“Easy as pie,” or so goes the saying. The thing about pie CRUST however, is that it is anything but easy. I learned to make pie from several remarkable women, including the baker at a café I worked at almost 20 years ago who said, “A baker’s best friend is her hands. Except for you…your [...]
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Foolproof Pie Crust
Posted in America's Test Kitchen, Baking, Cookbooks, Dessert, Fruit, Pastries, tagged berry pie, French rolling pin, pie, piecrust on July 2, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Våffeldagen: International Waffle Day
Posted in Baking, Breakfast, Scandinavian on March 25, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Happy Waffle Day! I know…it sneaks up on me every year too. This Swedish holiday coincides with the annunciation – that’s right, Christmas is exactly nine months away. What do waffles have to do with a virgin in the Middle East that got pregnant two thousand years ago? Nothing actually, other than they are spelled [...]
You get what you pay for
Posted in Baking, Ingredients on January 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I came to the realization recently that I spend more on vanilla extract than I do on Bourbon. And I drink pretty good Bourbon. The thing is, this vanilla extract is really delicious. You don’t really taste the difference in something like chocolate chip cookies, but in custards and caramels you definitely can tell. There [...]
