With cooking, it’s easy to experiment and try a little more of this or a little less of that. But one of the keys to baking is precision. Adding too much flour or too much milk will change the consistency of your cookie or cake and may negatively impact the taste and texture. But it […]
I was reading a post on this NY Times food blog yesterday and it talks about a technique called mise en place. What that means is having having everything measured and ready to go before you start baking or cooking something. Um, I don’t really do that. I do make sure I have all the […]
So, I have a lot of hair. The color of that hair varies. When I was little, it was what you might call dirty blond. For the past two years (and for most of high school), it was auburn. Then I decided I wanted it really, really blond. Like Gwyneth on the cover of August […]
After I made the other fried chicken, my mom told me I was a silly goose for not making my great-grandmother’s version. Yes, she actually said “silly goose.” And I had no idea my great-grandmother had a fried chicken recipe. This one is also easy, although I made a mistake by not replacing the oil […]
I should start off by saying that butter pecan ice cream was a key part of my fetal development. It’s practically a part of my DNA. And this butter pecan is AWESOME. You may recall that I was thinking about trying some egg-free ice cream. I still am, but I thought that this might not […]
Why do clothing manufacturers think we want our expensive clothes to look like they came from the $5 rack at Forever 21? I’m talking about exposed zippers. They’re everywhere. And while I can appreciate the zipper-as-embellishment, or even the exposed zipper as part of an overall design, I don’t get the nice-dress-with-ugly-zipper thing. Yes, I […]
I follow Tyler Florence on Twitter, and ever since he tweeted about this bourbon peach cobbler, I have been wanting to bake it. I mean, seriously. South Carolina and Georgia may have the best peaches, but Maryland peaches aren’t too shabby. Plus, we probably own more bourbon than anyone else on earth. And Tyler Florence […]
In case you’ve missed Bazaar’s “Fakes are never in fashion” campaign, here’s another reason not to buy knockoff bags: Coach is suing a bunch of stores in Ocean City, Md., for selling fakes. Now, I do understand why someone would get a high-quality Gucci or Louis Vuitton knockoff, since the real ones are hundreds (and […]
I have been thinking about making watermelon sorbet for a long time. Then a girl at work was talking about how she wants to get an ice cream maker. And I read this article in the New York Times about egg-free ice cream (which I wish I had read before the vanilla bean incident last […]
I know it is kind of weird to dislike ANY ice cream, but I kind of hate French vanilla. I don’t mind generic “vanilla” that looks white, I just don’t like the flavor of the more yellow French vanilla. I do usually like vanilla bean though. So when I needed some ice cream to go […]