So funny story about cream of tartar is that it’s an ingredient called for when I attempted to make menrigues. Being a novice baker (and cook), I’ve never worked with Cream of Tartar before and did not know where to look in the grocery store. Guess where I started looking? The dairy section! I mean… [...]
I was hovering around the food table at TECHmunch (a food blogger’s workshop that occured last week in conjunction of SXSW) a long with all the other foodies. The food was provided by Parkside, which incidentally was originally supposed to be the venue for my 25th birthday dinner. I guess trying out Parkside slipped through [...]
This week’s Friday Food Definition is inspired by my trip to Friar Tuck’s Pantry last weekend. One of our book club members ordered coffee and the coffee they brought him is French Press coffee. Since then, I’ve asked a few of my friends about it and though none of them have had it, they say [...]
Today’s term was yanked from one of the tasks on this past week’s Amazing Race, which was to gather up ingredients for Kuchen. Quoted from Food Lover’s Companion. Kuchen [KOO-khehn] : A fruit – or cheese-filled yeast-raised cake, usually seved for breakfast but also enjoyed as a dessert. It originated in Germany but is now [...]
My roommate just got accepted to culinary school! In anticipation of all the learning she’s going to do, she bought this awesome book called Food Lover’s Companion. It’s basically a dictionary of more than 6,700 food terms. I thought I’d take advantage of this book and share fun food defintions with you every Friday. Today’s [...]