Spring break means access to so many kitchens and a car to buy ingredients! I wanted to make lunch for myself today, but was pretty hungry and really unwilling to go out. Also, my family consumes far less garlic and spinach than I’d like so there was none in our fridge. Thus, I had an [...]
Posts Tagged ‘baking’
Public Service Announcement
Do not pour cold water into a hot Pyrex, unless you want a dramatic explosion. Especially do not pour cold water into a hot Pyrex if you have done it before and know what happens but forgot and your wife is standing there because she will probably look annoyed and then judge you and then [...]
Tea Party Breakdown!
I am at Karen and Spanky’s house. There are Street Fighter 4 sounds and egg beater sounds in the background. We have had a Tea Party, limited in size but not limited in scope. We don’t have pictures of our full spread, because food pretty much disappeared when it hit the table. Also, the table [...]
Scones!
So today I made two types of scones for tea at Karen’s house! I made some cranberry scones that I got from this recipe on Smitten Kitchen (my favorite food blog!). I also altered that recipe to make a batch of savory bacon and cheddar scones, which turned out quite well. The cranberry ones were [...]
Rosemary bread: the sequel
After typing up my old recipe for rosemary bread, I felt like I had to bake something, so I tried the aforementioned un-kneaded rosemary peasant bread. It came out surprisingly light and even of crumb despite the lack of kneading, and lumpy-looking but in that ‘rustic’ kind of way. I got real sea salt and [...]
rosemary bread: an ongoing story
I am obsessed with bread. Slowly yet steadily, and with many lumpy first attempts, baking will yeild its secrets to me, and I will become the greatest baker in Japan create the bread of nationalism yes. The rosemary bread recipe I’ve used in the past is based off of this, but someday soon I hope [...]
Fuck you, red velvet cake.
In high school, I learned calculus without the help of basic math skills, and instead persisted on sheer force of will and my ingrained ability to follow explicit instructions. Similarly, I have learned to bake–nothing pleases me more than a set of instructions without compromise, without leeway, without the intrusion of the human soul. I [...]
Glazed Lemon Pound Cake
The Story of a Lemon Pound Cake and the boy who loved it, in his tummy!
Naan
Naan – was cooked, was good, was eaten, was delicious.
yet more on cupcakes
I was going to comment on Kim’s post about the strawberry champagne cupcakes, but when it got this long I thought it was time for a new post. I made them, too, about a week ago. Here is some trivia about the recipe and the comedy of errors that is cooking in the Bronx (n.b. [...]