I have been thinking about brownies a lot this week and will address them at length in my next post. But before we can talk about brownies, we’re going to have to discuss chocolate. There are countless online treatises on chocolate that can give you any amount of detail you might want on the subject. … Read More →
Monthly Archives: August 2014
One Crust, Two Crust – Quiche Crust, Fruit Crust
Time to throw this food cart into reverse so hard you can hear the gears grind. I have been harping pretty hard on the importance and necessity of scaling ingredients. I stand by that very proudly. However, as a true culinary southern boy, I believe everyone needs to keep two fundamental measuring-cup-based recipes in their … Read More →
Mixed Measures – How Much Does a Cup of Flour Weigh? – Addendum
My last posting examined the disagreement between the expectation and reality when trying to assign a weight to a volume of dry ingredients. I wanted to follow-up with three additional examples to emphasize that the variability exists between brands of flour and not just between my measuring cup and the statements on the side of … Read More →
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