Baked to a sugary crisp on one side and custard-soaked on the other, crème brulee French toast needs only a little prep work the night before and a few locally procured ingredients.

Crème Brulee French Toast
Serves four

Ingredients
1 c. dark brown sugar
2 tbsp. corn syrup
1 stick unsalted butter
1 loaf brioche bread (from Balthazar Bakery, if possible), cut into 1½-inch slices
5 large organic eggs
1 c. whole milk
½ c. heavy cream
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Pinch of salt
1 tbsp. Grand Marnier
Powdered sugar and sliced strawberries for garnish

1. In a medium saucepan, stir together the brown sugar, corn syrup, and butter until melted and smooth.

2. Pour the mixture into a lightly buttered 13-by-9-inch baking pan; top with bread in a single layer and set aside.

3. In a mixing bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, cream, vanilla, salt, and Grand Marnier.

4. Pour mixture over bread and wrap tightly with plastic wrap. Let chill in the fridge for eight hours or overnight. When ready to serve, let sit at room temperature for half an hour before baking.

5. Preheat oven to 350º. Bake for 35 minutes, until bread is golden and puffed. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and decorate with sliced strawberries.

We are just as excited as you are to have the Pizzeria Ortica dough recipe, but take it cheesy and try the Milanesa.

Pizza Milanesa
Makes one 12-inch pizza

Ingredients
12 thin stalks asparagus, ends peeled
4 cloves garlic, chopped
6 sprigs thyme
3 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper
½ c. fontina cheese, grated
2 oz. mozzarella, grated
2 tbsp. mascarpone
2 tbsp. Parmigiano-Reggiano
1 tbsp. butter
1 leaf sage
1 medium free-range egg
Pizzeria Ortica pizza dough

1. In a medium saute pan on high heat, cook asparagus, garlic, thyme, and olive oil for 2 minutes (asparagus should be al dente). Season with salt and pepper to taste. Set aside.

2. Combine cheeses and season with salt and pepper to taste. Set aside.

3. Melt butter in a frying pan until just browned; add sage and egg. Fry egg to desired doneness (over easy recommended). Remove immediately from heat and set aside.

4. Place prepared dough on sheet dusted with flour. Top with cheese mixture and arrange asparagus.

5. Place pizza on stone in 550° oven. Bake until crust is nicely browned and crisp, cheese is evenly melted and slightly bubbling.

6. Remove from oven. Slice (optional) and top with fried egg (exceptional).

Pucker up, buttercup! It’s time to take a closer look at what the sweet new line Boos & Besito has to offer.

It’s been berry, berry nice. Until next LAFW, we bid you adieu.

It’s iShowMyself time. (Ahem, you in the trench, that’s not what we meant.) The three-member DJ tribe native to L.A. dove into their bag of music tricks to come up with a playlist just for us.

iSHOWMYSELF x The Dossier

1. “1901,” by Phoenix
2. “Again & Again,” by The Bird and the Bee
3. “Playboy,” by Max Tundra
4. “No Diggity - Blackstreet Cover,” by Klaxons
5. “I’m a Lady,” by Santogold
6. “Players Holiday,” by Too Short
7. “Nothing to Worry About,” by Peter Bjorn and John
8. “Send Him Back - Pilooski Edit,” by The Pointer Sisters
9. “Walking on a Dream,” by Empire of the Sun
10. “Goodtime,” by Brazilian Girls
11. “Nighttiming,” by Coconut Records
12. “I Can’t Rap, I Can’t Sing, but Would Do Anything,” by Junior Senior

Book ’em at ishowmyself.LA@gmail.com. For more information, go to facebook.com/pages/iSHOWMYSELF or look for them spinning out of control at Hwood, Custom Hotel, Mandrake Bar, and Medusa, or Temporary Spaces every other Friday night, including tonight. R.S.V.P. to rsvp@temporary-spaces.com.

Although you have the nautical outfit, you lack the patience, dirty jokes, and sea legs for scrimshaw carving. But jewelry designer Jessica Kagan Cushman takes the maritime craft to the next level with her hand-poured resin bracelets, which are inked with clever turns of phrase.

The nice gals at Ravinstyle are offering a stack of five of her newest printed bangles (a sneak preview!) to one lucky reader with the correct response to this question:

Q: What do JKC’s mom and pop do for a living?

Send your best guess to swindle@dailycandy.com. Put “it’s all in the wrist” in the subject line.

www.ravinstyle.com
www.jessicacushman.com

Liquor? You don’t even know her. At The Dossier party last week, we acquainted ourselves with Pinky, the fancy blush-colored vodka with a botanical bent hinting at violets, wild strawberries, and rose petals. And though there are many an inspired recipe on its website (The Pinky Vespa, The Sweetheart), you can get in the mix with a Naked Pinky Cosmo right now: Take one part Pinky, a splash of cranberry juice, two squeezes of lime, and a splash of simple syrup; stir with ice; strain into a chilly martini glass; garnish with lime. Bottoms up!

www.pinkyvodka.com

Once upon a time (six years ago), designer Corinne Grassini saw a pair of leather boots with a ton of straps. It was love at first sight (sigh). But the boots not only belonged to someone else, they were also vintage (sniff, sniff). Alas, Grassini figured they’d be impossible to find and feared that even if she were to be united with the beloved boots, she’d never be able to afford them (figures). And then it hit her: She could make the boots herself! So she went to the library and checked out a book on how to fashion moccasins (ding! ding! ding!). She made ankle booties, midcalf, thigh high, you name it. And Society for Rational Dress was born (hooray!).

Once upon another time (fall 2009 show on Friday), Grassini sent heels bechained with gold (cha-ching!) down the runway. So if you like them, make them yourself! She did, and she’d like to show you how (applause).

1. Dig up an old pair of shoes.
2. Gather your tools (leather spray paint, metal cutters, leather punch, needle, heavy-duty thread, tons of chain).

3. Spray your shoe whatever color you like. (We did ours to match the chain.)
4. Use a leather punch to make holes in the rim of the opening.

5. Use the thread to sew a loop through the chain and attach to the shoe.
6. Repeat step five over and over until you come up with a result you like.

If the hanging chain is too much for you, try them this way.

www.societyforrationaldress.com

Fashion Week in a nutshell: organized chaos — and it would have been just chaos if it wasn’t for Bare Collection’s handy-dandy purse pouches. Part of a high-end form and function collection (which includes the bike ride-friendly Day Tripper satchel and reversible Bucket bag), the three sizes of buttery leather zip-tops compartmentalize all your portable clutter.

Win this set for yourself. Just tell us what the fear of messiness is:

a) dendrophobia
b) cyclophobia
c) ablutophobia
d) ataxophobia
e) xanthophobia

E-mail your answer to swindle@dailycandy.com with “get it together” in the subject line.

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We’re not exactly encouraging French showers, but Tsubota Pearl’s perfume stick applicators certainly help the cause. The handy little devices are perfect for purses and pockets — and they come with a tiny funnel so you can fill ’em with your favorite scent.

Next time you’re out and about (or at, say, Fashion Week) and catch a questionable whiff, you’ll thank us.

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