Archive for July 2014
What Can I Make with Honey Roasted Peanuts?">What Can I Make with Honey Roasted Peanuts?
Brittle? Reading More May Cause Envy...
Read moreYour best big gadgettool?">Your best big gadgettool?
I know I'm not alone on this site for lusting after a bigger mixer or a gas range, even a commercial one. Sometimes it's because something I do is really slow but often it's because I perceive that something will make me perform better, faster, etc... etc... I'm trying an electric...
Read moreNative Foods Oatmeal Creme Pie recipe">Native Foods Oatmeal Creme Pie recipe
If anyone here has been to the vegan restaurant called 'Native Foods' they have a yummy oatmeal creme pie. I am mostly interested in the oatmeal cookie recipe they use. It's so good and I just want to be able to make a large batch at home. Does anyone have...
Read moreChicken Soup Problems">Chicken Soup Problems
Hey! I'm trying to make Tom Kha Gai soup in my slow cooker. There is a weird grainy/fatty substance that's been gathering on the top. It looks like ground chicken, but I didn't cut the chicken up that small.... any ideas/suggestions? Reading More May Cause Envy...
Read moreMaking REAL Danish Pastry">Making REAL Danish Pastry
Having decades-old memories of REAL Danish pastries from a bakery in a small town in Denmark. Light, crunchy, not these awful bread-dough things we have in US bakeries. Before I leave this planet, I want to figure out how to make the REAL Danish pastries. I'd even invest in imported...
Read moreD'artagnan Foie Gras Cubes">D'artagnan Foie Gras Cubes
Has anyone purchased these and have a review? I do not expect it to be as good as a whole one but am serving it at a bachelor party and just want to make sure it is at least decent. Thank you for any help http://www.dartagnan.com/Foie-Gras-Cubes/ZDUFG008-1,default,pd.html Reading More...
Read moreLobsters for 80?">Lobsters for 80?
Aren't the galvanized tubs toxic and coated with lead? I want to do the same thing but I'm told not to use galvanized tubs. Reading More May Cause Envy...
Read moreHow do you cook a grey steak medium rare?">How do you cook a grey steak medium rare?
A German thing? If it is now, it couldn't always have been, or we wouldn't have Peter Luger's. Reading More May Cause Envy...
Read moreThis Ice Cream Changes Color As You Lick It">This Ice Cream Changes Color As You Lick It
Linares has created an ice cream that changes color as it's eaten. The fruity confection, called Xamaleón... Read more
Fish Sauce Problem">Fish Sauce Problem
Bought a few fish sauces recently - just opened one of the cloudier ones - a viet sauce Sai Gon brand Mam Nem (fish, salt, water). Can't find a pic online. Anyhow, when I just opened it, it spewed all over me and the countertop while I was talking on...
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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