I never grew up with chili, but I understand that there are some Very Strong Opinions out there about what makes a “true” or “authentic” chili. Fortunately, what I primarily care about is whether I get a delicious meal out of my efforts. Authenticity comes a distant second, if it …
This is a bit of a nested recipe; it’s intended to be used to make a cake using melted ice cream that you don’t particularly like enough to eat as is, but don’t want to waste. It’s getting used today to bring to a friend’s birthday party in the form …
It’s been a while since my last post, but I haven’t been idle; mead-making has been taking up most of my creative cycles. However, after hearing about the relative success of Operation Pantry Clearout, a friend recently unloaded the contents of her freezer on to me, which included a sizable …
For this mini-experiment, I measured out exactly 4 pounds of Kirkland-brand honey into each of a large cookpot and the liner of my Instant Pot before I started, since I was aware that I would lose quite a lot of water to evaporation while cooking on the stovetop. After that, …
I’m on a quest to use up pantry items and free up some space, while making tasty things while I’m at it. I have my eye on clearing out the space currently used by applesauce, because I honestly don’t use it that much on a day-to-day basis. Growing up, apples …
You know how I said in my notes for the eight-yolk gold cake that I wasn’t going to make this? I lied. I was out of icing sugar to make the glaze I had in mind, so when I found a carton of pasteurized egg whites in my fridge, I …
Invariably, after making an angel food cake, the pressing question becomes “what do I do with all of these yolks?” Usually the answer is some form of custard; for me, it’s David Lebovitz’s vanilla ice cream recipe. This time, I didn’t have the cream on hand to make ice cream, …
Forever ago, I found a chart that listed all of the readily available non-wheat flours and their properties, for the purpose of helping people bake gluten-free things more easily. I can’t find that chart, so I’m looking around for other options now, and here’s what I’ve found so far. Between …
I started a parallel set of one-gallon batches the other day, keeping the recipes constant but the type of honey used different, specifically for the purpose of seeing how the different honeys ended up developing over time. On the first day, I put together the musts with the following recipe: 4 …
Every now and then, the seemingly random urge strikes me to make an angel food cake. There’s no obvious trigger for it, and in fact I feel like it’s a little silly to bake something during this season of excess, but I heard the call when some friends were over …