Posts by bumblecook

Let me guess...you have an electric stove, right? Electric stoves suck when it comes to cooking rice. I grew up with a gas stove and cooked perfect rice every night. Then when I got married I had to cook on an electric stove - the...

Are you using a pizza stone? If not, give it a try. It makes a big difference. Home ovens don't get as hot as restaurant ovens so the pizza stone helps. At what temp are you baking your pizzas?

Repeat after me...snail is not a seafood. :rolleyes:

Boudin Noir Boiling Bacon Biryani Pad Thai Paella Peking Duck Pizza Tandoori Vietnamese spring rolls Hainanese Chicken and rice

Thanks CR. Will check the Italian gourmet store when I go shopping in the big city.

CompassRose, I'm pretty sure you can as I've had frozen desserts with the stuff. Freeze them in small packages. By the way, where did you get sweetened chestnut puree? Any online source? Can't find any around here.

I could kill for a plate of boudin noir. Just thinking about this makes me homesick :-(

Thanks, shroomgirl. Glad I'm not the only one who doesn't like Cake Bible.

I wasn't very impressed by The Cake Bible from RLB and The Perfect Cake by Susan Gold Purdy. I've just ordered Great Cakes by Carole Walter and Faites votre pâtisserie by Gaston Lenôtre (I guess that would be the French version of...

If you want to have a look at a few recipes from this book Paris Sweets