Hi its Alexis! Recently (eek…about a month ago), I went to the Physical Chemistry Picnic. It is a yearly potluck where everyone gets a chance to catch up, meet first year grad. students, and maybe even participate in a “Beer in Hand” game of kickball. The standards are brats, burgers and beer…but I was more interested in the desserts! There were lemon poppy seed muffins, caramel apple cupcakes and tons of cookies. This year I kept up the tradition of bringing desserts and decided to make pumpkin cheesecake bars and rustic apple tarts (aka apple galette). Both desserts are reminiscent of fall and got rave reviews. Unfortunately, I forgot to take a picture of the bars so I guess that means we will have to bust that recipe out again some other time. However, I got a picture of the rustic apple tarts so that can be my first post. Continue reading