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Jack is Cooking Thai curried Mussels

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Well Hello Internet! The other night i made some mussels.  This time instead of steaming them in wine (like i did before)  i steamed them in some delicious coconut milk that i infused with all sorts of delicious flavours. heres[...]

Jack is Cooking Kale and Tofu with Tahini Sauce

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Well Hello Internet! on thursday night i made a delicious quick stir fry!  a nice relief after eating so many pastries and BBQ!   this ones pretty easy and super delicious to make.   heres what you need: tofu (cut up into[...]

Jack is Cooking Tarts and BBQ for july 4th

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Well Hello Internet! what a july 4th!  we had our annual BBQ up on the farm.  This year i went with an old classic: Pulled Pork.  I (and Also Roland!) slow smoked 2 9 pound pork butts to pulling perfection!  and it was[...]

Jack is Cooking Pea Souffle

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Well Hello Internet! the other day (actually a couple of weeks ago... this post got lost somehow) i made a pea souffle with my newly learned knowledge of making souffle.   apparently souffle's are very easy to make! all you need is[...]

Jack is Cooking Braised Burdock

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Well Hello Internet! a bunch of days probably weeks ago now i made some braised burdock, and man was it delicious! a relief from all the pastries!   heres what you'll need: 1 burdock root 2 carrots garlic ginger sesame seeds[...]

Jack is Cooking Pastry # 6

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Well Hello Internet! i made a fruit tart pastry school.  this is my favorite thing ever ever ever, and now i know how to make one!  not that its too complicated!  once i knew how to make pastry cream i suppose it would be pretty[...]

Jack is Cooking Pastry # 5

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Well Hello Internet! During this class we made a Queen of Sheeba Cake.  its a "flourless" cake but not totally gluten free.  although it could be modified pretty easy to make it so, because it only had about 30 grams of flour in it.[...]

Jack is Cooking Pastry # 4

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Well Hello Internet! This past pastry class we made some brioche products (more on that later, i actually made brioche over the weekend, so i will post that separately)  and we also made a delicious orange cinnamon bread loaf.  So[...]

Jack is Cooking Tarts

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Well Hello Internet! On this rainy sunday i decided to see if i could recreate some of the tartes we made in school at home.  except with a few of my own twists! so i made a tarte in same style as a tarte bourdalou, except instead of pears i[...]

Jack is Cooking Pastry #3

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Well Hello Internet! Tonight in class we made a Linzer Tort.  its pretty delicious looking, but man was it tough.  not because of any particular reason but mostly because the dough is so soft it breaks so easily!  anyways its[...]