Posts by bradleyo

I stand corrected. Thanks lamington. Guanaja is the name of Valrhona's 70% extra bitter which is not flavored with hazlenut. Valrhona also make a Gianduja chocolate.

Search for "guanaja chocolate" and you will get plenty of hits.

I'm looking for some recommendations on books that emphasize plating for restaurant cooking--lots of photographs.

You need a fine grind for a moka pot. Your best bet is to get a grinder and do it yourself. Otherwise, have it ground for espresso and it should work. I got the espresso bug a few years ago and it can be a very expensive hobby if you...

I've got a recipe for peach cobbler that uses halved peaches. It comes out looking like a cobblestone street with the peaches sticking out through the crust and looking like cobblestones. If you lay the peaches in nicely, it slices...

Calling those stovetop coffee makers espresso makers is rather misleading. They are actually moka pots. To make true espresso, you really need a pump-type machine. Not that a moka pot won't make a nice cup of coffee. It just won't be a...

I worked in a steak house several years ago. We served quite a lot of prime rib. We cooked them all rare. When someone ordererd anything other than rare, we sliced the order and dipped it in a bain of simmering au jus for a few...

I was working on a centerpiece for a buffet platter. The piece was a bicycle. I got hold of some isomalt which worked quite well. Thanks for the help.

Put both the author's name and the title and you should get 13 hits.

What are the advantages of isomalt? I'm working on a small project and I've never done bread sculpture before, so any help would be most appreciated.