
You can't buy this kind of mayonnaise. Photo by Donna Turner Ruhlman.
Yet again finishing up a manuscript with mayonnaise on my mind, and I always think of Donna's lovely images, captured when spring light was coming through our kitchen window. I could look at these forever (and now, as I couldn't five years ago, I can post them to Twitter). Thanks, Donna! And remember, the emulsion is less about the yolk than about the liquid.
Originally posted on May 21, 2008
Finishing up the revisions of a manuscript and going over some fat-based sauces has returned me to the mayonnaise. Like
the popover, it’s the story of a great transformation. Yolk, lemon juice, salt, and oil.

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