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Eclairs are wonderful and we should all be making them with some regularity. Yes, we should. Does that seem out of reach? Like it’s too much to even try? It shouldn’t. They are far too tasty to only eat once a year at some party you had to get dressed up for. Eclairs in slippers,…
Good cannoli can be hard to find. Unless you live in a city with a substantial Italian population, cannoli might not even be available, let alone good. But that just isn’t acceptable. Everyone should be able to enjoy great cannoli! Here, we present a recipe for fantastic cannoli with crisp, flavorful shells and beautifully simple,…
We live in a golden age of home pizza making. With the advent of readily available stone-floor, fire-heated pizza ovens, home cooks have more access than ever to perfectly charred, bubbly-crusted pizza. Pizza oven companies now manufacture cookers for just about any size pizza (or patio) and the results they can churn out are fantastic….
Let us say that it is winter. And let us also say that you want something, hearty, warm, and comforting to eat. Let us further suppose that you have little patience for any difficulty in the kitchen tonight but still want maximum tastiness. What is one to do in such a hypothetical situation? One is…
When I was working as a cheese monger at a local grocery store that had an artisan baking program, I was delighted when they introduced Challah as a weekly specialty bread. Every Friday was a challah-day, and I ate a lot of rich, sweet bread for the rest of my time in that position. Though…
You did it. You made the perfect turkey. You paid attention to the temps as you cooked, and it came out juicy and delicious. It’s not because you overcooked it that there is leftover turkey meat—that’s just par for the course. Same with the gravy, the potatoes, and the stuffing. Heck, there’s even some cranberry…
