I said it before and I’ll say it again: flourless chocolate cake is all in the various techniques. Last night I realized that perhaps the most critical of all of them is the one I haven’t actually talked about yet: folding. The thing that’s most obvious about a flourless chocolate “cake” is that it’s not […]
READ ONNo, not my shingles. That’s over. It’s food legislation again. No sooner does the Chicago city council start to recognize the ridiculousness attempting a city-wide trans fat ban than the New York city council decides to take up the issue. Again. Just goes to show that there’s no sphere of life that’s safe from cheap […]
READ ONI’ve made this point before, but I see no reason not to keep on making it. Always, always, always line your cake-baking vessels from stem to stern with parchment paper. I know you have a non-stick pan, I don’t care. It’ll stick. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but sooner or later you’re going to […]
READ ONI talked a lot about flourless cake technique two weeks ago when I put up the project, so most of this ground has been covered…save to say the choice of pans, which is important. My first time out buying a springform pan I went with a cheapie $9 special I found in the closeout bin […]
READ ONI’ve been fiddling quite a bit with sourdough starters the last couple of months, killing off several trying to perfect my growing and storing processes. About two weeks ago I began to notice something strange happening. The starters were taking longer and longer to start growing. Which is to say, they didn’t bubble up nearly […]
READ ONMy hand and arm have healed enough so it doesn’t kill me to type. However shingles recovery isn’t a fast-moving affair, so don’t be surprised if I’m not as prolific as usual this week. I’ll do my best! What a lousy thing an attack of shingles is. Avoid them if you can. As a public […]
READ ON…and I’m doing the cornmeal crust for the pregnant lady yet again! But it’s all good practice. I’ve come to the conclusion that the soaker method is really the only method for getting a non-gritty texture, and will update the recipe accordingly. A little extra water won’t hurt anything since there’s so much corn meal […]
READ ONWell, I’m on the mend friends. The hand and arm are healing and I’m on the verge of typing normally. Thanks to all of those who’ve wished me well. I’ll be back bright and bushy-tailed Monday morning. But before I sign off my shortest blogging week so far, I wanted to ask everyone to say […]
READ ONIn all my discomfort and self-pity, I forgot that yesterday was International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Don’t mind if I celebrate it a day late do you?
READ ONTurns out that I don’t have poison ivy, but am instead afflicted with shingles. I always laughed when I heard people talk about shingles, since I couldn’t imagine such a funny-sounding word actually hurting anyone. But brothers and sisters, I’m here to tell you it really and truly does hurt. Bad. What’s weird is that […]
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