I have a pristine copy of Laurel's Bread Book, but have never tried to make desem.
I did what I said I was going to do and walked into Williams-Sonoma in the shops at Columbus Circle looking for your bony butt, but the young woman...
I must have misspoke myself. I do know something about the lower protein flours, and I know I wouldn't use them for puff dough.
More on what I know about puff dough.....
I don't know about the lower protein thing, but it kind of makes sense that the fewer folds, the crunchier. The dough layers will be thicker, though the times I've baked say the trimming of croissant dough after not enough folds just to...
Martin Yan has a good one in one of his books. We used to get that stuff delivered warm to the country club I was at, straight from Chinatown in Boston. It was incredible. I don't know where the book is right now. I'll look. I've made it...
I was sitting alone in the dark one night, watching the Red Sox lose, drinking beer and eating Triscuits, when I became aware of a tickling sensation on my hands and lips. When I snapped on the light, the Triscuit box was full of ants...
whole eggs 3 lb 5 oz
liquid shortening 1 lb 4 oz
milk 1 lb
vanilla 2 oz
sugar 2 lb 8 oz
cake flour 2 lb
baking powder 2.25 oz
salt .75 oz
Put all liquid ingredients...
This very question came up at work today as some customer bought about 40 bucks worth of Valrhonha gianduja and tried using it to make Easter eggs or something, and it didn't work.They had to give her another 40 bucks worth of something...
I back away from people who are chewing with their stupid mouths open. We have a friend called "the snapper" who incessantly snaps her gum, green trident is apparently the best. I think it's a disgusting stupid habit. I just...
