My post about Warren Brown and the Food Network from last week attracted the attention of some publicists for the Maryland Home & Garden Show, where it seems Mr. Brown will be appearing this coming Saturday. Amazing, this blogging medium, isn’t it? You do it in your living room, but you never know who might […]
READ ONIf you haven’t seen or heard about it yet, go read the essay over at Policy Review entitled Is Food the New Sex? by Mary Eberstadt. It’s long, you’ll need to dedicate a full half hour to it, but it’s well worth the time for all those who’ve ever wondered how people nowadays have become […]
READ ONIndeed yes (to answer a great many more questions that came my way this weekend). The general rule of thumb, as I wrote before, is to combine all the dry ingredients plus the sugar at the outset, add the softened fat, then about 50-75% of the liquid, whatever it takes to make a smooth batter. […]
READ ONThe response to my fortnight-long cake-a-thon has been tremendous. I have so many people asking me for cake decorating tips, I can’t possibly answer them all — mostly because I’m a very poor cake decorator. I’d refer those who are more interested in cake decorating resources to head to PastryWiz to see what they might […]
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