Cook the Book: 'Chocolate Epiphany'
Chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and a big scoop of chocolate ice cream on the side!
Chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and a big scoop of chocolate ice cream on the side!
Even if a recipe includes an amount of salt (baking is the exception), I will add pinch by pinch and taste it a lot so it ends up exactly how I like it. When I first started cooking, I almost always under-salted everything, but with practice I figured out how much to add.
I think learning to taste the food your cooking is an incredibly important part of becoming a better cook.
My mom's blueberry cream cheese pie with a graham cracker crust - actually more like cheesecake than pie but oh so delicious!!
I make Royal Icing, pipe a line around the edge of the cookie and let it dry. Then thin the icing with a tiny bit of water so it spreads really easily. Once that's dry, you can decorate on top of it. I did all the cookie favors for my wedding that way!
I've always wondered, all factors considered, if soy milk actually was any better for the environment. I also am curious about how rice and almond milk compare, since it seems like they require a lot of processing.
My mom! I learned the essentials from her: Always make food from scratch, every meal needs a vegetable (or two!), homemade baked goods are the best, don't overmix muffins... she taught me everything I needed to lay a strong foundation in cooking!
It would have to be a gooey warm brownie, topped with ice cream and then hot fudge!
It would have to be a dark chocolate mousse. Umm!
Chocolate cupcake with chocolate ganache frosting.
And then I would kill myself...live isn't worth living without the occasional chocolate indulgence.
Pure brownie batter with extra fudge on top, extra warm and gooey!
Cheesecake with chocolate brownie bites and ganache on top.
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