[kylew]

Has anyone ever made real desem, from starter to finish? I am 5 days into the adventure and would love to hear others' experiences.

 

[thebighat]

I have a pristine copy of Laurel's Bread Book, but have never tried to make desem.
I did what I said I was going to do and walked into Williams-Sonoma in the shops at Columbus Circle looking for your bony butt, but the young woman acting as concierge had never heard of you. What happened? You never take that job?
I had the ineffable experience of realizing that the pastry case in my Whole Foods looked better at the same hour on a Wednesday morning than the one in the most-talked about groceria in Manhattan. So much for Nuevo York being the nexus of the Universe.

 

[kylew]

It's not that I didn't take the job so much as I never got past "We have 500 applications on file blah, blah, blah...:

I have no doubt that your case would rival any! As to NYC being the nexus of the Universe, with all due respect to The Bay State, it is!

 

[thebighat]

Touche!....