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Ah, French recipes.  I've already mentioned that French baking recipes have a reputation for being finicky and difficult in the post on...

Cookbooks and cooking websites/blogs (mine included) generally present complete recipes - the proportions of the ingredients carefully worke...

The title of this post is clear: I hate, loathe, abhor  bread pudding.  But I can't deny that it's useful. The  Bloomingdale Far...

Some recipes produce food that tastes amazing but doesn't look like something you'd ever want to put in your mouth. This is some...

Hallah (aka challah) is the traditional Jewish bread that is eaten during the Sabbath (shabat).  Hallah ( חלה)   means "loaf" in H...

Souffles have a reputation for being incredibly difficult: they are finicky, they fall, they are fragile and collapse, etc.  This is not tru...

I originally set up this blog when I bought a house for the first time.  Words cannot describe how terrified I was (so much money!  so much ...