Sunday June 29, 2008
Yeah. I hate calling certain recipes perfect, because usually you then find one that is actually better. That and its up to the actual eater to determine whether something is perfect or not. I will share why I find these cookies to be so good though.
First, they are caramel-ey crispy. The bottoms are toasted just enough they get that delicious slightly browned crisp to them. Just above that though is a gooey chewy center, that has just the right amount of chew for an oatmeal cookie. Lastly, the little bursts of chocolate spread throughout are just the right amount.
Oh by the way you could use raisins instead of chocolate chips in this recipe. I just really don’t like raisins. Raisins and bananas, yes, two very popular fruits, that I just don’t dig.
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Monday June 23, 2008
I love Juila Child, she is the awesome. It’s also cherry season, which means you have to do something with all those cherries! I thought I’d whip out the classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking and see what Julia had to say, which was the clafouti.
According to the book, clafouti is a fruit flan, which is an egg custard filled with tasty cherry bits.
I have to admit, my clafouti could have been better. The bottom didn’t set correctly before I added the cherries, and the custard was kind of pasty and just lacking. It wasn’t as bad as the cupcake disaster though, so feel free to improve on what I’ve made!
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Wednesday June 4, 2008
I keep making all this stuff that I don’t really like. For example, bananas. Yes, I don’t like bananas, you can hate me now. I know I make quite a few things with bananas in them, like banana bread. What can I say, I cook for my friends, who really like bananas.
Oh and my monkey cookie jar does too.
These cookies are more like tiny cakes than a traditional crispy cookie. They’re moist, soft and slightly chewy, with just enough banana flavor (or at least I’m told).
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Wednesday May 21, 2008
No really, these cupcakes are really bad. They started out as a good idea. Dark chocolate cupcakes filled with tasty peanut butter goodness, like a reese’s cup, but cake like. I couldn’t even finish taking pictures of this horrible horrible cupcakes.
I’ll share some pictures with you but I don’t have the heart to post the recipe.
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Thursday May 8, 2008
I’ve never had carbonara before tonight. I’d look at it on menus in restaurants or in recipe books and be like ew gross, bacon and pasta? Nasty man, nasty.
Ends up its really tasty. Really not good for you, but damn tasty.
I came up with this recipe by going through a few cookbooks and websites and combining everything I think will be tasty together. That and I fine tuned it to what I had in my kitchen.
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Wednesday May 7, 2008
Part of my quest to eat more natural and local food I’ve been searching all over for more links to local foods. My Google searching (regular and map) for local farmers markets, farm and restaurants that buy local/sustainable or fair trade food, hasn’t found much.
This morning though I found Sustainable Table. It not only explains what sustainable agriculture is, why its good for you, and what you can do, but also lists resources to find local food. There is a huge amount of information on this website that even I am still going through.
A few things I found to be immediately helpful with my quest for local food are links to Farmers Markets markets and a link to the Eat Well Guide.
I was able to find lists of local farms and farmers markets at Local Harvest. Something that I’ve been trying to find online for a while now. Previously I would jot down a name of a farm or market when I drove by it, making a note to visit again when it gets warmer. This way is much easier in that you can plan out where you are going and when, as well as finding some information on the various locations.
The other site Eat Well Guide does about the same, but it has an option to save recipes you find on the site as well as events and projects.
Navigating various links on the site I came across a website listing local “Pick Your Own”“http://www.pickyourown.org farms. These are farms that allow you to come on their land and pick the fruits and vegetables for yourself. 
I remember going to a strawberry farm as a kid and picking flats upon flats of fresh straberries, most likely from Hilgert’s Farm.
I might just have to go back in about a month and pick some again, and recommend you find a local pick your own, and do the same!
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Friday May 2, 2008
I’ve always liked Alton Brown’s tv show Good Eats. What really got me hooked on Alton are his books, especially I’m Just Here for More Food: Food x Mixing + Heat = Baking. I really do love baked goods.
Alton talks about six different kinds of baking in that book, the method used for the banana bread is the “muffin method”. This method you combine the wet items in a bowl, the dry in a separate bowl, then add the wet to the dry.
One of the things Alton does differently is he measures his ingredients by weight not volume, like professional bakers do. I’ve made the bread both ways, by using cups and tablespoons, as well as getting my awesome new scale out and measuring the ingredients by weight, both ways make a similar loaf.
This banana bread is simple and basic. It doesn’t have any frilly flavors like lemon, or poppy seed, and it doesn’t have any other fruits in it. Its just plain ole banana bread, a tasty staple.
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