Tag: food
group name: kmapprentice
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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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August 05, 2007 09:50 PM EDT --
Come midsummer, the herb garden is blanketed in knee-high swaths of foliage, a bit of it topped with flowers, and awash in a heady mix of scents. Herbs spill onto the walkway where bees buzz languidly . . . more
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April 01, 2007 03:42 AM EDT --
Once upon a time, the kitchenMage had the herb garden of her dreams. Wisteria draped the entrance arbor, opening onto a herringbone path interplanted with thyme and moss and edged with lavender . . . 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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May 09, 2007 06:43 AM EDT --
First, I'd like to thank the academy...oops, wrong speech. First, I'd like to thank Racheline for creating the Ask the ______ group and the associated meme. This could become an interesting group. . . . more
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September 18, 2007 11:02 PM EDT --
Some people insist on doing things the hard way, the complicated way, and I will gladly admit to being one of them - especially when it comes to bread. Not all the time, mind you, there are days when I . . . 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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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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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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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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August 30, 2007 06:22 PM EDT --
While I was writing the kitchenMage's Apprentice: How safe is your dinner? yesterday, I dropped the folks at Metz Fresh mail asking for details about their spinach recall. After an initial "call . . . 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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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 29, 2007 07:23 PM EDT --
Step away from the spinach and nobody gets hurt!
If it's August, there must be a recall of fresh vegetables and, not surprisingly, this week's candidate is: spinach.
Metz Fresh, which packages . . . 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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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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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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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 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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