While I much prefer cooler days to the hot ones that we’ve got coming up, there are a few things I do love about summer:  the longer days, that up here in Michigan extend until almost 10 pm and bright mornings that make 7 am on a Saturday not seem so early, and the willingness of friends to get out and go and do, things that are too easy to ignore when you’re looking outside at snowy weather and below freezing air.  One of my favorite things that I do with my friends is brunch, either out or at someone’s house, and since I’m always too ready and willing to play hostess, I had to come up with a new, delicious brunch entrée, and this one is easy and effortless, much in the way that summer itself should be.  So get ready to feed your friends with these baked eggs with chimichurri.

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I haven’t made a dessert in a while. What? Sadness. Remember when I asked you what I should bake?

The answer was croissants. Argentinian croissants. Medialunas.

Which is not really dessert, but breakfast. A dessert-y breakfast.

Here’s the deal.

I never really eat croissants (except in Paris because when in Paris, one eats croissants) and while there’s a fantastic little Belgian bakery near work that slaves away for 18 hours to make just one…it sort of goes the way of the donut IMO. However, in Argentina, these are a breakfast favorite served alongside some strong coffee, and Sunday it was raining here in Chicago and this is what happened. And I’m glad it did. Turns out croissants are not that daunting. (more…)