December 2006

Active Yeast vs Rapid Rise

December 17, 2006

The infamous No-Knead Bread that Mark Bittman wrote about in The New York Times. Yes, like everyone else I’ve made it. (At this point, at least a dozen times!) It wasn’t the “no-knead” part that appealed to me (for the feeling of kneading a yeast dough is one of my favorite things ever), but the […]

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Double Chocolate Walnut Biscotti

December 12, 2006

These are one of the most popular cookies I have on my cookie trays each Christmas. The key is that they are *so* chocolate-y tasting! I found this recipe in Gourmet back in 1994, and every year I get requests for them.

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Foxs Run Trial Run

December 7, 2006

Was a bit disappointing. Though nothing seemed to stick to the mats, their wobbly texture (much less structured than the Silpats) will take some getting used to. But my big problem is that the mats aren’t cut to size correctly. The corners and long edges run up the sides of my half- sheet pans. Obviously, […]

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BBM has launched!

December 4, 2006

This is a picture of all my goodies, wrapped and waiting to be boxed up and shipped out to Jo T-C of the great blog: Have Fork Will Travel (this was supposed to remain a suprise, but since I’m posting so tardily, I can put all the info and links in now….score one for late-side […]

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3,000 Uses

December 1, 2006

I remember quite clearly the day I bought my first Silpat—it had to be about ten years ago now…

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