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Monthly Archives: November 2010
Make Brioche
December is the month for making brioche at home. It's the great holiday bread. Though calling it bread doesn't do it justice. Good brioche is like a cross between bread and cake. Hell, it's really cake sneaking in as bread. Nothing better on Christmas morning. It's a celebratory bread—rich with butter and eggs. Toast it and eat it with butter. Toast it and eat it with foie gras. It makes extraordinary and delicate croutons. Nothing makes better French toast. And it's fabulous on its own, straight out of the oven.
I made it once for my daughter Addison. When she asked for a repeat performance, I wrote the below recipe so that she could make it on her own. She first made it when she was eleven, four years ...
Posted in Bread, Breakfast, Holiday, Recipes Tagged baking, bread, bread baking, brioche, how to make brioche Comments closed
Chef Redzepi: The New Visionary
Noma in Copenhagen, Denmark is the world's top restaurant led by Chef Rene Redzepi. Learn about gastronomic explorers, the inter-relation of botany and weather, and how Redzepi became who he is, via Independent UK.
Posted in Article, chefs, Elements of Cooking, Restaurants Tagged Copenhagen, Denmark, gastronomic explorers, Noma, Rene Redzepi, restaurant Comments closed
American Crawfish Invades Scotland
Lots of talk about the evil Asian Carp, but what about the American crawfish? A different perspective on invasive species. Crawfish will impact salmon and other species in the streams and rivers of Scotland, via Scotland Herald.
Posted in Article, Food Politics, Seafood Tagged crawfish, environment, invasive species, salmon, scotland Comments closed
Turkey Stock: Oven Method
I had mine in the oven Thanksgiving night, but for those of you who still have some bones, cover them with water and put them in a low oven for eight hours or over night. Later, add some onions and carrot, bay leaf and tomato paste. Reposting this repost from last year. Works great with chicken carcass as well. Or any roasted bones for that matter!

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