One of the many pound cake recipes on my site, this wonderful creamsicle pound cake post needs a bit of an update, but the recipe is really good! If you're a pound cake fan, you can find all my pound cake recipes in one place on the blog! Yes, The University of Pastry Methods and Techniques (Mascot: Sta-Puft Marshmallow Man) is now offering another class. No more pussy footing about with Van Halen Pound Cake here and Sammy Hagar Pound Cake there. Oh, no--today, it's The Whole Enchilada. So, ... continue reading...
A Perfect Day: A Visit to Mayberry and RagApple Lassie
The Beloved planned a Day Trip for us last Saturday. Last time we went, I took him to the beach, remember? And I drove the whole way. Because it was His Day. Since Saturday was My Day, he drove all the way. That was the First Treat. Here are some pictures from The Drive. We ended up driving to Mt. Airy, NC. We thought it was Closer than it was, but it was 4 hours away. Of course, we were Avoiding interstates so we could actually see some cool stuff along the way, but still. Four hours is ... continue reading...
Easy Pizza Dough Recipe
You can check out my easy pizza dough web story here if you'd like. The Importance of Pizza One of the first things The Beloved and I do when we move to a new place is to find the best local pizza place we can and Buy From Them. We'd rather support a local, stand-alone than a Crazy Big Chain operation. The place we have found in NC is a little place called Papa's Pizza and Subs. We order from Papa about twice a month, and we have been Very Pleased--even their delivery guys are ... continue reading...
Sunday Suppers: Quinoa and Chickpea Salad
A friend whom I hadn't seen in over twenty years came over for dinner last Thursday with his lovely wife. We weren't terribly close in college; he was a freshman when I was a senior, but one pivotal memory I have of him is this: Wait for it. In the summer of '87, I babysat someone's guitar while they went back home. I stayed in the dorms, ostensibly Painting Bathrooms, but mainly it just meant that I lived there and got paid for it. Awesome. At any rate, I figured that, since I was ... continue reading...
U-PMAT Class EF102-A&B, Offering Certification in Egg White Foams by way of Discussions of Macarons and Soufflés.
Welcome to U-PMAT Certification Class EF102-A&B in which you will be Conversant with--nay, Eminently Qualified* for--making Items based on Egg Foam. Qualification: We shan't be covering sponge cakes, genoise, et al, in EF102-A&B as that was covered in EF101, here. Right then. Pencils at the ready? Let's begin, shall we. Ahem. I got a great question over at my sparsely populated forum. Dr. Fagshah asked if I could show him/her (?) how to make lovely French macarons. The original ... continue reading...
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