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What do you put on pasta?
Garlic, extra virgin, chili flakes, olive oil, and toasted breadcrumbs. Sometimes I also sprinkle some parmigiano on top.
Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
The biggest ever baking disaster I had was a few months ago when I made a Fresh Fig Tart with a rosemary cornmeal crust. I had forgotten to refrigerate the crust before baking it. The crust seemed to melt and seep through the tart pan with a removeable bottom, land on the oven floor causing the oven to smoke. My other mistake was opening up the oven door which promptly set off the smoke detector which is connected to an alarm company. About 10 minutes later three fire trucks appeared at my front door!! Embarassing? Yes! Hilarious, double Yes!
Cook the Book: Lemon Olive Oil Cake
I have another recipe I use to make lemon olive oil cake - one of our favorites. I am definitely going to try this one with the yogurt instead of the milk.
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Real Butterscotch Cream Pie - Pudding, Dorie's style!
This pie looks absolutely amazing!
What do you put on pasta?
Garlic, extra virgin, chili flakes, olive oil, and toasted breadcrumbs. Sometimes I also sprinkle some parmigiano on top.
Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
The biggest ever baking disaster I had was a few months ago when I made a Fresh Fig Tart with a rosemary cornmeal crust. I had forgotten to refrigerate the crust before baking it. The crust seemed to melt and seep through the tart pan with a removeable bottom, land on the oven floor causing the oven to smoke. My other mistake was opening up the oven door which promptly set off the smoke detector which is connected to an alarm company. About 10 minutes later three fire trucks appeared at my front door!! Embarassing? Yes! Hilarious, double Yes!
Cook the Book: Lemon Olive Oil Cake
I have another recipe I use to make lemon olive oil cake - one of our favorites. I am definitely going to try this one with the yogurt instead of the milk.
Cook the Book: 'Olives and Oranges'
My all time favorite accompaniment to a panino is arugula salad with toasted pine nuts, shavings of Parmigiano Reggiano and drizzled with extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
Poutines Deathmatch: La Banquise vs. Patati Patata
I live in Quebec and am not particulary a fan of poutine - perhaps I haven't eaten the best one yet. Next time I go to Montreal (I live about 20 minutes away) I am definitely going to Patati Patata and La Banquise to try out their poutine.
Thanks for the review. Glad you had a good time in Montreal.
A Trio of Heirloom Tomatoes, inside and out!
What a wonderful picture! I love the set up and the colours of the tomatoes - great job!
Daring Bakers Eclair and Cream Puff Shells cooling & waiting....
Your cream puff shells look perfect!
Ravioli "Caprese": a pasta twist on the classic salad
Amazing picture! What an original idea.
Snapshots from Italy: Sfoglia or Frolla?
I love sfogliatelle! The best place to buy them in Montreal is:
Pâtisserie Alati-Caserta
277 Rue Dante, Montreal, QC H2S 1K3
(514) 277 5860
I have great childhood memories of going to buy sfogliatelle at Pâtisserie Alati-Caserta with my parents right after church (which is located across the street) every Sunday. I won't buy them anywhere else!
Poutines Deathmatch: La Banquise vs. Patati Patata
Hum! Tough choice!
Although patati patata adds wine and chicken stock to their gravy, my favourite remains the classic poutine from La Banquise. Check out this video to see how the chef makes the poutine.
Snapshots from Italy: Sfoglia or Frolla?
Never found a decent Sfogliatelle where we live. A few years ago we became so desparate we learned to make them. Found a recipe in Nick Maglieri's dessert book. Have been making them a few times a year ever since. They are a labor of love as they take at least two days and each time I have to re-learn the shaping. They are not easy. One bakery here did make them but you had to catch them just as they were taken from the oven as they stored them in refrigerated cases which made them tough and soggy at the same time. Of course in the North End of Boston they never seem to be refrigerated, selling out in a few hours and without the American hysteria about spoilage.
