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When Markus Mead met Jennifer Bloeser, the avid surfer was working as a policy coordinator for the Surfrider Foundation. In many ways, surfing was his life, so it was only natural that he wanted to share it with his new girlfriend. When she finally caught a wave, he spotted the look of pure joy on her face, and he knew she was the one for him. Markus and Jennifer gathered everyone together on the farm for a weekend of surfing, camping and eating.
This is not the conversation where we try to persuade you to drink more milk, nor are we telling you to avoid it at all costs. Enough people out there reduce this ancient food to either a shortcut to intestinal troubles or a jug of beneficial wonder-enzymes. The truth about milk is probably somewhere in between, and the real truth about milk is that it is one of many complicated food choices we face every day.
Canelés are hard to classify. Are they a cookie? A cake? These specialties of the Bordeaux region in France are really in a class of their own. The best among them have a crackly, caramelized outer shell that melts into a soft, caky-custardy interior — an obsession-inducing combination that defies categorization. The golden, crown-like treats have become a common sight in pastry cases around Portland. Who, we wondered, made our ideal version? Well, we'd just have to find out.