Everyone’s got a top 10 list! So I will too. I don’t know why I don’t do them more often–I certainly love making lists. Like a lot of people, I’m coming away from this year feeling like it was pretty craptastic. But the nice thing about making a list like this is that you (I) [...]
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At the beginning of 2009, I resolved to “get down with yeast doughs” this year. Whoops. Not sure how the whole year got away from me, but I did not rip open a single packet of yeast. I also acquired a nice marble slab, and have managed to roll out only two pie crusts on [...]
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Last year, I made my family’s fruitcake for the first time. It was tremendously good. (If the words “fruitcake” and “tremendously good” are not really making sense to you, let me just say: currants soaked in brandy; candied orange peel; an awful lot of butter. Taste some, and you’ll understand.) Unfortunately, I failed to make [...]
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Just read the obituary of briefly-prime-minister-of-Thailand Samak Sundaravej in the Economist. His most famous recipe, “Pork Legs in Coca-Cola,” began with the straightforward instruction: “Place five pig legs in a large pot. Pour over four bottles of Coca-Cola.” Coca-Cola notwithstanding, this guy was a serious cook. He had his own TV show, called “Tasting and [...]
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