By Nick • February 25, 2010
I wasn’t shocked when The Pioneer Woman won last week’s poll. She’s pretty much the most popular thing since Barack (2008). The hard part though was deciding what to make out of her latest cookbook. I didn’t really want to make a meat heavy dish which eliminated about 75% of the recipes, so instead I [...]
Posted in baking, desserts, Junk Food Junkies | Tagged brownie, brownie chocolate, brownies, butter, cakes, chocolate, chocolate brownie, cocoa powder, coffee, cookies, desserts, frosting recipe, homemade brownies, mocha brownies, mocha chocolate, mochas
By Nick • February 17, 2010
As some of you may know, I try to make a loaf of bread once a week. For the last year or so I’ve been making no knead bread as my go-to loaf. Betsy and I use this for sandwiches or toast throughout the week or just to snack on. Even though I completely love [...]
Posted in appetizers, baking, Easy Stuff, good food, Stuffing Stuff | Tagged appetizers, baking, bread, breads, cheese, cheese bread, food and drink, no knead bread, olive oil, pecorino, pecorino cheese, proofing
By Nick • February 10, 2010
There are a few things you should know before you get too far into this post. First, I’m pretty bad at the scientific method. In fact, I don’t exactly even know what it is. I’m not a scientist and have never claimed to be one. So when I try to “test” something, I’m sure my [...]
Posted in appetizers, baking, Economical, Failure | Tagged baked fries, fries, how to bake fries, potatoes, sweet potatoes
By Nick • February 8, 2010
The Italians are geniuses. They found a way to stuff all of my favorite things into a single dessert: alcohol, coffee, chocolate, and even cheese. That dessert is tiramisu.
My only issue with tiramisu is it generally uses Brandy which isn’t something I have laying around. Bourbon, however, I do normally have and tend to like [...]
Posted in baking, desserts, Stuffing Stuff | Tagged bourbon, cinnamon, cocoa powder, coffee, dessert, ladyfingers, mascarpone, tiramisu
By Nick • January 20, 2010
I’ve decided that a good babka is like a good movie… it’s got to have a lot of different parts to it. You want a movie (babka) that’s kind of sweet, but not too sweet. It should be filling, but leave you wanting another piece. It should get you excited for the sequel (more babka).
Ok. [...]
Posted in baking, breakfast, desserts, good food, Stuffing Stuff | Tagged babka, chocolate, enriched dough, how to make babka, pastry
By Nick • January 14, 2010
I was kind of shocked by last week’s poll winner. Not sure why but I just didn’t expect polenta to make a huge wave. I guess that’s because I always assume that people underestimated polenta’s potential.
The voting Macheesmo readers seem to be intrigued by it though. And I must say that I [...]
Posted in baking, Dinner, healthy, Side dishes, spicy | Tagged basil, Dinner, polenta, spicy, tomato
