In the Kitchen
BY BRYCE ALDERTON
S’mores are Right at Home
Enjoy the graham cracker, marshmallow, chocolate sandwich treats at home,
or see what they’re making at one Mammoth restaurant.
The marshmallow flattens and its slightly crusted exterior cracks evening at home. S’mores have made their way from a recipe in a
with the pressure, yielding glimpses of the sticky interior. children’s book, to the Girl Scouts of the USA Website as a sample
Take a bite. Break through the crisp graham cracker into the white activity for Brownie Girl Scouts and to restaurants such as the
pillow, or sticky marshmallow, with a thin square of chocolate. It is Whitebark Restaurant, Bar & Lounge, at the Westin Monache Resort
crisp and gooey, albeit a firmer goo. Chocolate tempers the sugar rush. in Mammoth.
I can’t recall the first time I had a s’more, but the dessert The traditional s’more is made by heating marshmallows (the
has taken hold. The combination of crunchy graham cracker, big ones) over a fire, or stovetop flame, until they soften enough to
chocolate and pillow-like sticky sweet marshmallow casts a squeeze between two graham cracker squares with an accompanying
coat of contentment. A s’more is a dessert sandwich meant to be piece of chocolate.
savored. It’s best eaten slowly to appreciate the textural contrasts Kala Klassen, who runs the pastry department at Whitebark,
and playfulness. But it’s a treat that shouldn’t be relegated to beach prepared two s’mores for my brother and me on a visit last
cookouts or gatherings of friends. A s’more can be had on a Tuesday November.
14 July | August 2009 Mammoth Sierra Magazine
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