Posts by Cook du jour

Could it be that you pulled the fries out of the cooler and then straight into the oil? Room temp potatoes might cook more evenly. Perhaps a few moments in the oven to even the temp might help.

We lived in Wisconsin 16 years and it is a beautiful wonderful state -- but WAAAY too cold. We spent five years auditioning cities around the country for a new home and Nashville came out on top. It's fun, exciting and friendly. It...

Thanks everyone! I had searched under pizza crusts, but those all included yeast and I understood a cracker crust would not include that. Jodi, the link you provided was excellent. I'm after that wonderful crust that crackles...

The goal was a cracker crust pizza, so I headed off to the web to try to locate a recipe. The pickin's were few and the most reliable called for a pound of flour, a pound of butter and a pound of cheese. This is a dough? No liquid? A...

On the other hand, I can't count the number of times I've asked a waiter not to turn the order in yet because we want to enjoy our appetizer, but s/he does it anyway. We must then either give up the appetizer to deal with the meal or...

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Thanks. The dough was sweet, so I'll go with the sugar. What is the measure for the baking powder and would you bake this in a medium or hot oven?

Over the weekend we had a wonderful onion tart. The crust was delicious and we asked the chef how it was prepared. He called it a simple 1-2-3 dough. What is this dough, how is it made and how its it used? Thanks!

Sounds good. I'll give it a try!

Sunday I popped some pizza dough out of the freezer and let it defrost so I could have a custom pizza that night. After rolling it out, I popped it into the oven to bake before adding toppings and the middle of the dough raised WAAAAY...