Frozen Potential Originally posted on September 8th, 2021 In Discworld, Nanny Ogg would say “They make it with banananananas.” She knew how to start saying the fruit’s name but didn’t quite know how to stop. I’ve written down my basic recipe for banana bread long ago but was asked in a forum to be a little more … Read More →
The sort of cake CMOT Dibbler would sell on the streets of Ankh-Morpork In Star Trek, counselor Troi can walk up to a digital wall panel and say “Computer, a slice of cake please.” Ten seconds and a few special effects later she’s got a full fork – no doubt chocolate in her case. Well it seems for tiny cakes of all flavours that future is here now… … Read More →
For Edesia's sake, DON’T call it Carbonara! I’m told that geniune Italian handbags are pricey affairs with counterfeits galore at every turn. The same applies to various “authentic” dishes from around the globe, Italy included. And you know Italy, I get it. I totally understand why you’d want to protect a national culinary treasure like Pasta Carbonara. I’d be just as picky … Read More →
Just Say No To Hamburger Helper In my ongoing joust with the scourge of ‘convenience’ food, I was inspired to prove that a simple meat and potatoes gratin could be made from scratch pantry staples just as simply and just as quickly as ready-made ‘Hamburger Helper’ style boxes. My choice in the moment was pork and potato but it could just … Read More →
Frozen Potential In Discworld, Nanny Ogg would say “They make it with banananananas.” She knew how to start saying the fruit’s name but didn’t quite know how to stop. I’ve written down my basic recipe for banana bread long ago but was asked in a forum to be a little more precise with the directions for fledgling … Read More →
Today's Loaf. It really is automatic around my place nowadays. Ever skeptical, the internet needed a bit of convincing when it came to my claim of six-minute daily bread. So I timed it. See the results below and find the price analysis and recipe in the post right before this one. So there commercial bakeries and bread doubters of the world. But honestly, if you … Read More →
Perfectly Round Not Necessary For Great Tacos (video below) When the thought of making my own flour tortillas at home cropped up after watching Rick Bayless tackle them during a quesadilla video, even I had to question the wisdom and logic of the idea. Admittedly I’ve become a budget-obsessed cook of late but it’s an investment of hours of labour, right? Who … Read More →
How An Italian Snacks When the pantry is nearly bare just before market day and you have hunger alarms making a racket in your brain, you need something cheap, fast, and hopefully already in your dwindling stocks. The power might even be out thanks to a blizzard but if you can boil water over a camp stove on the … Read More →
Fatten Up Your Personal Recipe Box There’s a million “recipes for dinner tonight” articles at the tip of your internet fingertips but inspiration is never a bad thing to stock up on in the kitchen I say. Many of those lists also seem to get more and more impersonal and predictable as time goes on and if you’re deranged enough to … Read More →
Quick. Delicious. No Cardboard. For those of you that don’t know, I’m addicted to pizza. Thick, thin, pan, deep dish, Italian, American, Naples, New York, Chicago, Naples again, Ancient Roman, wood oven, kamado, tandoor, vegetarian, Japanese squid and egg, Mongolian yak cheese… you name it, I’ll try it on a flat crust. I absolutely can’t get enough of the … Read More →
