Archive for the ‘Junkfood’ Category
Thursday, January 11th, 2007
The most favorite NY-defining fast food that I have occasional urges for would have to be pizza. Granted, I'm sure Chicago holds it's own when it comes to pizza, New York-style pizza will always have me as a consumer. Pun intended.Pizza in NY is tasty for many reasons, I think. ...
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Tuesday, January 9th, 2007
There was leftover truffle base. And a baking mat. And unopened bags of Ghiradelli, because Hang is awesome and bought over plenty when we were baking a few weeks ago.The key to making Frangelico bark is to be patient and have room in the fridge to cool each layer. This ...
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Saturday, December 23rd, 2006
What better way to put the newly remodeled (all done by my Dad) than to bake with a good friend? Hang came over and we spent hour after hour in the kitchen working on the chemistry known as baking.He bought measuring cups. Don't ask how, but I managed to do ...
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Saturday, December 9th, 2006
...or some creative mess of a name like that.A brown sugar syrup was the byproduct of a botched batch of buttery toffee.Never add water to make English toffee, as it will not reach the appropriate consistency upon cooling. Fortunately, I realized its potential as the sweetening agent in baking, and ...
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Thursday, December 7th, 2006
What do you do with leftovers that you would like to distribute as evenly as possible?Invest in a small package of cellophane bags and the possibilities can come to life.Mini-cupcakes, small candy canes, holiday Kissables, butter cookies and candy from yestereve are grouped and bound together.
Hopefully, it will help bring ...
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Wednesday, December 6th, 2006
Continuing the chocolate-learning process, I decided it was time to whip up some candy to make holiday treat bags for Middle C club members at school.To avoid disaster, I tried to pick things that are nearly foolproof.Like almond toffee.
Toffee is like caramel, except there is no cream. There's butter and ...
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Friday, December 1st, 2006
After two weeks since the first concert, the second one came.
And unlike the first reception, we had money left over to purchase goodies for the reception.To get into the holiday spirit meant more than just singing traditional carols and holiday songs about dreidels, mistletoe and snow. It meant bringing out ...
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Saturday, September 23rd, 2006
Every culture has fried dough. Really. There's fry bread, zeppole, and donuts, just to name a few. It's just good dough dropped into piping hot oil. Easy preparation is probably why it's such a cross-cultural dish.In Chinese culture, there's fried bread that comes in the form of glutenous, airy sticks, ...
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