04 Sep 07 | by Lorraine in: Baking, Experiments, Sweet Stuff | No Comments »
I’ve heard of days that are hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk, but what about baking cookies in your car? Baking Bites first wrote about other people doing it, then decided to try it out for themselves- and it worked (after about 2 1/2 hours). The cookies didn’t brown, but were “slightly [...]
01 Sep 07 | by Lorraine in: Baking, Cooking, Delicious Food Blogs, Experiments | 4 Comments »
Inspired by Julie and Julia- which I started reading a few days ago- and the ambitious French Laundry at Home, I’ve decided to embark on a “cookbook experiment” of my own.
For those unfamiliar with the two projects I mentioned above, these were ordinary women who chose challenge themselves by cooking every single recipe in their [...]
29 Aug 07 | by Lorraine in: Baking, Desserts, Food, Super Sarap, Sweet Stuff | 1 Comment »
I am LOVING this right now- not only is it Tokidoki, it’s Le Sportsac- AND it’s a cake!
outside: tons of fondant to make the tokidoki figure (and a lot of toothpicks), and to create the bag. the hearts and crossbones were hand-piped by her assistant, claire, onto wax paper, then dried and applied to the [...]
25 Jul 07 | by Lorraine in: Baking, Cooking, Food, Recipes, Super Sarap | 3 Comments »
Blame it on this video on YouTube. For weeks now, and all throughout my short bout with the flu, I’ve been craving authentic Chicago Deep Dish Pizza. Because I don’t know where to get it here in the lovely suburbs, I decided to do it myself.
I used this recipe I found online. Please note that [...]
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