Happy Saturday. Yes, it is 4th of July but it feels like any other day. I will take the kids to the park but with the fireworks going off every evening in NYC, it’s no longer an enjoyable experience. Unfortunately, I am not in a celebratory mood so instead we are going to explore what failure means. On today’s episode of the Coronavirus Cooking Diaries I present to you my Popover failure. They were good but not like they are meant to be because they were smaller and more dense like a muffin because they never really “Popped!”. Like any baking failure you eat it, learn from it and try again until you get it right. Isn’t that what life is all about? Learning from mistakes. Being open to make mistakes by trying new things, broadening your horizons and stepping out of your comfort zone. So often we are too afraid to try that we become paralyzed. Remaining open to all and any opportunity is not easy. But if first we don’t succeed, try try again! I hope to try again soon! For those that may not know, a popover is a doughy type of muffin made from egg batter. As it bakes, the dough rises to “pop over” the edge of the muffin tin and form a hollow shell while remaining crispy on the outside and light and fluffy on the inside. Typically you pull them apart and eat them with butter and jam. The popover is said to be an American version of Yorkshire pudding and is similar batter to puddings made in England since the 17th century. The oldest known reference to popovers is in a letter of E. E. Stuart’s in 1850 and 0popovers first appeared in a cookbook in 1876. Cook like a chef, eat like a chef. Bake like no ones watching but everyone is eating. Who is still cooking and baking? Who’s hungry? Let’s eat! . . . . @food @baking_with_kids @food52 @baking @kingarthurflour #popovers #americanclassic #americanfoodporn #popoverfailure #coronaviruscookingdiaries #baking #popoversofinstagram #bakingfailure #food52 #whatisapopover #nycmanofmanytalents #delicious #ilovetocook #daughterwhobakes #lovetobake #chefswhorock #foodislove #nyc #nyc🗽 #nyclife #nyclifestyle #scenefromny #scenefromnyc #washingtonheights #newyorker #newyorkny #newyorkcitylife #212 #manhattan #kingarthurflour (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCOzQjhJuLq/?igshid=13o69qhx751zm