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Menu du jour pastry methods : 12 Recipes


  • Recipe Fair Warning: This Post Has Absolutely Nothing to Do With Pastry Methods and Techniques.
    Fair Warning: This Post Has Absolutely Nothing to Do With Pastry Methods and Techniques.
    So, I went to the American Idol concert in Charlotte with my mom.  As it turns out, I didn’t think we looked like Old Hookers at all.  I thought we looked Very Nice.  I shall now Recap the show for you.  If you Do Not Care about American[...]
  • Recipe Dymystifying Mona
    Dymystifying Mona
    We have ways of making you talk, Mona. Thanks to Niko from Damn Cute Bunnies (I love that) for sending in her particular Mona Lisa, Double Chocolate Layer Cake .  Apparently, some have claimed it to be the Best Cake in the Hinternet. [...]
  • Recipe Why I Do What I Do
    Why I Do What I Do
    Hello, thick-luscious-tangy-umami-wonderful cranberry ketchup that-I-made-up-all-by-myself. This would never have happened before I had my food revelation. * Voting is now open through Thursday, September 23.  To vote pour moi , click here[...]
  • Recipe Water: The Unsung Superhero
    Water: The Unsung Superhero
    Water: arguably the most useful ingredient in the kitchen Okay, so yesterday, Emma Christensen from over at The Kitchn wrote a piece about my rant on the Tyranny of the Recipe .  She told folks to come over here and see what I was[...]
  • Recipe Identity Crisis: Back to the Basics
    Identity Crisis: Back to the Basics
    Friends, I have lost my way a little bit.  I have been getting away from my Original Purpose, and I apologize.  Every once in awhile, I get all caught up in the whole “food blogging” thing.  But, I don’t really consider myself[...]
  • Recipe And Then, Inspiration Struck: What. How. Why.
    And Then, Inspiration Struck: What. How. Why.
    Hello, lovely biscuits So, here I am again.  First, I must say thank you, truly, to all of you who left comments yesterday and helped me to feel like I am on the Right Track and that this blog is meeting the needs of some folks.  Yay!  So,[...]
  • Recipe My Very Own Mixing Method: Dead Easy PMAT Method
    My Very Own Mixing Method: Dead Easy PMAT Method
    Using a scale to weigh your ingredients makes life So Much Easier. I think I may have discovered a new and easy mixing method, friends.  As Spelled Out in the title up there, I’m calling it Dead Easy PMAT Method.  You could call it[...]
  • Recipe U-PMAT in Action, or Uncle Ray Meets the Muffin Method
    U-PMAT in Action, or Uncle Ray Meets the Muffin Method
    Fun Muffin music for you. You guys know my Auntie Ev and Uncle Ray.  You met them in the Chicken Noodle Soup Episode, and some of you may have read my tribute to them in my post Anniversaries and Alzheimer’s .  The Beloved and I go[...]
  • Recipe Excuse me, Waiter? I Didn?t Order Chocolate Chip Mousse.
    Excuse me, Waiter? I Didn?t Order Chocolate Chip Mousse.
    Hey, wait a minute! I thought mousse was supposed to be smooth and creamy and poofy. What's with those antlers? (Photo attribution at end of post).[...]
  • Recipe Newsflash: Cinnamon Rolls Should Not Contain Baking Powder
    Newsflash: Cinnamon Rolls Should Not Contain Baking Powder
    Look out, Dough Boy; I'm coming for you. In an effort to save you from Strange and Unpronounceable ingredients, high fructose corn syrup and crappy food in general, I give you The Cinnamon-Buns-in-a-Cardboard-Tube.  I’m not giving[...]