I can’t believe Fall is upon us already, and that means the holidays are soon to follow. I have a great tip for those of you that bring a cheesecake or other torte to a friend’s or relatives house and forget to take back the metal bottom of the springform pan. Go to enough parties and you may even […]
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I have a pet peeve. Food that is not served at the proper temperature! If I am at a function like a wedding or party where there are a lot of people the food is generally made ahead of time, stored and re-heated before it is served. Many times the food that should be HOT is NOT!!
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Desserts topped with whipped cream can be a beautiful thing. However, they can be frustrating as well! Once you whip the cream and beat the air into it there is a finite life to the heavenly cloud-like mass. Over several hours whipped cream will begin to go back to its original state (a liquid) and lose the air bubbles that
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Bubbles, my sourdough starter turns twenty years old this year. She and I have been through a lot over the last twenty years. We’ve fed dozens of people and even won some culinary competitions together. I guess I have personified this extraordinary mass of living matter, because she has meant so much to me and has been a large
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I just spent a wonderful week traveling through California starting in San Francisco and ending up in Napa Valley! The food and wine were amazing as were the people. At least most of them. Among the wonderful restaurants that I ate in, one in particular, stood out. The food from the apps, bread, entrees and desserts
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I have a tip for you. If you are baking cookies and you have any leftover nuts, cookies or candy, save them to top off your cookie dough before the little guys go into the oven! What do all of these things have in common? A quarter of a bag of mini marshmallows, some graham crackers, some potato chips,
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Strawberry shortcakes and s’mores are great this time of year, but have you ever entertained the idea of grilling your desserts? Here are a few tips. Try grilling pound cake, sponge cake or angel food cake and then piling on the toppings of whipped cream, fruit, nuts and/or chocolate. I must say browning that cake, whatever
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Tuile, which is a French word meaning roof tile, is a very thin, crispy wafer cookie. These cookies are very flexible while still warm from the oven, so they can be molded into almost any shape desired. When cooled, they are a sweet, crispy cookie that elevates even the simplest dessert to a new level.
All those kitchen reality shows are driving me CRAZY! I get why they are so popular. People love to be entertained. They can’t get enough conflict, backstabbing and I am just going to say it– schadenfreude. People just love to watch other people feel miserable. Well, as long as it does not involve THEM! They call them reality
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Makes approximately 1 quart 1 cup whole milk 1 vanilla bean, sliced in half lengthwise 2 cups heavy cream ¾ cup granulated sugar 2 teaspoons all purpose flour 6 large egg yolks In a medium saucepan, bring the milk to a simmer over medium high heat. Remove from the heat. On a cutting board, using
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