Biscuits, strawberries, whipped cream. Those are the base components of a classic strawberry shortcake. I vary it a little by using Chantilly cream which is a more indulgent version of whipped cream: heavy cream whipped with sugar and vanilla extract. The biscuits are a variation of my go-to recipe, but sweeter and incorporating Rose Levey […]
READ ONThat’s not an easy question to answer in a historical sense. So many things have gone by the name “shortcake” over the centuries that it’s become impossible to trace the word to a single point of origin. The term famously appears in Shakespeare, in The Merry Wives of Windsor, however since the Bard failed to […]
READ ONSome of you may have noticed that I don’t pay much attention to seasonality here on joepastry.com. I’m just as likely to make pumpkin bars in April as in October. Blueberry muffins in January are fine by me. However this past weekend it was impossible to miss the explosion of strawberries at our local farmer’s […]
READ ONOn the down side, I didn’t get much blogging done last week. On the up side, I finally managed to clear out a corner of my back yard that was so weed-choked and neglected that it was in danger of being declared a federally-protected wetland. This morning when I walked out the back door I […]
READ ON…how I get myself into these positions. Then then I remember: because I’m arrogant, superior and argumentative. Duh. UPDATE: Reader Eric G. adds, helpfully: Don’t forget haughty! Thanks very much, Eric, I won’t.
READ ONAs if on cue after my post on MSG, the New York Times published this very interesting piece of work yesterday, about how most food allergies are actually imagined. Why, after all the grief I’ve received over my MSG post (which has included threats of violence, legal action and electronic subterfuge) would I put this […]
READ ONPrehistoric bread, evidently from about 3,500 years before Christ. Amazing how closely these petrified loaves resemble my own first attempts at bread in looks, and very probably taste and texture.
READ ONThis happens to me every so often. I wake up in a strange place, usually in the middle of the day, not remembering anything about where I’ve been or what I’ve been up to. Later I find out that I’ve been off on some sort of weird blogging bender. That seems to be what’s going […]
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