The key is finding and believing in the stuff.
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McDermott, Kate: Pie Camp: The Skills You Need to Make Any Pie You Want
Lee, Lara: Coconut & Sambal: Recipes from my Indonesian Kitchen
Kimber, Edd: One Tin Bakes: Sweet and simple traybakes, pies, bars and buns
Clark, Letitia: Bitter Honey: Recipes and Stories from Sardinia
McDowell, Erin Jeanne: The Book on Pie: Everything You Need to Know to Bake Perfect Pies
Michael Solomonov: Federal Donuts: The (Partially) True Spectacular Story
Chris Cosentino: Offal Good: Cooking from the Heart, with Guts
Deb Perelman: Smitten Kitchen Every Day: Triumphant and Unfussy New Favorites
Samin Nosrat: Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking
Michelle Tam: Ready or Not!: 150+ Make-Ahead, Make-Over, and Make-Now Recipes by Nom Nom Paleo
Lee Brian Schrager: America's Best Breakfasts: Favorite Local Recipes from Coast to Coast
Jacqueline An: An: To Eat: Recipes and Stories from a Vietnamese Family Kitchen
Carolyn Phillips: All Under Heaven: Recipes from the 35 Cuisines of China
Alexandra Stratou: Cooking with Loula: Greek Recipes from My Family to Yours
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The key is finding and believing in the stuff.
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Looking at these butterscotch peanut butter cups sparked the idea of peanut butterscotch.
Time to start tinkering.
Years Past
April 28, 2005
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Covering the timer with a thin layer of plastic wrap keeps all the gunk out of the buttons and makes daily cleaning, especially in a doughnut shop, extremely easy.
Years Past
April 23, 2019
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Inspiration comes from doing.
The title alone is worth the purchase of the book. A deep dive into the pages is an eye opening reminder on how to kindle your own creativity.
Years Past
April 20, 2019
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The impact of simple adjustments may be monumental if done with exacting thought.
Years Past
April 18, 2019
April 18, 2009
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In the style of nachos.
Years Past
April 13, 2019
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I turned the page in Ken Barber's House Industries Lettering Manual, and laughed out loud. It's funny because it's true.
Years Past
April 11, 2019
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We have flavored our pasta for years. We have flavored the liquid we use to hydrate noodles. But for some reason we have not done much with the pasta cooking water. It took a what if moment to add miso to our pasta water. The miso added some savoriness to the noodles and the water itself was a flavorful addition to finishing the pasta in sauce. Is miso necessary in pasta water? Not at all. It's a delicious small touch.
Years Past
April 9, 2005
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We have scored steaks and chicken thighs for deep frying. We had not bothered to apply the idea to improving grilled ingredients. Until we did. I scored the chicken legs and partially exposed the leg and thigh bones. I put a cross hatch into the flesh. I marinated the thighs in mustard, soy sauce, hot sauce and buttermilk. The scoring allowed for more surface contact and a faster grilling. It also allowed for more grilled burnt ends to develop. The result provides a more efficient and delicious grilled chicken.
Years Past
April 2, 2005
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I made a habit of cooking too much pasta. At first it was the result of poor planning. That and the fact that I refused to scale down portions from a restaurant mentality to that of a family of three. It took time for me to realize that great at the moment leads to good the next day and drudgery dining in the days that followed. After too many years of pushing through and eventually throwing away vast quantities of leftover pasta I began to learn.
As I got my pasta problem in check I observed, well heard about, an interesting eating situation. I don't particularly care for angel hair pasta. Aki and Amaya have a fetish for the stuff. When I travel, they eat daddy's away pasta. It is usually angel hair with butter and cheese or perhaps with red sauce and vegetables. The two of them end up with a small amount of leftover angel hair. It's the coveted portion of the daddy's away pasta. The following morning Aki sautes the noodles in a pan and cracks a few eggs on top. She puts a lid on the pan. The pasta caramelizes, the eggs gently cook. The result is eggs on a rosti-esque nest of noodles. Amaya loves it. Aki hopes Amaya doesn't finish. I don't really get to experience the creation.
After hearing about the fried pasta and eggs one to many times I became envious. I asked Aki to make daddy's away pasta. She made a delicious batch of angel hair, coated in garlic bread butter and enriched with cheese. We crushed the noodles. She made sure to make enough so that there was enough for breakfast noodles. The following morning Amaya went to the fridge and pulled the eggs and the noodles out and placed them on the counter. She looked at me as if of course I knew what to do. I set about following Aki's model. I had to make sure the yolks were runny. Amaya does not do anything but runny yolks. I nailed it. Amaya crushed it. And now I too have a fetish for angel hair pasta.
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The logic of making meatloaf.
If there is meatloaf then there will be comfort.
Years Past
February 20, 2011
February 20, 2005
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The chill in the air sparked my desire for oatmeal. I cooked a pot of rolled oats and topped them with heavy cream, maple syrup and blueberries. The combination was classic pancake style. It struck a chord of happy memories. It was warm gruel that I was able to become lost in thought while eating. Now it is time to turn it into a doughnut.
Years Past
February 17, 2005
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It is amazing to see the variety of doughnut fillings ready to dispense.
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A pile of hearts.
Years Past
February 14, 2009
February 14, 2005
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We brushed the rib eye with our gochujang-mustard. We wrapped it in nor and held the nori in place with plastic wrap. We refrigerated the meat for an hour and then vacuum sealed the meat to press the nori tightly in place. We unwrapped the meat and cut it into portions. We cooked the portions in a combi oven set at 52°C and cooked the meat for 2 hours. We removed the meat and seared the exterior in sunflower seed oil. The meat browned and the nori toasted. It was a delicious surf and turf.
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February 12, 2006
February 12, 2005
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I have a thing for the sweet aromatic sauce for Indian buttered chicken. I also have a noodle fetish. Tonight we married the two. I started with ground chicken, peppers and onions. I added a butter chicken simmer sauce and crushed tomatoes. I boosted the sauce with some curry powder and some richness with buttermilk.
The simmer sauce allowed me to test my idea quickly. I am glad I did. The sauce is delicious. Now we can go about making the idea distinctly our own.
Years Past
January 20, 2005
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Upgrading an icon.
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January 18, 2009
January 18, 2005
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I do not have a ton of sauces on hand. And frankly, since I do not have a pasta project, currently, I tinker when time allows. Our newly developed ricotta dumplings are special. Their full body and lightness make them crushworthy. But I did not want to leave them alone to my laziness and eating them with a browned butter sauce.
I took the dumplings down to our friends at Charcoal BYOB. They have an insane pasta program and plenty of sauces to play with. On the drive I started thinking more about our dumplings. I figured their texture would easily allow for me to stuff them. This was a thought I most likely would not have tripped over had I not had time to ponder during the drive.
When I arrived we started cooking the dumplings and I set to stuffing a few with a delicious nduja. The dumplings behaved wonderfully and perfectly resealed around the filling. We ate the stuffed dumplings with a coarse red sauce. The other tests, beautiful plates of pasta, were equally delicious, thanks to the synergy of the sauce and the dumplings.
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January 17, 2005
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