Flan, aka Creme Caramel, with Burnt Sugar I've never made flan before, so I had a bit of trepidation when my sister-in-law requested it for her birthday dinner. I knew I could count on Mr. Bayless's classic to send me …
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Crostata: pie without the fuss. With a pie (or tart), it can be hard to make one as pretty as the picture I have in my mind, either cooling on Grandma’s window sill or on the cover of Gourmet. Crostata takes my …
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Raspberry-Blueberry Buckle A long time ago (the late nineties) in a galaxy far, far away (Milwaukee), I used to play a lot of pool. One Pocket was my game, but I also played a lot of Nine Ball. In Nine Ball as long as …
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Cheese Battered Onion Rings and Stout Chocolate Malt I don't eat onion rings nearly enough, considering how much I love them. I guess I'm eating in the wrong restaurants. In fact I think maybe onion rings could be the …
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The second annual Seattle Luxury Chocolate Salon is coming up again on July 12. I was a judge last year and was impressed with the wide range of chocolatiers that showed up to sample their wares, and at $20 for an adult …
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"Today is Grandma's birthday and Granddad has an itchin' to bake a whopper chocolate cake and traumatize the kitchen" They had me at "traumatize". Whopper Cake, by Karma Wilson and Will Hillenbrand, is a great …
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