I do have one unpleasant memory associated with Nutella. It happened my senior year of college. My twin sister Joellen Pastry and I were attending the same liberal arts college in Indiana. I’d just returned home from a junior year spent abroad in Britain, she from a semester in France. It was a happy fall […]
READ ONWell, the results are in, happy people live longer. But then you knew that. Strange that Restaurant Business would publish an article like this, but then I guess I’ve known my share of surly cooks, chefs, management and owners. Looking over their list of happy-making tips, I was pleased to see I’ve done most of […]
READ ONI know, I know. Joe, can’t you just leave the yogurt thing alone? I wish I could, but I can’t. Everywhere I turn these days, I see fresh-fermented dairy products. If you feel like you’re having the same problem, it may be because this spring/summer will mark the “great return” of frozen yogurt to the […]
READ ONThe wife, being a chocoholic bar none, commented that I haven’t made any “real desserts” in a while, meaning of course that I haven’t done anything with chocolate. So, to entice you choco-fiends back into the fold, I think it’s time for an oldie but a goodie: crêpes with Nutella and bananas. But since I […]
READ ONI have more fun making them than just about anything else. And what with three young nephews in town visiting for Derby weekend, how could I restrain myself?
READ ONSomebody out there doesn’t like me much. That fact was demonstrated plainly late Friday evening, when whoever-it-was launched a spam attack on the joepastry.com site, causing a server shutdown that took me (or really my tech hero Dave) the weekend to work out. I can’t imagine the mentality of someone who would want to torpedo […]
READ ONShe’s going to be in town for the Derby you know. Think a drop-in is too much to hope for? I’ll make some extra just in case.
READ ONI started late and I’m wrapping up early today since it’s race weekend. Tomorrow is the Derby, but today is the Oaks, the phillies-only race that Louisville residents enjoy as a private pleasure before the big crowd hits town for the Derby. At the moment it’s pouring, which won’t stop the race, though it will […]
READ ONI’ve never made brown sugar biscuits before, but I’m pretty sure I’m going to have to keep it under my hat as it were. I live in the South now, where people take their biscuit-eating (and making) very seriously. True biscuit purists would never, ever add sugar to a baking powder biscuit. Yes, some might […]
READ ONGoodness gracious it’s been a big couple of weeks for the Keepin’ it Real Lobby. I may not agree with’em, but you’ve got to hand it to them, they’ve been flooding the zone like pros. First there was the LA Times editorial, then the NPR radio spot, then the Washington Post article, the Bloomberg piece, […]
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