Friday, May 13, 2011  Poppy Seed and Lemon Curd Mega Scone
Sometimes I feel like a kitchen wizard. Everything I make turns
out just right, whether I’ve followed a recipe to the letter,
made infinite tweaks, or just created something off the top of
my head. At those times, it feels as though I have a culinary
fairy godmother watching over my oven and zapping everything
into perfection.   But some weeks, nothing I make turns out
quite right. I don’t know whether this is just my perception,
coincidence, manifestation, or if there is some sort of weird
kitchen juju afoot turning everything bland, or dry, or
crumbly.   This has been one of those weeks. I've made half a
dozen tasty things, all of which I want to tell you about, but
none of them are just right. There were one-bowl chocolate
cupcakes, brushed with espresso rum syrup and dipped in rum
ganache; but the ganache broke and never fully came back
together, despite adding more liquid (and then more chocolate
when it didn't set, and then more liquid when it