Tag: cooking
group name: kmapprentice
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September 04, 2008 04:12 AM EDT --
W e interrupt the last 24 hours of writing, endlessly in progress, to say
I can haz cover!
Picture Yourself Cooking With Your Kids
Original . . . more
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June 14, 2007 12:18 PM EDT --
Maybe I excite too easily, but I just noticed the coolest thing: my spatula has a hook to keep it from sliding into the bowl! I am sure they have made these for years and I've been too busy cooking . . . more
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April 14, 2007 06:11 PM EDT --
Many people, even accomplished cooks, approach yeasted bread with more than a bit of trepidation. While the vision of a beautifully risen loaf of bread with a glossy, caramelized crust lures many a would-be . . . more
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April 22, 2008 01:23 AM EDT --
One of the many joys of cooking is the control it gives you over what you eat. As an adult, you may not find this to be a huge selling point, but if you are a small person, this is a HUGE deal! I love . . . more
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July 04, 2007 07:39 PM EDT --
(This article has been sitting on my harddisk for several months now, just waiting for the right day to post it. A day when the RR fans might be outside and not kill the messenger perhaps. Or a day . . . more
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March 14, 2007 11:01 PM EST --
"Is this cookie lavender?" Sarah looked up from her herb snipping with a big grin. "I hope it's cookie lavender!"
Most people probably associate lavender with soap or maybe perfume, . . . more
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July 17, 2007 08:36 PM EDT --
Have you ever heard of an earworm? Unlike the little earwig bug, which does not actually crawl into your head and eat your brain, an earworm does just that. It is a tune that gets lodged in your brain . . . more
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March 17, 2008 08:00 PM EST --
As the first year of the kitchenMage's Apprentice rolls around, today we offer one of those things that seem so popular on televisions shows: a behind-the-scenes tour of chezMage. There have been . . . more
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August 20, 2007 11:59 PM EDT --
Living in the fog valley, where mist seeps upward from the ground to coalesce into cloudlets before dancing away on the incessant wind and it rains ten feet a year, gives one a certain perspective about . . . more
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September 23, 2006 05:38 PM EDT --
Many people have used vanilla sugar, and more than a few have some in the pantry (jar+vanilla bean+sugar+time=magic), but few have lavender sugar. Indeed, most folk I say "lavender sugar" to . . . more
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May 21, 2007 11:10 PM EDT --
When I wrote "Ask the Cook" I expected to get lots of questions on arcane and obscure techniques and ingredients, along with a few "stump the cook" queries. I got some of those-including . . . more
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November 17, 2007 10:21 AM EST --
W ith the holidays coming up, dinner rolls take a step forward over at A Year in Bread . Susan , Kevin and I have posted recipes for three different takes on rolls suitable for your holiday . . . more
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May 01, 2007 03:41 AM EDT --
Lovage (Levisticum officinale) is one of my favorite herbs you have never heard of. The herb's lack of public recognition always seems odd to me. It's a versatile herb with a palate-friendly . . . more
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February 09, 2007 08:06 AM EST --
How much does a cup of flour weigh? Seems like a simple question, but it is actually anything but:
What kind of flour: all-purpose, cake, bread, pastry? (Whole grains just complicate this equation . . . more
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January 07, 2008 05:33 PM EST --
The first week of January is the time of year for lofty goals and noble aspirations and the food world is no exception. Food-related resolutions seem to fall into two categories: Proscriptive . . . more
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June 01, 2007 08:12 AM EDT --
"But we have to have turkey on Thanksgiving!"
"I always have chocolate cake on my birthday."
"If it snows, we get hot chocolate."
People can get downright dogmatic when . . . more
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June 16, 2007 04:36 AM EDT --
June is rich with the promise of long summer days filled with picnics and bonfires by the lake. And ice cream, lots of homemade ice cream.
Confession: I can never get enough homemade ice cream. . . . more
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February 27, 2007 07:17 PM EST --
For a number of years now, I have been fortunate enough to live in a house that had blueberry bushes in the garden. Right now I have about eight bushes, which having been attentively pruned and tended . . . more
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March 03, 2008 07:05 PM EST --
A ballerina floats across the darkened stage, a dying swan en pointe ... feathery light, ethereal... Anna Pavlova, in her signature role of the dying swan...
The Pavlova is one of those . . . more
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November 14, 2007 09:54 PM EST --
When I went outside the other night to look for the newly dazzling Holmes comet , I noticed a distinct nip in the air and a slight crunch to the grass. Fall was creeping in on little cat feet. The . . . more
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