Slog - Comments on Damn. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn I'm absolutely addicted the chocolate croissants at Cafe Presse. They're awesome. Presse's pastry chef has achieved the perfect chocolate-to-pastry ratio, roughly two parts chocolate to four parts pastry, so you get some delicious dark, runny chocolate and crisp, flaky pastry in every bite. Must... not... order... another... one...... Copyright 2008 Thu, 15 May 2008 09:11:12 -0800 Thu, 15 May 2008 12:42:38 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by max solomon 2 to 4? that's almost as good as 2:1!

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025351 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025351 Chow Thu, 15 May 2008 09:19:32 -0800 Comment by Alan @1 - duh... that's twice as good.

]]> Alan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025357 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025357 Chow Thu, 15 May 2008 09:22:14 -0800 Comment by lawrence molloy thank you for realizing the importance of the chocolate to pastry ratio. you must be an engineer at heart.

]]> lawrence molloy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025363 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025363 Chow Thu, 15 May 2008 09:25:55 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Didja get a new camera? That one doesn't suck; it's nice.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025368 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025368 Chow Thu, 15 May 2008 09:30:34 -0800 Comment by misspennycandy 7 A.M. North Hill Bakery. Those chocolate croissants are the Mutha' Fuckin' Truth.

]]> misspennycandy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025369 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025369 Chow Thu, 15 May 2008 09:30:57 -0800 Comment by Dan Savage Same old camera, Fnarf...

]]> Dan Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025372 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025372 Chow Thu, 15 May 2008 09:32:03 -0800 Comment by Hernandez Careful with those, Dan! You don't want to turn into one of those fatties you so despise...

]]> Hernandez http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025380 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025380 Chow Thu, 15 May 2008 09:34:49 -0800 Comment by Trevor Ever thought of publishing the Stranger from an RV? It seems like so much of the slogging and much of the reporting is just Capitol Hill navel gazing. With a mobile publishing unit, the navel-gazing could be turned into micro-reporting on some other part of Seattle for once, so you could spread all the free advertisements around.

]]> Trevor http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025381 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025381 Chow Thu, 15 May 2008 09:35:40 -0800 Comment by jonathan Hey dan, trader joes sells a four pack of these. You let them sit overnight, they rise and then you pop em in the oven and they are just as good as the ones in france.

]]> jonathan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025384 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025384 Chow Thu, 15 May 2008 09:36:33 -0800 Comment by Cato the Younger Younger So this is what will turn Dan into a fattie!! Will Terry still want you when you have the same shape as Rush Limbaugh?

]]> Cato the Younger Younger http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025388 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025388 Chow Thu, 15 May 2008 09:39:06 -0800 Comment by Dan Savage I know, Cato—that's why I just have one and then go make myself thrown up.

Summer is here, or coming, and I intend to get on my bike and leave the hill for my early-morning-cafe Slogging at least twice a week. It's not an RV—could you imagine what ECB would do if we got an RV?—but the ride will allow me to eat more without guilt.

And I don't despise fat asses, H. I don't want one myself, and I don't think the size of an ass and diet and exercise are unrelated. If it makes you feel better to think I despise, though, you go right ahead.

]]> Dan Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025409 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025409 Chow Thu, 15 May 2008 09:58:08 -0800 Comment by Hernandez I know you don't despise, Dan. I'm just giving you shit because I'm bored.

As you often say, thanks for playing Slog!

]]> Hernandez http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025416 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025416 Chow Thu, 15 May 2008 10:01:10 -0800 Comment by Butter! Besalu in Ballard is better. 100 times better. Finest croissant this side of France.

]]> Butter! http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025419 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025419 Chow Thu, 15 May 2008 10:05:24 -0800 Comment by Eric from Boulder Your post made me drool.
Is it lunchtime, yet?

]]> Eric from Boulder http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025421 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025421 Chow Thu, 15 May 2008 10:06:08 -0800 Comment by Dan Savage If it's sunny tomorrow in the AM, I will ride out to Ballard, Butter! Do you know if they have Wifi? If they do I will, of course, Live Slog my Besalu croissant.

]]> Dan Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025424 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025424 Chow Thu, 15 May 2008 10:07:14 -0800 Comment by Butter! Besalu thankfully does not have wifi, but Javabean does and it's three doors down. Plus, there's three wide-open Linksys networks nearby.

]]> Butter! http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025432 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025432 Chow Thu, 15 May 2008 10:11:17 -0800 Comment by Cato the Younger Younger Gee Dan, Just kidding..... *YIKES* talk about being hyper emotional. You should have more chocolate.

]]> Cato the Younger Younger http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025435 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025435 Chow Thu, 15 May 2008 10:11:55 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi Chocolate bread, not croissant. Croissant == crescent. Chocolate "croissants" aren't shaped like crescents.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025457 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025457 Chow Thu, 15 May 2008 10:18:40 -0800 Comment by cornballer do it, dan. you know you want to.

]]> cornballer http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025469 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025469 Chow Thu, 15 May 2008 10:24:29 -0800 Comment by annie @18: Pain au chocolat, not chocolate bread! Chocolate bread sounds like... I don't know... the cutesy African American equivalent of "white bread" normalcy? Ew.

]]> annie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025514 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025514 Chow Thu, 15 May 2008 10:50:19 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I think you should order more - and give them to me.

"Chocolate bread" ... you mean like those chocolate swirl breads you can buy in Paris?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025545 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025545 Chow Thu, 15 May 2008 11:07:08 -0800 Comment by Dan Savage I was kidding back, Cato. Looks like we'll both have to start using emotocons.

]]> Dan Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025564 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025564 Chow Thu, 15 May 2008 11:17:58 -0800 Comment by Breklor Oh, that's a chocolate croissant? In the pic I thought it was meat loaf.

]]> Breklor http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025577 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025577 Chow Thu, 15 May 2008 11:26:43 -0800 Comment by ibaien *shrug* not sure how i feel about that pain au choc, dan. the eggwashing looks pretty haphazard and streaky, and the stacked-chocolate-baton idea keeps the laminated dough from inflating in the oven fully. though i fully admit that it sucks to bite into one where all the chocolate is wadded off to one side. not sure if there's a happy medium. i've been away from seattle for several years, but i'm still putting my money on besalu for viennoiserie.

love, a boy in providence who makes way too many of these stupid things every day

]]> ibaien http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025594 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025594 Chow Thu, 15 May 2008 11:32:52 -0800 Comment by inkweary I'm glad something is still good there. I used to dine there a couple of times a month but then I had two mediocre-to-bad meals in a row with harried service recently and am reluctant to go back.

]]> inkweary http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025627 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025627 Chow Thu, 15 May 2008 11:44:12 -0800 Comment by -B- @18
thanks

It looks more like a sausage roll.
But a yummy one!
Ya I would eat it.
I can't help myself.
Damn now I have to go find the equivalent somewhere.
THANKS DAN SAVAGE!

]]> -B- http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025630 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025630 Chow Thu, 15 May 2008 11:45:31 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi @20,

Well, if you want to get all hoity toity, but chocolate bread is the translation and I'm sure as shit not going to walk into a restaurant and order "pain au chocolat." When you order an apple tart, do you ask for tarte aux pommes?

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025661 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025661 Chow Thu, 15 May 2008 12:05:13 -0800 Comment by kk Dan, you are getting far too elitist--what happened to your love for cheap chocolate cake??

]]> kk http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025668 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025668 Chow Thu, 15 May 2008 12:08:18 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle @27 - when I'm in France, you bet I do.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025720 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/damn#c1025720 Chow Thu, 15 May 2008 12:42:38 -0800