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A Little Whimsy: Pistachio Cream Bunny Biscuits

  🎓 7th Year PhD • 📘 History • 🥳 Celebratory I’m half-British, half-Polish, and grew up in the UK. Given both Protestant and Catholic influences, Easter was a firm feature in the family calendar. Although we were in no way religious, Easter Sunday would always be a celebratory affair involving a spread of cold cuts, fresh bread, salads, Polish boiled sausages and usually, no joke, a lump of butter somehow molded into a sheep. For dessert, there was plenty of cake—always including a Polish cheesecake—and what we hauled from the ‘Easter Bunny’.  The little girl inside me won’t let this tradition go. So now, living with my partner, I try to emulate the bits I do like: the flowers, Easter decorations, the food I enjoy, and of course plenty of baked goods and chocolate. Although, I (of course) also add prosecco to the mix.  I don’t bake the same things my family do as my knowledge of Polish cooking is merely that of the consumer, so I make up my own Easter creations. This o...

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