This is without a doubt the best dessert I have ever prepared. This is the perfect dessert to serve guests for several reasons: Souffles are impressive (maybe not to a proffessional pastry chef, but to us mere mortals and our…
Adam on Men In Aprons has a great post today about knife care. One thing he forgot to mention is that some cutlery manufacturers will re-sharpen your knives at no charge other than shipping. LamsonSharp calls their program Sharp For…
Maybe I'm violating a taboo. Or maybe I am bold. Or maybe no other foodie is stupid enough to do this. Most food blogs show you pictures of beautiful, perfectly prepared food. Some will show you beautiful kitchens, the photo…
Yesterday was the day of the class at my favorite kitchen tools store in Glendale AZ that I have been anticipating for two months: Chef Pat Smith's Cinnamon Rolls. Pat is the owner of Patty's Cakes, a small local caterer…
The Thanksgiving turkey turned out pretty nice. This 18-pounder cooked in 3 hours, believe it ot not. I expected it to take 4-4.5 hours so when the thermometer stuck in its thigh showed 175 after only three hours, I was…
The cornbread stuffing. This turned out so good my wife is eating it by the spoonful already. Tomorrow morning, Thanksgiving Day, the turkey needs to come out of the fridgeat 6:30am to sit at room temperature for an hour. Then…
The cauliflower and fetucchini gratin dish is ready to be topped with the seasoned breadcrumbs and popped into the oven.
The apple pie is done. I sure hope it tasts ok. I discovered that I forgot to add the cinnamon and nutmeg. I did add some extra brown sugar, so let's cross our fingers and hope for the best.
Today is Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, and due to several turns of events I'm doing most of the cooking this year. Here is the first task of the day: Using my Spyderco sharpener to put a nice utility edge…