Favorite Food Forums">Favorite Food Forums
What are your favorite specialized food forums? Here are some sites that I love: https://steepster.com/ - for tea http://www.thefreshloaf.com/ - for bread https://www.reddit.com/r/seriouseats/ - seriouseats reviews Reading More May Cause Envy...
Read moreCorn fritters?">Corn fritters?
Can I use "Goya Masarepa" (precooked yellow cornmeal) instead of regular corn meal? Reading More May Cause Envy...
Read moreBread Spread">Bread Spread
I've gotten pretty good at Jim Leahy's no knead bread, which I knead (because I have a KitchenAid and because I am a REBEL). The dough rises overnight in a bowl in the fridge, and then I loaf it and set it out at room temperature for four hours, as...
Read moreHome Cooking Dish of the Month - September 2019 Nominations">Home Cooking Dish of the Month - September 2019 Nominations
Welcome to the Nominations thread for the September 2019 Dish of the Month. For those unfamiliar with the Home Cooking Dish of the Month (“DOTM”), our community selects a particular dish for each month. Over the course of that month Hounds cook the dish and report on the results, as...
Read moreBaking by weight with kids">Baking by weight with kids
This is probably a silly worry, but just something I was thinking about ... I started this thing about 3 years ago with my two boys (now 9 and 11) - each week, one picks a dinner and one picks a dessert that they make. I help and teach baking...
Read moreReboiling boiled eggs">Reboiling boiled eggs
Asking for my girlfriend. "I hard boiled 6 eggs yesterday, and when I opened one this morning, it clearly wasn't cooked all the way. Can I boil these eggs some more, or do I have to throw them away?" Reading More May Cause Envy...
Read moreCan you freeze tiramisu?">Can you freeze tiramisu?
So I scoured the interwebs to get the answer to this question and got conflicting information. I want to prepare a pan of tiramisu in advance and freeze it, if possible. My recipe contains mascarpone, an egg custard mixture, and savoiardi type biscuits. I'm afraid of everything going watery when...
Read morewhat's the gunk left in the pot when cooking whole lobster and crabs?">what's the gunk left in the pot when cooking whole lobster and crabs?
I don't mean the tomalley in the carcasses. when steaming a pot of lobster or crabs, there's always this thick white/yellow/green gunk left behind in the pot. always wondered what it was, and if It can be prevented to make cleanup a little easier. Reading...
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I love food. Unfortunately, I can't cook worth a damn. I've been known to even burn water.
When I watch chefs and good cooks on tv, I'm so envious of their skills. This blog is the closest I get to cooking, other than the microwave ;)
Try not to drool!
John, New Englander turned Cali dude