morning when I went to the Swedish American Museum to check out their "Smorgasboard" exhibit. Pepparkakor, a traditional Swedish spice cookie like gingersnaps, have actually featured in my food vocabulary from a very young age. Blame Kirsten the American girl and Pippi Longstocking for that. And while they sell some really good ones at my local Walgreens (because guess who founded that chain, a SWEDE) I've been toying with the idea of making some. This recipe from What Kate Ate didn't help. And then I found this recipe on Orangette and in a fit of mad genius decided to swap out the cocoa nibs for ground walnuts and add some spices to it. At 8 pm.

Three hours later, with slightly burnt bottoms, I nibbled on some delightful sables which I washed down with a glass of milk (They are XXXhardcoreXXX butter cookies people.).

I think the dough, which is a bit dry, could have gone with a little bit longer in the fridge as it was a bit crumbly when I was slicing the dough log. But I also think that the added spice and nuts dried out the already sandy sable dough so if you do the recipe in original form 2 hrs may be just fine! I could have stuck it back in the fridge but was impatient as I plan to give/force some off on Cait tomorrow at brunch and I'd rather stay up late than wake up earlier than ten on a Sunday! Especially since its 12:30 am...

I had planned to be a total hermit this weekend and not make plans (other than sit on my ass, read, and cook) but they're showing our apartment from eleven to noon and hey, if I have to eat my breakfast not at home it might as well be with a friend right?!

I'll bake up the rest tomorrow (keeping a closer eye on their bottoms!!).

I like sables, do you? Sand-y cookies for a Sandin! Ahaha.