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It’s hardly a secret, especially after Oprah told everyone to buy one, that Amazon has* an e-book reader called the Kindle. There’s a general review of the Kindle and a comparison between [...]
This entry is stolen… er, used under Creative Commons License from umami.com. I have made these cookies several times and love them ever so. They are my favorite cookies to make at Christmas, because they are easy and tasty and a bit more sophisticated than your average Christmas cookie.
I have not made any alterations to [...]
I ran across this little specialty food site today called Edible. When I write “specialty food”, I seriously mean it.
The items that caught my immediate interest were the Wild Black Vanilla Pod and the infamous Civet Coffee. The vanilla because the mind just overflows with the possibilities inherent in a wild version. The coffee because, [...]
One of my favorite food activities is when someone is having a problem with a recipe and ask for help. Whether it’s asked directly to me or just in my vicinity, it gives me a chance to test what I’ve learned and see how well I’m doing. There’s nothing like taking some basic problem, breaking [...]
I am reading through BakeWise now, partially because it’s what I do, and partly because I am in the process of developing something special. A couple of special things, really. I’m reading through the Kindle edition I mentioned earlier, which is super cool.
BakeWise
Shirley O. Corriher. Scribner 2008, Hardcover, 544 pages, $18.66
My initial impressions are:
1) Awesome.
2) Okay, Shirley is [...]
There are two new items for the World’s Most Popular Stand Mixer In The World*. I’m writing of the KitchenAid Stand Mixer, not some other mixer.
The first is the BeaterBlade. Available from Amazon, this handly little device is just like the paddle attachment on your stand mixer, except that it has some silicone bits around [...]
Khymos.org has wrapped up its most recently flavor pairing challenge “They Go Really Well Together” (TGRWT) #11: Banana and Cloves. The TGRWT challenges are a general web challenge to create new dishes that use a non-traditional flavor pairing.
I have not participated in the TGRWT challenges yet, but they’re always fascinating. I wrote about them [...]
I didn’t think this was going to happen, but Bakewise, the new book by Shirley O. Corriher, is available on the Kindle. If you bake, and you use the Kindle, buy it now. I am.
One of my twitter friends posted what was, to him, a disturbing tale of a cake transformed. In 140 characters or less, here was the conundrum:
After eating the cake, his mind was alight with frightening tales of adulterated coffee in offices and strange and weird ways that the cake could have become more moist over [...]
Or:
How to make your baking turn out better.
Or:
Nothing to see; move along.
The title of the article is different depending on what kind of baker you are. When I bake, I rarely either have time to or remember to set the ingredients out to come to room temperature first. It’s a really good idea to do [...]
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