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February 04, 2009 06:54 PM EST (shared with group: February 04, 2009) — It has been quite the winter around here, what with the cookbook coming out, my broken arm, and snowpocalypse! - and that was all last year! 2009 started with floods that shut down my state, . . . more
September 04, 2008 04:12 AM EDT (shared with group: September 04, 2008) — 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
May 06, 2008 03:18 AM EDT (shared with group: May 06, 2008) — I have a food crush. It's sort of an embarrassing one, too. The object of my affection is not the sort of gorgeous new thing one can hang off an arm and take out to the glam new place. No, . . . more
March 03, 2008 07:05 PM EST (shared with group: March 03, 2008) — 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
January 30, 2008 06:04 PM EST (shared with group: January 30, 2008) — A new cook has so many things to remember. All those terms (in French, no less); which tool to use for which task; how to take a whole, raw ingredient like a pineapple and turn it into pineapple slices; . . . more
December 18, 2007 04:31 PM EST (shared with group: December 18, 2007) — I will admit up front, I am finding myself a bit moreappalled than usual at the profligate holiday spending this year. Somewherearound the mess on my computer is a great big list of gifts for . . . more
November 14, 2007 09:54 PM EST (shared with group: November 14, 2007) — 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
October 18, 2007 06:32 PM EDT (shared with group: October 18, 2007) — A shadowy, cloaked and hooded figure clutching just-removed black boots enters the house. Glancing at the calendar, she moves furtively across the room, clearly hoping to escape notice. Entering the kitchen, . . . more
October 02, 2007 02:30 AM EDT (shared with group: October 02, 2007) — As an unapologetically enthusiastic cook, I own a lot of cookbooks. A quick survey from where I sit reveals four bookshelves-one with easily 125 books-and six piles of books in varying states of precariousness. . . . more
August 29, 2007 07:23 PM EDT (shared with group: August 30, 2007) — 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
July 17, 2007 08:36 PM EDT (shared with group: July 17, 2007) — 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
May 21, 2007 11:10 PM EDT (shared with group: June 01, 2007) — 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 an outstanding . . . more
June 01, 2007 08:12 AM EDT (shared with group: June 01, 2007) — "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
Ask the cook
by kitchenMage (wizard of flour and chocolate)
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May 09, 2007 06:43 AM EDT (shared with group: May 21, 2007) — 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
February 09, 2007 08:06 AM EST (shared with group: April 15, 2007) — 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
February 27, 2007 07:17 PM EST (shared with group: April 15, 2007) — 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
April 14, 2007 06:11 PM EDT (shared with group: April 14, 2007) — 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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