Look at these croissants. Dude... hell yes.

Fundamentals

The croissant is a laminated baked good enjoyed the world over for millennia. A beloved creature of breakfast and snacking, it has a spiral shape and tastes like butter, qualities which make it essentially awesome.

Lydia Samuel Katz Domina studies electronic music and mathematics at Oberlin College and Conservatory, and is me. I am spending this summer in my longtime home of Old West Durham. Although I started baking regularly in 2020, only this year have I embarked on the croissant journey that, legend has it, every weary soul must someday tread.

The Old West Durham Croissant Scheme

The premise is this: I make croissants, you (whoever you are) buy croissants, I bring you croissants. As far as pricing, pay what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. We're neighbors! That said, I'm saving up for airfare and food so I can do a micro-study-abroad program in Berlin this January, so if you give me dollars, my hardship will be smallers. You can place orders via email. Once you've received your croissants, you can pay me via PayPal.

Options:

• 4 croissants – suggested price $20
• batch of 12 croissants – suggested price $60

You can ask for fillings in your croissants. These are rolled into the dough before baking, like a pain au chocolat rather than like an almond croissant (which is normally a regular baked croissant that's cut in half, filled with almond paste and re-baked). Fillings that I've already made include:

• chocolate
• pistachio
• sweetened tahini
• Manchego
• chocolate tahini
• apricot-Manchego
• almond
• ube

And fillings that I intend to try out include:

• leek-mushroom
• sweet potato tzimmes
• fig
• harissa-tomato paste
• Manchego-chili crisp
• gianduia
• chevre
• macerated raisin
• raisin-poppyseed
• roasted plum
• blueberry-thyme
• almond-coffee-cardamom

If one of these appeals to you, so much the better, but if you have something else in mind (as long as there's no meat) I'm happy to do it.

When you order, I'll let you know on what day the croissants will be ready. Some time that day, I'll deliver the croissants to your door.

Who made this website?

Me, and what's more, you can go home to view my other artistic works. If you want help making a website of your own, that's a thing I can also do.