Jessie Janowitz > Quotes

“I’d never met a “why not?” person before. In the city, there’s generally more of a “why should I?” kind of vibe.”
― Jessie Janowitz, The Doughnut Fix

“Molten Chocolate Cakes Makes 4 single-serve cakes Ingredients 1 stick unsalted butter 6 ounces semisweet chocolate chips 2 egg yolks 2 eggs ¼ cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour Directions 1. Preheat the oven to 450°F. 2. Spray the insides of 4 ramekins with baking spray. Put the ramekins on a baking sheet. 3. Microwave the butter and chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl for 1 minute. The butter should be almost all melted. The chocolate won’t be completely melted. 4. Whisk the butter and chocolate mixture until smooth. 5. Separate two egg yolks from their whites: Crack both eggs into a bowl without breaking the yolks. Then take an empty, disposable plastic water bottle, squeeze it, hold the opening to a yolk, and then release to suck the yolk into the bottle. Repeat with the second yolk. Then deposit both yolks into a clean bowl by squeezing the bottle and pouring them out. 6. Beat the egg yolks, eggs, sugar, and vanilla extract in an electric mixer on high or with a whisk until the mixture is thick. 7. Fold the butter and chocolate mixture into the egg mixture. 8. Add the flour to the mixture gradually. Don’t overmix. 9. Divide the batter into the 4 ramekins. 10. Bake the cakes for 8 to 12 minutes or until the cakes have risen over the sides of the ramekins and the tops of the cakes no longer jiggle when the baking sheet is given a little shake. The cake centers should still be soft. 11. Remove the cakes from the oven and let them cool for 1 minute. 12. Cover the cakes with upside-down dessert plates, flip the ramekins over, and remove the ramekins from the cakes. Eat immediately!”
― Jessie Janowitz, The Doughnut Fix

“Rookie Cinnamon Sugar Doughnuts* Parental supervision necessary for frying Makes 8 doughnuts and 8 doughnut holes Ingredients Vegetable oil 1 (8-count) tube of premade, large biscuit dough (found in the refrigerated dough aisle at supermarkets) ½ cup sugar ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon Directions 1. Fill a large saucepan with vegetable oil to a depth of 1 inch. 2. Heat oil over medium heat until it reaches 365°F. You can measure the temperature with a cooking oil thermometer. Or, drop a single kernel of popcorn into the oil as it’s heating. When the kernel pops, you’re ready to fry. 3. While the oil heats, open the biscuit tube and separate the rounds. Use a 1-inch-round cookie cutter to cut a hole in the center of each biscuit. Save the holes. 4. Mix the sugar and cinnamon in a large shallow bowl. 5. Add 2 doughnuts to the hot oil at a time. Cook, turning once, until golden brown—about 1 minute per side. 6. Drain on paper towels and immediately toss in the cinnamon sugar to coat. Cool on a wire rack. Repeat with the remaining doughnuts and holes.”
― Jessie Janowitz, The Doughnut Fix

“the kid says he’s, like, related to Kermit the Frog…”
― Jessie Janowitz, The Doughnut King

“Starting Your Own Business for Dummies was on top.
“That doesn’t mean I think you’re stupid or anything, you know,” Josh said as he handed me the books.
“Yeah, I know,” I said, though I liked that he was the kind of person who’d check to make sure.”
― Jessie Janowitz, The Doughnut Fix

“Dad’s French usually has that effect. Not just because he almost never yells, but also because getting yelled at in a language you don’t understand is especially scary, which is strange when you think about it because, for all we know, he could be yelling, “I love croissants!”
― Jessie Janowitz, The Doughnut Fix

“Everyone loves Zoe’s hair: teachers, waiters, bus drivers, strangers on the subway. And the ones who don’t know about the biting will even try to touch it.”
― Jessie Janowitz, The Doughnut Fix

“baked Alaska.”
― Jessie Janowitz, The Doughnut King

“You fell off the roof.”
― Jessie Janowitz, The Doughnut Fix

“She gasped as if the button’s purpose were to bring on the emergency, not deal with it.”
― Jessie Janowitz, The Doughnut King

“cold knob came off in my hand.”
― Jessie Janowitz, The Doughnut King

“Part of the problem with getting results that are totally random is that sometimes before I know it, I’ve spent thirty minutes watching YouTube videos of people exploding doughnuts with firecrackers (there are way more of these than you would guess).”
― Jessie Janowitz, The Doughnut King

“Dad rolled his eyes and said something in French that sounded like, “Deeeuh meh deh!” “What did I do?” Zoe said. “Nothing,” Dad said. “Then why are you Frenching at me?”
― Jessie Janowitz, The Doughnut Fix

“80 x 4 = 320”
― Jessie Janowitz, The Doughnut Fix

“Breakfast with Brit.”
― Jessie Janowitz, The Doughnut King

“because it meant the right ones were mine too, and that felt better than not having any wrong numbers ever would.”
― Jessie Janowitz, The Doughnut Fix

“moaned”
― Jessie Janowitz, The Doughnut Fix

“Mad feels like it’s going somewhere at least. Sad just sits on your chest making it hard to move or breathe. If I’d had the choice, I would have picked mad too.”
― Jessie Janowitz, The Doughnut Fix

“Did you know if you smash a garlic clove with a can, the peel basically pops off?”
― Jessie Janowitz, The Doughnut King

“again.”
― Jessie Janowitz, The Doughnut Fix

“great thing about a book for dummies is that it assumes you don’t know anything about anything. What’s great about that too is when you already know something the book thinks you don’t, you feel kind of smart.”
― Jessie Janowitz, The Doughnut Fix