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Japanese Stovetop Pizza Oven

It's a novel idea, but there are some problems: Jeff's Perfect Pizza Bonanza (http://slice.seriouseats.com/jvpizza/) as well as Heston Blumenthal (In Search of Perfection) showed that 500C and a cooking time of just over a minute is the benchmark to aim for. Furthermore I have my doubts whether a glazed stone-such as the one used in the stovetop oven-can have a high enough thermal capacity to make this oven work at higher temperatures. I would recommend something like a soapstone instead.

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Cook the Book: Chile-Garlic Egg Noodles

This reads more like 'Egg Noodles' with 'Chile-Garlic'-sauce than 'Chile-Garlic-Egg Noodles' as implied in the title!
I still would like to win a copy of the book, though...

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Weekend Book Giveaway: 'The Elements of Cooking'

I am hooked on 'The French Laundry' cookbook, so this seems to be the obvious pre-quel.

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In Design: A Kitchen Renovation

You should read: The Kitchen by Spechtenhauser (ISBN 3764372818) before you proceed any further. It starts in the past and tells you what pitfalls to look out for today. If you know German, take a look at Otl Aicher: Die Küche zum Kochen, order it though amazon.de though, the German reprints are much cheaper than your American antique editions from 1983.
After seeing the mess a friend of mine did with his remodelling, I noted down all the pitfalls. You can find the latest version at http://kueche-et-al.blogspot.com under the topic Kücheneinrichtung (I am sorry, but it is in German, maybe the bablefish can help...).
Good luck with your remodelling!

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Japanese Stovetop Pizza Oven

It's a novel idea, but there are some problems: Jeff's Perfect Pizza Bonanza (http://slice.seriouseats.com/jvpizza/) as well as Heston Blumenthal (In Search of Perfection) showed that 500C and a cooking time of just over a minute is the benchmark to aim for. Furthermore I have my doubts whether a glazed stone-such as the one used in the stovetop oven-can have a high enough thermal capacity to make this oven work at higher temperatures. I would recommend something like a soapstone instead.

From Recipes

Cook the Book: Chile-Garlic Egg Noodles

This reads more like 'Egg Noodles' with 'Chile-Garlic'-sauce than 'Chile-Garlic-Egg Noodles' as implied in the title!
I still would like to win a copy of the book, though...

From Serious Eats

Weekend Book Giveaway: 'The Elements of Cooking'

I am hooked on 'The French Laundry' cookbook, so this seems to be the obvious pre-quel.

From Serious Eats

In Design: A Kitchen Renovation

You should read: The Kitchen by Spechtenhauser (ISBN 3764372818) before you proceed any further. It starts in the past and tells you what pitfalls to look out for today. If you know German, take a look at Otl Aicher: Die Küche zum Kochen, order it though amazon.de though, the German reprints are much cheaper than your American antique editions from 1983.
After seeing the mess a friend of mine did with his remodelling, I noted down all the pitfalls. You can find the latest version at http://kueche-et-al.blogspot.com under the topic Kücheneinrichtung (I am sorry, but it is in German, maybe the bablefish can help...).
Good luck with your remodelling!

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Weekend Book Giveaway: Marco Pierre White's Devil In The Kitchen

My wife: She has absolutely no patients when it comes to cooking. At times she even prefers a Big Mac to my Thomas Keller look alike (and hopefully taste alike-I never went to TFL) menus.

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Time for a Drink: The Aviation

Hi Paul, you are right, I bought 'Violette Parfait Amour' in France and thought it was the right thing. Next time I'll get the right stuff. Thanks for the tip.

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Time for a Drink: The Aviation

According to Google, the Aviation Cocktail as printed in 'Recipes for Mixed Drinks', by Hugo Ensslin (1916, not 1917) is composed of:
2oz Gin
0.5oz Fresh Lemon Juice
1tsp Maraschino Liqueur
1tsp Violet Liqueur (Parfait Amour)
Fill a cocktail shaker two-thirds full with ice and add all of the ingredients. Shake very hard for approximately 15 seconds. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
I found that mixture quite gin heavy and settled for a 3:1:1:1 ratio (Gin:Lemon juice:Maraschino:Parfait-Amour). I serve the Aviation on a sugar rimmed glas using lemon as the moisturizer to get that caster sugar to stick.

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