Archive for the ‘cooking’ Category
Friday, June 27th, 2008
Cruising in once again with useless kitchen information, I have a pretty strong opinion about knives. Mostly this is the result of people spending gobs of money on fully forged knives that aren’t chef’s knives. By my estimation that is the ultimate in kitchen waste, but before I ...
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Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Q: What happens when you get home from work early and you begin drinking and eating strawberries as the start to your weekend?
A: You start making incredibly lame videos that offer little value and make your wife think you're stranger than even she had initially believed.
The Forschner isn't necessary ...
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Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Have you been eying that totally awesome flame colored Le Creuset French oven for years? Maybe it's the grill pan your heart has fluttered for but you just couldn't bring yourself to pull the trigger, plunk down the dough, and walk away with it for fear you might not ...
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Sunday, March 9th, 2008
David Lebovitz apparently does.For those of you maybe wanting to try this at home, not nearly the oddity it once was, Lebovitz posted today about Candied Bacon Ice Cream.
I've got a stash of yolks going in my freezer so I think I'm going to make some with chocolate as what ...
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
[flickr align="right" style="padding-left: 10px;"]photo:2226152172(small)[/flickr]Former Edwardsvillian Webdesigner Bill Klingensmith of myDarndest was recently in town and made some updates to the Goshen Coffee/222 Artisan Bakery website in the form of adding a blog.
The first post went up last week, and for the high-rolling wanna-be-baker, Matt Herren and 222's new(ish) head baker ...
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Monday, January 28th, 2008
Porchini dusted Chilean Sea Bass (from Bob's Seafood), roasted acorn squash, wilted red chard
It would probably be a whole lot more exciting if I learned to make more sauces, but it would also be a whole lot more fattening for a Monday night dinner as well.
Which brings me to another ...
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Saturday, January 5th, 2008
In the early days of the Food Network David Rosengarten had a show called Taste. In a way I guess he was almost the forerunner to Alton Brown, but where Brown will use food science to tweak a recipe or explain its outcome, Rosengarten went straight for ...
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Saturday, December 22nd, 2007
In my oven now, as I type, is the greatest dessert in the world: Harvest Brioche Bread Pudding w/ Bourbon Currant Sauce. It will ensure success tomorrow afternoon in Christmas Round 1.
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Thursday, December 6th, 2007
Alanna posted about glazed turnips the other day, and when I read her post, it occurred to me I still had a bunch of turnips buried deep within "MY FRIG, THE ROOT CELLAR" too. I'd bought them from Claverach Farms a couple months ago with no idea what I'd ...
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Monday, November 26th, 2007
Lately I've been looking for a more full bodied olive oil with a a bit more spiciness than the Yellingbo I keep on hand. Shopping online, several times I'd had an oil in the cart ready to buy, but because some of the really fine olive oils cost considerably ...
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