archive for March, 2011

(April) fools rush in…

Recipe: None

“Ooooh, so THAT’s what that Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been doing in there!”

Working in the test kitchen here at King Arthur Flour is not without its… uh, mishaps. Herewith a comic compendium of the year’s high (low?) points in the kitchen.

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100% whole wheat waffles? 100% delicious!

Recipe: Whole Wheat Waffles

What exactly is it that makes a waffle so gosh-darned good?

Is it the slightly deep-fried flavor, from batter coming into direct contact with the hot iron?

Perhaps the contrast of crisp crust with soft, moist interior?

Or maybe just the way waffles speak to us of happy times. Childhood. Family.

IHOP. Hey, whatever floats your breakfast boat, right?

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Florentiners à la Mama: Gesine Bullock-Prado comes to visit

Recipe: Florentiners à la Mama

I’m sure each of us in our own time have experienced serendipitous events where something fine and good and true arises from a sad or stressful situation. Sometimes it’s a small thing, like…

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Spinach white pizza: taking a break from tomato.

Recipe: Spinach White Pizza

Isn’t  it delightful that some things in life are never going to get old, and there will always be a new and different version around the corner?

Take shoes. Someone is always going to be out there creating new designs for shoes to tempt (or torture)  your tootsies.

Or movies. For better or for worse, someone will spend their days working hard to bring viewers the latest and greatest in boy-meets-girl-meets-zombie-superhero-dancer-on-board-a-sinking-ship-with-jewel-heist-adventure-supernatural-twist-ending films. I can hardly wait.

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Coffeecake without the bake: cinnamon streusel pancakes

Recipe: Cinnamon Streusel Pancakes

Truth be told, I kinda like to get up early on the weekend. Somehow knowing that I don’t have to do it and don’t have to be anywhere makes it easier to do. Trust me, if I do have to get up early on a weekday, it’s not nearly such a pleasant thought.

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Sláinte! A just-sweet-enough American-Irish soda bread.

Recipe: American Irish Soda Bread

Ah, St. Patrick’s Day!

Green clothes. Green cabbage. Green cookies.

Green beer.

Sorry… I just couldn’t bear to make green bread.

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10 good reasons to make biscotti. Starting with crunchy Cherry-Pistachio.

Recipe: Cherry-Pistachio Biscotti

These are just about the prettiest cookies you’ll ever see.

And super-tasty, too.

So, tell me again why you’ve never made biscotti?

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Put a ribbon in it: Our Great Cake Contest winner

Recipe: Chocolate Mousse Cake with Raspberries

The Tunbridge World's Fair in Vermont at dusk

If you want to really get a feel for the creative cooking energy on the ground in America, get yourself to one of the many state or regional fairs across the country. If you care about good food, there’s no better place to make a connection to where it comes from and how it’s produced. read the rest of this entry »

VERY vanilla: cream-filled brioche, a.k.a…. help!

Recipe: Vanilla Cream-Filled Brioche

You know how it is when there’s information lurking somewhere in the back of your brain, and it simply WILL NOT emerge?

That’s what’s happening with the recipe we’re making today.

It’s an over-the-top specialty of the French Riviera: Brioche… something or other.

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Just 45 minutes to heaven… Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

Recipe: Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

Oh… MY!

About an hour ago, two of my Web teammates (names will be withheld to protect the guilty er, innocent) came and begged for chocolate.

BEGGED. I’m not kidding. They did everything but crawl on their knees. read the rest of this entry »