Bread baking deals a lot with reaching the correct temperature. Learn more about bread temperature tips as well as baking cookbook recommendations!
Let us imagine for a moment a perfect sandwich. Perhaps it is loaded up with thinly sliced, perfectly cooked roast beef, shocked with pungent horseradish. Maybe it’s piled high with smoky ham, warm under melted swiss, or cold with crisp lettuce and a slab of ripe garden tomato—smeared with grainy mustard, either way. Or maybe,…
I suspect that a poll of people at any given county or state fair would reveal that one of the main reasons for going would be the food. Fair food is infamously fried and famously delicious, and a strong candidate for President of Fair Food is the funnel cake. Funnel Cake Frying Temp: 375°F These…
Every summer, gardeners across the world, and those (un?)fortunate enough to be their neighbors, face the annual zucchini glut. Zucchini don’t care about you or how much you want to eat, they just want to make more and more squash. What is one to do with all this produce? Quick bread doneness temp: 200°F (93°C)…
Here’s a blanket statement that’s hard to argue against: everyone loves churros. I contend that if you don’t, then you haven’t tried one—at least not a good one! A good churro is magical. The smell of them cooking, wafting through the air at the fairgrounds, almost lifts me off the ground like a cartoon thought…
When you think of Italian food, what do you think of? Maybe lasagna? Maybe chicken Parmigiana? Maybe. But more than likely, the first thing that pops into your mind when you hear the words “Italian food” is probably a heaping pile of spaghetti pasta, slicked red with tomato sauce, and topped with well-seasoned meatballs. While…
In my Great-grandmother’s time, and her mother’s time, and hers before that, it was not the norm to buy all of your bread at the store. Heck, not even all of it came from the baker. Speaking in broad generalities, many people used to make their daily bread. Now, I’m not advocating for a return…
