Saving the Cake: Making Mistakes and the Process of Perfection
Cooking isn’t really about making mistakes. In fact, as Michael Ruhlman so elegantly articulates in his book The Soul of a Chef, cooking constitutes a journey towards perfection, a search for flawless...
View ArticleRestaurant Review: Lola Rocks On
Michael Symon cooks with soul. Or so Michael Ruhlman famously proposes in his book The Soul of a Chef, and so Food Network has carefully engineered his “brand” over the past years. Supposedly Symon, a...
View ArticleSummer in the City: Marshmallow Peanut Butter Chocolate Shake at Deluxe
While eating breakfast this morning at Deluxe, I watched a man step behind the bar and start fiddling with the shake machine. I always sit at the counter, so I saw him grab a jar of Skippy Peanut...
View ArticleGoat Cheese Brownies
by The Baker Goat Cheese Brownies 10 tablespoons cold goat butter, cubed 2 cups all-purpose flour 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, melted 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted 1/2 teaspoon baking...
View ArticleMango Chutney Truffles
by The Baker Mango Chutney Truffle 120 grams cream 25 grams glucose 120 grams milk chocolate, chopped 150 grams dark chocolate, chopped 25 grams butter, room temperature 100 grams mango chutney,...
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