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Believe me, being obsessive-compulsive isn’t always a bad thing, especially when it comes to make the kind of dish that requires your full obsessive attention, you might want to stop your medication for the day while preparing this dish. I did when i found beautiful wild mushrooms [...]
This is a nice little video of Alice Water from “Chez Panisse” shopping at the 14th street Greenmarket in New York City. In case you’ve been living on another planet “Chez Panisse” is a legendary restaurant in Berkeley California that’s famous for cooking the freshest locally grown ingredients in delicious ways. You might think everyone [...]
For the flaky pastry dough:
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
8 ounces cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
1/4 cup vegetable shortening (no trans-fat), cut into small pieces
6 tablespoons cold water
For the peach filling:
8 ripe peaches peeled, pitted and sliced 1/4 inch thick
1/2 cup sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch
3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 teaspoon freshly [...]
Fermented black beans are small, black soybeans that have been preserved in salt. Also known as Chinese black beans or salty or salted black beans, they have a strong, salty flavor. Once you try them, they will become a staple in your pantry!
This recipe is based on a basic black bean stir fry which gets [...]
The Sunday New York Times published an article by Amanda Hesser with three glorious Chocolate-Chip cookies recipes:
Thin-and-Crisp Chocolate-Chip Cookies
Flat-and-Chewy Chocolate-Chip Cookies
Thick-and-Gooey Chocolate-Chip Cookies
Well let’s put it this way… As a rule, a recipe with such large amounts of butter and chocolate
automatically wins a top spot on my To Do list.
Thick-and-Gooey Chocolate-Chip Cookies
2 1/2 cups All-Purpose [...]
So you think it’s glamorous to be a private chef?… Think again! I feel like i live in Supermarkets… I get up and shop, after lunch i shop again and on my way home at night, i find Post-it in my pockets with:
“Pick up quart of milk!” written on it.
How unfair life can be!
My circle [...]
