5 times. I made a part of this dish 5 times. Well, if you count the Chestnut experiments, I’ve actually tried to do this trick of making a nut-and-beer spiral…
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I own a lot of kitchen gadgetry. I’m not talking about stuff like a Jamie Oliver Garlic Peeler or an Ace Of Cakes Super Tri-Tip Pastry Bag-slash-Fondant Roller. But I…
Sorry, bad news guys. This one is a long one…BECAUSE IT IS AWESOME. Strap in. I get really antsy when too many weeks have gone by without me having something…
A funny side effect of working through this cookbook is the accumulation of odd ingredients that tends to happen. Figuring out creative ways to make use of, say, 2 lbs…
This has been a pretty exciting weekend for me. I haven’t had an autumn in about 5 years; Wellington’s autumn lasts about 3 hours one afternoon in March or April,…
Still working on the chestnut dish. I’m glad to be doing this, despite feeling a little daunted by it. I’ve gotten a sense of confidence from being able to move…
I’m going to take a short break from cooking recipes directly from the cookbook. My friend Kris and I are scheming up a little project that leverages what I’ve learned…
For as frustrated and dejected as I felt after completing the huckleberry dish, yesterday afternoon when I finished this one I felt like a bit of a rock star. This…
I started to write this a couple weeks ago, then my parents came to visit and I forgot to clean it up, so the opening few paragraphs there are a…
Yesterday as I was mentally composing this post in my head, I decided rather than titling it the name of the dish, I was going to title it “The Importance…
In like Flynn. I’ve been working at a pretty even pace today, cooking and then cleaning our house for guests alternatively. The two main things I needed to complete were…
I’m at 30 hours and counting for total time spent in the kitchen on this one. After a bit of sleep last night I woke up this morning in a…
Argh. I’m cranky. After 6 straight hours of cooking on this recipe tonight, I’m tired and annoyed. I spent most of my time trying to successfully make the Oatmeal Streusel…
This morning when I woke up, I tried to tally hours logged on this one so far. Not counting planning or shopping, I think I’m at around 14 raw hours…
I wrote this last night, Wed Sept. 15th. I pureed the lavender gel this morning to make lavender pudding. I’ve done this trick of mixing a liquid with agar, setting…
I wrote this bit on Tue Sept. 14th. So I haven’t touched this for nearly a month it seems. I got jammed up with a few woodworking projects I finished…
I’m going to try something a little different this time around. My friend Christopher has this term he uses, “Performance Coding”, to describe the act of writing programming code live…
After 3 hours yesterday of driving all around the bay area fighting traffic in search of dry ice, I pretty much hit the “Fuck this!” point on this project. I…
Hey guys, what’s cooler than finishing an Alinea recipe over the weekend? Well, yeah, maybe the feeling associated with making it to the ending credits of The Expendables. But that’s…