My internet is down at the present moment and so I’m writing this out the old fashioned with pen and paper. I’ll type it out later to post (which, if you’re reading it now I have obviously done already). As I’m writing it though, I’m realizing that I need to write like this more often because I much prefer it to typing. Mostly that’s because I’m a terrible typer, but also because it feels so much more personal. It’s like the difference between talking to someone in person versus by email or text. It’s real and tangible, I love that. I know I’ll sound like a broken record here, because I’ve already told you too many times how I’m not particularly fond of writing out my recipes. Yes, I know I’m a food blogger. Yeah, thank you very much, I do know that. Hey, but it’s harder than you’d think it would be to put certain actions into words. For example, try to imagine how you would explain how to open your eyes to a person who never has, or how to make the “G” sound with your voice. Hard right? Teaching is no cakewalk (ha, even if what your teaching is how to make a cake). But, back to what I was getting at. I like to use visual instruction to show how to do something, rather than say how. You know, like a picture is worth a thousand words and all that. It’s sometimes easier to take pictures than it is to explain and, you may have noticed that, recently I’ve been been adding more GIFs for that purpose. Usually this works out fine, but um, not this time……….. My process pictures of this seemed okay at first until I started editing them. They were such an epic failure in fact, that my mom and I ended up in tears from laughing so hard. Something about the fact that my GIF looked like an autopsy mixed with the fact that it was almost midnight made it extremely comical to us. The whole things seemed like a good idea but apparently the process of twisting a pear babka is best in verbal form….yeah. So, aside from the fact that I will never again attempt to demonstrate how to twist one of these on camera, I will say that it was amazing. You should definitely make one. Pears are such an underrated fruit that deserve to be the star of a treat like this.