One marvelous morning back in the Stone Age, even before the wheel was invented, a forgetful caveman left his stone cup of honey outside, and rain got in it. Then, in an even bigger miracle, some wild yeast floated down into it.
And presto! Fermentation happened, and mead was invented. Historians say it may have been […]
Brisket
When my daughter-in-law asked what she could make for our holiday dinner, I mentioned brisket. She had never made one, but took up the challenge. It was a great success and now she makes it for every holiday. Here is Patty Gassenheimer’s Holiday Brisket.
Note: The amount of ingredients here is a guideline. The onion and […]
Nick Malgieri’s Sour Cram Brownies
From his latest book:
The Modern Baker: Time-Saving Techniques for Breads, Tarts, P9es, Cakes, and Cookies (DK publisher, $35.00)
Makes one 9 x 13 pan of brownies, about twenty-four 2-inch squares
6 oz (1 1/2-sticks) unsalted butter, cut into 12 pieces
7 oz bittersweet (not unsweetened) chocolate, cut into 1/4-inch pieces
1 3/4-cups dark brown sugar, […]
Poor sherry. It’s the most misunderstood, misused wine in the world.
If you ever watch a British drawing room comedy, or the antics of Niles and Frasier Crane, you see them picking a bottle off the shelf and pouring it into a thimble-sized glass. Wrong and wrong.
Sherry is wine; when it’s opened, […]
Every holiday season people buy gadgets for wine lovers - things that are mostly fairly useless, but so cute the wine lover says they’re just want he wanted, then puts away in a cabinet and never uses. Here are some of those gadgets, from the Wine Enthusiast Catalog. At the end I’ll give the Website […]
LINDA GASSENHEIMER’S
KITCHEN GIFT GADGETS
BOTTLETOP BASTER
SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE $3.99, WWW.JOKARI.COM, 1-800-669-1718
ONION KEEPERS
AVAILABLE AT MOST KITCHEN STORES. SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE $7.99, SET OF 2, WWW.GOURMAC.COM, 1-800-243-7700.
HERB SAVER
SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE $ 29.95, WWW.PREPARA.COM, 888-878-8665.
SPIN ‘N STOR SALAD BAGS
SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE $3.99 FOR A PACKAGE OF 4, $11.75 FOR 12 BAGS, WWW.ARGEECORP.COM, 1-800-449-3030.
MICROPLANE 4-SIDED BOX GRATER
SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE $34.95, […]