Poutines Deathmatch: La Banquise vs. Patati Patata
In good Quebecois, it's "A tentôt!" The french spoken here in Quebec is very different from the french spoken in France. But great post! I have yet to go to either of these places although I live here, I know, heresy! Lol.
Snapshots from Italy: Sfoglia or Frolla?
I wish I could find sfoglia here in the US as good at those at Pasticceria Carraturo! My husband and I stayed in Napoli for a week this spring and our hotel, Hotel Casanova, was directly across from Carraturo. We got delicious, warm sfoglia and cappucinos there every morning. Best breakfast ever!
What do you put on pasta?
Nattou... Nattou spaghetti is an amazing way to use nattou in a cooked dish as much of it's usage is just a topping for rice or alone.
I recommend some red chilis, butter and shoyu. You can even dot it with parsley at the end and cook it with some onion or shallots.
Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
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Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
Every time I bake it's a disaster :)
Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
My biggest baking success was making cinnamon buns.
Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
My biggest baking disaster was my sons first birthday cake that I tried to bake and I forgot the eggs... lol it was horrible flat gummy horrible! Thank you so much for the chance to win!
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Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
I like to try different candy recipes during the Christmas Holidays, so a few years ago, I found a recipe for homemade cherry chocolates. They were easy to make and tasted great, so I made a lot of them, for family and friends. Now, every Christmas they all want more of them, lol, which is fine, with me, they are easy to make and you can make them early in the season. They improve with age.
Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
my biggest success was making cream cheese pound cake it came out so perfect that its a request every year
Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
Biggest success is when I make my Candy Bar Cheeskcake. Always turns out perfect. I have never had any horrifyingly bad experiences. So far, so good (knock on wood).
Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
Let's just say that you cannot switch Baking Soda and Baking Powder in and out...you must use what the recipe calls for...*bleck*
Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
My biggest baking success was the Baed Alaska I baked for my husband's second anniversary.
Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
My biggest success is my amazingly awesome Christmas dinners each and every year! I fix all of the traditional favorites and try 5 or 6 new recipes I have selected during the year for something special.
Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
baking mix and flour are not the same thing. the hockey pucks disguised as muffins that came out of my oven are proof of that.
Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
My biggest success would probably be pound cake and blondies as people always seem to love them. I don't have a big disaster story as I check and double check because I do worry about that. I did make a Scooby Doo cake once though that was adorable and tasty but a pain to decorate, I had never attempted that before.
Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
My biggest baking success was when I took a cake decorating class and made my daughter a birthday cake with a birds nest and a little bird. I think it turned out quite well.
Then there was the time I tried my luck at making roses on another cake and that didn't turn out to well.
Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
one time I was baking a quiche in the oven and it overflowed all over my oven ...Thats was not an easy mess to clean! I was so upset with myself, that I've never tried that recipe again.
Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
My biggest disaster is when I forget about what I am baki8ng and burn it. It happens about once every 3 months. My biggest success is my cakes. I have become really good at baking cakes and everyone seems to love them.
Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
I have a disaster about once a week whenever I end up burning something.
Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
My biggest downfall was my first attempt at baked beans, as a novice cook years ago: double the recipe and I must have doubled the time--results were hard, dry, and so stuck to the dish that rather than try to remove it I actually threw out the baking dish. And I was poor and never threw anything out, but this was BAD.
Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
The first time a made cookies in my apartment I used the broiler pan because I did not have a cookie sheet and I remembered my mom using some kind of cooking paper(yes I know now its parchment) I used wax. the wax melted and I tried scrapping it off. There were big black burnt stipes on the cookies. I still brought them in to work for our class bake sell. They sold like hot cakes. All the kids thought it was chocolate stipes.
Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
I recently made my first ever yeast coffee cake, and it turned out heavenly!
Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
I found a great recipe for frosted sugar cookies and made them brought them to work. Everyone thought the were from a professional bakery they turned out so well!
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This pie looks absolutely amazing!