maybe…these: Spektre tortoiseshell sunglasses

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Really drawn to orange/gold mirror lenses this year. Like, to the point that I may end up with a few pairs of sunglasses that look like blood relations. These tortoiseshell wayfarer-style sunglasses from Italian brand Spektre are an ideal incarnation, to my eye.

Sometimes I can find a cheap version of the frame+lens combo I want–in which case I’m often happy to do so, as I will probably sit on them eventually, and the saved funds can be rerouted elsewhere–but these are just a little too cool for that.

Hmmm.

on the menu: other things you can do with brioche

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Bostock. A heretofore unknown [to me] recipe from eastern France. Brioche slathered with almond cream [fragipane], sprinkled with sliced almonds and baked. Good.

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Raisin snails. Brioche dough spread with pastry cream and whiskey-soaked, flambéed raisins, all rolled up. Don’t these look like something you would purchase in a pastry shop? I used a rolling pin, which is when you know stuff is getting serious.

Both from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking: From My Home to Yours.