Cooking
- Warm Potato Salad With Pancetta & Brown Butter Dressing
A little different than the usual mayo-yellow mustard coated potato salad. Fingerling potatoes (we found this lovely trio of Yukons, reds & purple) are sliced & boiled just till tender, then tossed with a dressing of butter-cooked pancetta with...
- Want: Dough-nu-matic Doughnut Maker
I like Krispy Kreme’s glazed doughnuts, but mostly because I like watching the massive machine that makes them. Shaped dough moves along a conveyor belt through a proofing chamber, an oven and then a seemingly solid sheet of white glaze. Eaten right...
- Cheapest Possible Ice Cream Maker
Can't afford a Glace-A-Tron 6000? Or a Cuisinart ice cream maker? Or the neato ice cream making balls that shuna mentioned? How about two plastic baggies? kidsdomain.com gives a guide to making ice cream in plastic bags. Put ingredients in small...
- Noka Over The Coals
I've never heard of Dallas confectioner Noka, but I found this wordy analysis of their high-priced candies to be an amusing read. The unidentified writer notes that the hefty price tag pays for simple confections made with common chocolate. Nothing...
- Guilt-inducing Plates
Americans bombard each other with fear-inducing messages about food. Don't eat this. Don't eat that. This food causes cancer. That food gives you hives. Reporters exaggerate each new finding and smear it across the front page, to cries of shock...
Cooking
Peeling Boiled Potatoes
Thanks to boing boing for pointing readers to this slick video explaining how to peel a boiled potato in one shot.
It's from a Japanese TV Show, but you'll get the drift.
- Warm Potato Salad With Pancetta & Brown Butter Dressing
A little different than the usual mayo-yellow mustard coated potato salad. Fingerling potatoes (we found this lovely trio of Yukons, reds & purple) are sliced & boiled just till tender, then tossed with a dressing of butter-cooked pancetta with...
- Want: Dough-nu-matic Doughnut Maker
I like Krispy Kreme’s glazed doughnuts, but mostly because I like watching the massive machine that makes them. Shaped dough moves along a conveyor belt through a proofing chamber, an oven and then a seemingly solid sheet of white glaze. Eaten right...
- Cheapest Possible Ice Cream Maker
Can't afford a Glace-A-Tron 6000? Or a Cuisinart ice cream maker? Or the neato ice cream making balls that shuna mentioned? How about two plastic baggies? kidsdomain.com gives a guide to making ice cream in plastic bags. Put ingredients in small...
- Noka Over The Coals
I've never heard of Dallas confectioner Noka, but I found this wordy analysis of their high-priced candies to be an amusing read. The unidentified writer notes that the hefty price tag pays for simple confections made with common chocolate. Nothing...
- Guilt-inducing Plates
Americans bombard each other with fear-inducing messages about food. Don't eat this. Don't eat that. This food causes cancer. That food gives you hives. Reporters exaggerate each new finding and smear it across the front page, to cries of shock...