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Monthly Archives: March 2010
What To Do with a Bag O' Cranberries, Part Deux, or Cranberry Ketchup, or Why "Tomato" is an Adjective in the Phrase "Tomato Ketchup"
Pin itI was considering ketchup the other day. Of course I was. I mean, who doesn’t? Right? Ahem. At any rate, it’s often written as tomato ketchup on bottles. Sure, we shorten it to ketchup: “Hey, pass the ketchup,” “Oh … Continue reading
Posted in Pastry Techniques, recipes
Tagged condiments, cooking with fruit, cranberries, fruit ketchup
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PMAT Live! Episode 3b After the Twist (The Highly Anticipated Sequel to "Doin' the Pretzel Twist")
Pin itYes, friends, it is finally here. Between the foster cats and the deaths and What Not, it has taken me awhile to get around to the actual baking of the pretzels. But, it’s done. And they are Awesome. Here’s … Continue reading
Posted in Pastry Techniques, PMAT Live
Tagged blanching pretzels, how to make pretzels, Online Pastry Chef, PMAT Live
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The Beloved's Birthday Dessert Extravaganza Plus The Weeping Radish.
Pin itThe Beloved’s birthday was this past Friday, the 12th. As part of our celebration, I created a Big Ass Dessert for him. Well, let me amend that. It wasn’t so much one Big Ass Dessert as it was Individual … Continue reading
You Know It’s True: Every Pound Cake I Bake, I Bake It For You
Pin it Okay, I might be the only game in town that revisits the humble pound cake on a regular basis. But, you’ll thank me. Honest. Soon, all of you I Don’t Bake people will be riffing on the basic … Continue reading
Posted in Justifications, Pastry Methods, recipes
Tagged Anita Bryant, cake, cake recipes, pound cake, Van Halen pound cake
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What’s So Fine? Meringue, Meringue, Meringue
Pin itWhen most of us think of meringue, we think of the poufy, soft white stuff on top of a lemon or chocolate pie filling. That kind of meringue is Lovely and certainly has its place, but there’s a lot … Continue reading
Winter Leaves
Pin itIt is sometimes the way of things for a late frost to cut down nascent buds, and we mourn lost potential. It is sometimes the way of things for the storm to rip young leaves off slender branches, sending … Continue reading
Garnish: It’s More Than Just a Sprig O’ Mint
Pin itGrowing up, I thought that garnish was green frilly stuff. It was the anemic lettuce leaf under the crab salad, the parsley nestled between the steak and potato, the mint shoved into the whipped cream on top of the … Continue reading
The Weekend: Parents, Plants and Pasta. And Freddie. And Adam.
Pin itYes, The Beloved and I hosted my esteemed mother and father this weekend. We had a lovely time. They left their dog, China, at home so they could enjoy our “children” without worrying about cat-dog animosity. That worked out … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Lambert, easy dinners, Freddie Mercury, Jane, visiting with the parents
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