[…]of this book. Wendy loved 98.5% of this book. How to Cook Everything, Bittman — Solid, basic recipes for virtually everything you might want to cook. A collection of standards; a great foundation. Sauces, Patterson — A great book on modern sauce making. For the classical perspective, I use The […]
[…]red wine sauce, and chocolate decor FOOD: I enjoyed helping Chef prepare and refine this recipe. The original concept was modified to substitute almond paste for the tardy pistachio paste, and we bumped up the flavor of the cranberry center by rethinking the filling. Each cake — which was individually […]
[…]work. Mr. Lahey’s dough uses very little yeast, a quarter teaspoon (you almost never see a recipe with less than a teaspoon), and he compensates for this tiny amount by fermenting the dough very slowly. He mixes a very wet dough, about 42 percent water, which is at the extreme […]