Category Archives: Food

Other people’s recipes: Ming Tsai’s Chocolate five-spice flourless cake

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I do not know when I first saw this recipe, but I do know where: it was on Ming Tsai’s PBS series Simply Ming, and that season he was still doing the “Asian ingredient, Western ingredient” thing. The featured ingredients … Continue reading

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Quote of the day: fighting words from Zoe Nathan

I have never had a piece of sous vide meat that is better than a properly grilled steak or a properly braised brisket. Sue me, shoot me, burn me at the stake, but that is what I believe. — Zoe … Continue reading

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Recipe pointer updates

It’s been a while since I posted about an update to my recipe pointers pages — mostly because I haven’t been updating them very much. But I have some progress to report: The last two seasons of America’s Test Kitchen … Continue reading

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Other people’s recipes: Chef Corey’s New England-style Baked Beans with Thick-Cut Bacon

So far I’m two for two since posting my midwinter blogging schedule. Today’s post is about another one of those recipes from Joanne Chang’s cookbook Flour, too that Chang attributes to one of the chefs running the savory side of … Continue reading

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Other people’s recipes: Black bottom lemon pie by Emily & Melissa Elsen

As previously promised, this weekend’s baking project is black bottom lemon pie by Emily and Melissa Elsen (The Four & Twenty Blackbirds Pie Book, p. 199). It’s in the “winter” section of the book, since citrus fruits (Meyer lemons and … Continue reading

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Tutorial: Basic pie crust in a food processor

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See also: Pie crust overview Previously, I gave step-by-step instructions for making Joanne Chang’s pâte brisée, an all-butter pie crust. At that time, I noted that her technique was a little bit unusual (using a stand mixer), and her particular … Continue reading

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Schedule for the next few weeks

Here’s what I’m currently expecting to cook/bake and write up for you: This weekend: One of the lemon pies from The Four & Twenty Blackbirds Pie Book — the black-bottom one by choice, lemon chess if Meyer lemons are not … Continue reading

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Other people’s recipes: Sarah Mullins’s almond cake for Cook’s Illustrated

And now the second post in this series of things I did last weekend. I have a few more photos this time around, and I can actually present nutrition data. If the chicken stew was an example of the Test … Continue reading

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Other people’s recipes: Dan Souza’s chicken stew for Cook’s Illustrated

This is the first of two posts on food I made this weekend, both of them rather short and lacking in illustration. This one will also be lacking in nutrition details, for reasons I’ll explain. The recipe in question is … Continue reading

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Other people’s recipes: Joanne Chang’s French Lemon-Poppy Pound Cake

Now for something completely different! It’s been a while since I made any sort of cake, and I’ve wanted to try this one (from Joanne Chang’s Flour, pp. 70–72) for a while. The proportions are very similar to a pound … Continue reading

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