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October 13, 2006
The KBAL Brownie Initiative
It all started with a MeLCat request.
Perusing the millions of titles that make up MeLCat, I stumbled upon a book entitled The 55 best brownies in the world. Humph, I said. A brownie is a brownie is a brownie, the only REAL difference being perhaps the type of chocolate it calls for. I decided I needed to see this book, and subsequently requested it. A few days later, it arrived courtesy of the Flushing Branch of the Genesee District Library.There were a good number of concepts in the book--things I had never thought of. I showed the book to Jennifer, our resident master baker, who suggested making one recipe from the book a week--an idea nobody, especially myself, was going to say "no" to. It was decided there would be "Brownie Fridays" (what an ideal way to start off the weekend), and I would pick the recipe to prepare. For week 1, I selected Mississippi Mud Brownies--a last-second review of the book changing my opinion for this, the start of it all.
Today, in rolling out Brownie Friday for the very first time, Jennifer coined the term "Brownie Initiative", and, while enjoying picking over the crumbs in the pan which was rapidly getting consumed, Jennifer and I talked about blogging this so we could keep track of what had been prepared AND allow for others to make comments on them. Perhaps there would be a staff favorite, which could then be made for staff meetings and other random gatherings. Maybe someone would think of a way to improve these allegedly "best" brownies, or even give them a local flavor. Thus, this blog came into existence.
So enjoy the brownies, and comment away. Your intrepid and fearless moderators and bakers await your thoughts on this, a new Kresge Library tradition.
Posted by jsterben at October 13, 2006 10:34 AM