Yummy Malaysiana: rhubarb streusel muffins

rhubarb streusel muffins

Today Im conquering some frequently unanswered frequently asked questions.* In short, no, my cookbook isnt done yet. But Deb, Im sure youre thinking, How can it not be done yet? Bloggers always finish their books in 6 to 9 months! And didnt you start it over a year ago? At first I thought it was because I had grossly, dramatically and almost hilariously (but in that ha-ha-ow kind of way) underestimated the number of hours Id need to work a week to get it done. Then I blamed the toddler, depriving his elders of much needed sleep, leaving me bleary eyed and ineffective when I was supposed to be drafting my masterpiece. But neither of them are as true of this: Its the breakfast section. I cant put it to rest.

It started small and tidy, about 8 recipes. But I kept adding to it. I kept tweaking what was just fine to begin with. It became an obsession. I starting thinking about muffins while pushing swings at the playground, getting wound up about fritattas while lumbering back from yoga and jotting down notes about French toast while in places that were neither French nor toasty. Ostensibly, I handed the breakfast batch into my editor January but Monday still found me still pulling pancakes out of the oven that I couldnt bear not to include in the lineup. It had to stop. No more! I told myself in the same tone I use to keep the toddler from his curious habit of removing things from his dresser and putting them in mine. (A bur! p cloth where my pants should be? You shouldnt have!) But it didnt work (never does, really) as even yesterday I found myself making a list of breakfast recipes Id add to the section if I hadnt cut myself off.