After five years of late-night, cooked-to-perfection quesadillas, being the taste-tester for countless culinary experiments and plenty of breakfasts in bed, Dave finally realized he couldn’t live another day without making an honest woman of me—and locking down a lifetime of home-cooked meals.
And when it came to the proposal, he knew he couldn’t go wrong by [...]
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The way to a man’s heart really is through his stomach …
Channeling Sandra and Paula
These recipes are actually Paula’s own, but if Sandra Lee and Paula Deen had culinary love children, they’d look something like these. If this sounds appealing to you, read on. If the thought of Sandra and Paula joining forces makes you want to tear your hair out, don’t close that window just yet.
Yes, I’ll admit [...]
Jalapeno green chile corn muffins
For the Northwestern tailgate earlier this month, I attempted to contribute to the festivities and failed miserably. The cornbread tasted great, there just wasn’t enough of it.
I placed my puny loaf pan next to the enormous aluminum banquet trays, and I have a feeling it was greeted with deep suspicion. “What the hell is this [...]
What I learned from 7 straight days of Bread Baking
It’s been a few days since the end of Bread Week, and I’ve had some time to decompress from my bread-baking frenzy. I’ve also had some time to gather some tips and tricks I picked up along the way that I think any beginning baker could benefit from. So here they are—the things I wish [...]
Last day of bread week: French baguette
Well my friends, today is officially the last day of bread week, and as I type, I still have dough underneath my fingernails and a fine dusting of flour covering every square inch of my kitchen.
I’m not going to lie: This was a lot harder and more time consuming then I thought it would be. My [...]
Bread week, day 6: Pita
It seemed so easy. All was going according to plan. Day 6 of bread week was sure to be a piece of cake … er … bread.
Until my pitas failed to puff.
They were as deflated as my ego after a thus-far-successful bread week was foiled.
I’ll give you all the recipe, because I think the inability [...]
Bread week, day 5: No need to knead
I stumbled upon a recipe for no-knead bread on The Vegetarian Foodie blog. Not that I was excited to find a no-knead recipe. What are you saying? I love kneading. Are you accusing me of getting burnt out on all this bread baking, proofing and kneading? Nonsense. I was just … ummm … curious.
Riiiiight.
Anyway, I was slightly [...]
Bread week, day 4: Challah
Something about bread week would be amiss without at least one recipe to celebrate my (half) Jewish heritage (and just in time for Shabbat!). Thanks to Heather at Chick n’ Pastry for the inspiration.
This challah is my first real loaf of the week—a braided one at that!—so it took some major chutzpah. Especially during my [...]
Bread week, day 3: I say Lavosh, you say Lavash
Lavosh/lavash. Know aliases: cracker bread, lawaash, paraki, Armenian cracker bread, lahvosh, lawasha, naan-e-lavaash. But it’s moniker isn’t important. In the words of William Shakespeare, this cracker by any other name would taste as good.
Joelen at What’s Cookin’ Chicago recently made Lavosh, and after finding out that the recipe is included in The Bread Baker’s Apprentice [...]
Bread week, day 2: Onion Rosemary Flatbread (a.k.a. Monti’s Roman Bread)
A little discouraged by my mediocre bagels, I picked myself up off my flour-dusted floor and moved on to day two of bread week: Monti’s Roman Bread.
As I read the recipe, my mind bubbled with doubts. Will mine taste anything like the warm, greasy delicacy I remember? Am I setting myself up for failure? Am [...]
