The past few months I'd been reactivating my army recipes, inspired by the departure of one of my staff who needed some personal time off, he grew tired of cooking. His replacement was amicable to using my military recipes (as he'd just enlisted...
For a long time I used a formula for muffins called Universal Muffins, which I discovered from Tightwad Gazette, a newsletter which preaches budget living and frugality. That never figured into my usage of this recipe until investigating its origins. I adapted the...
Recently I discovered old photos of kitchen notes from years ago, including those detailing Gregoire Michaud's "faux Nutella." Thinking I'd lost a chance to make it ever again, luck was kind. Putting my hand at the recipe, all was good, save for my...
Below is a formula I found from my files dating back to baking school. It's taken me years to follow up on it. One thing, I didn't understand why the pumpernickel didn't have the percent of water in the final dough. I asked one of my former...
The New York Times recently featured a piece about making pizza at home. The recipe came from Roberta's Pizza in Brooklyn. Looking at it with a slightly jaded eye, I still had to give it a go, maybe work on making it my way. So first, I punched in the...
