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Cook the Book: 'The Modern Baker'
My worst baking disaster was the first Valentine's Day my boyfriend (now husband) and I shared in NYC. We decided to "save money" by making dinner at home, including a red banana tiramisu from Todd English's dessert cookbook. The ingredients totaled about $75 (which would have bought us a very nice cake). The recipe was for individual cakes - instead we crammed the batter into one springform pan. When we tried to remove the outer ring after it had baked, the hinge snapped off due to the denseness of the cake. We tried to salvage it by adding the thick white chocolate frosting, but there was no way to even get a knife through it. Long story short, we ended up just grabbing bits of frosting off the top and then throwing the cake, pan and all, down the trash chute!
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My Sicilian mother's family sauce recipe includes lots of fresh mint (as well as basil). I never ate store-bought sauce growing up so I honestly had no idea that was odd until I started making it for my husband! We also put fresh mint in our lasagna and manicotti filling. It doesn't taste right any other way.