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Tres Leches Cake Recipes

Use this tres leches recipe from the "Three Guys from Miami Cook Cuban" cookbook; it works and it's fabulous.

I always make the dulce de leche variation -- sends it truly over the top.

An Honest Cook at 1:51PM on 12/02/07

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Turkey Talk 2007 With Christopher Kimball of Cook's Illustrated

Fully agree with Julie about the pompous Mr. Kimball and the annoying our-way-is-the-only-way tone of CI. His pretentious essays are one of the reasons why I stopped buying the print version of the magazine, which I have subscribed to (in one form or another) since the charter issue in 1993. Instead, I subscribe to the Web version, where I can avoid his horrible homilies and also gain access to the entire archives with a simple search function rather than having to comb through back issues. Despite my issues with him and the magazine's tone , I still find CI useful, especially their equipment and product testings (the latter of which I take with a grain of salt since their results frequently contradict themselves).

An Honest Cook at 1:41PM on 12/02/07

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Tres Leches Cake Recipes

Use this tres leches recipe from the "Three Guys from Miami Cook Cuban" cookbook; it works and it's fabulous.

I always make the dulce de leche variation -- sends it truly over the top.

An Honest Cook at 1:51PM on 12/02/07

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Turkey Talk 2007 With Christopher Kimball of Cook's Illustrated

Fully agree with Julie about the pompous Mr. Kimball and the annoying our-way-is-the-only-way tone of CI. His pretentious essays are one of the reasons why I stopped buying the print version of the magazine, which I have subscribed to (in one form or another) since the charter issue in 1993. Instead, I subscribe to the Web version, where I can avoid his horrible homilies and also gain access to the entire archives with a simple search function rather than having to comb through back issues. Despite my issues with him and the magazine's tone , I still find CI useful, especially their equipment and product testings (the latter of which I take with a grain of salt since their results frequently contradict themselves).

An Honest Cook at 1:41PM on 12/02/07

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Turkey Talk 2007 With Christopher Kimball of Cook's Illustrated

I'm a vegetarian and I love green beans, but guess what--I LOVE America's Test Kitchen on PBS. Since Julia Child and the Frugal Gourmet, it was the first show that got me watching food TV since I was a kid.

Do I agree with everything Mr. Kimball says? No. But at least he has a strong opinion, and he's friggin' hilarious when he says it--and that's better than trying to please all the people and all the palates all of the time. I find a bit of arrogance charming, and I take it with a pinch of (artisanal sea) salt.

CI's and ATK brownies and cookies and pretty much all dishes that you DO need a certain science behind are sensational and foolproof. Even for idiot beginning cooks like me.

And even if I don't agree with all of the scientific tests and test tastes, I find it interesting to see what the results are, even if they aren't some pronouncement from on high.

HeartofGlass at 7:29PM on 11/02/08

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Turkey Talk 2007 With Christopher Kimball of Cook's Illustrated

I'm a big fan of CI and ATK. (Though I do agree with some poters in another thread about Cook's Country being just ATK on a different set)
What Kimball and his team do is so informative and unbiased. The hows and whys of each recipe are explained in plain language; I learn something from each article. And the absence of advertising is so refreshing. Have you read a Bon Appetit lately? It's got more ads than Glamour! And some of the articles? Rich beautiful people in lavish home eat gorgeous food with rich beautiful friends. Please! It's not just food porn, it's lifestyle porn!!

sailordave at 1:25AM on 10/30/08

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Turkey Talk 2007 With Christopher Kimball of Cook's Illustrated

I subscribed to CI for several years. I always enjoyed reading it, and had good results with the recommendations and recipes. I still have them.

However, I bought the Mr Kimball's book, Yellow Farmhouse Cookbook, and many of the recipes didn't work for me at all. I gave it away.

srhcb at 9:15PM on 01/23/08

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Tres Leches Cake Recipes

To be fully honest, I have never had one of these kind of cakes, but I do have this recipe if it helps any. I know all recipes differ but if you just pick one and follow it, I'm sure it will work out perfectly!

Hillary
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Chew on That at 3:13PM on 12/03/07

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Tres Leches Cake Recipes

Thank you everyone for responding! I guess I have to bake a few cakes before the big day.

evilchefmom at 2:59PM on 12/02/07

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