Desserts can be tricky kitchen projects, but worth the effort. Here, you can find the temperature tips to help you bake sweet dessert goodness, every time.
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, floating…
I first tasted pâte de fruit when I was working in a high-end cooking goods store. We received a shipment to sell and sampled a box so we could know how to answer customers’ questions about them. It was all I could do to not eat the whole box. I’d never encountered something quite like…
For a lazy-day breakfast (fall weekend? birthday?), it’s hard to beat a stack of homemade crêpes. Lay them out with a veritable smörgåsbord of toppings for browsing or compose plates of them for a simple but high-class sit-down breakfast. As easy (easier?) than pancakes and infinitely customizable, they’re perfect for a quiet brunch with family….
Can we agree that the chocolate chip cookie is one of the greatest culinary innovations ever to be birthed from a human mind? Is that too much? Of course, I’m not talking about cookies in a bag that disintegrate into dust when you bite them, and I’m not talking about boxes of “fresh” cookies from…
