Posts by Colin

My standby is the "half sheet" pan, roughly 13" x 18" and sturdy aluminum.  You can get silicone liners sized to fit, which save a lot of trouble.  You'll also want several cooling racks.   9x13 cookie sheets...

I usually bake in the 350-400 F range which would be around 175-200 Celsius.     Steam should give you a better crust.  See what you think.  If you're doing these loaves on a flat pan, another entertaining...

I hope it's not a total threadjack to ask about about almonds, epecially ground almonds.  For a while I've been using the King Arthur toasted almond flour in biscotti and torten etc. with pretty good results but the stuff isn't...

This is really thoughtful, and folks with culinary careers should have useful advice.  Thanks for writing at length.  I'll just offer a couple points as someone who teaches at a university:   First, yes, there are...

Yep, Cornelius: That really is dreadful nonsense (though pretty widespread).  I've married into a family of South Indians, vegetarians since birth most of them (not even eggs), and they have no trouble forming muscle.  Dal...

http://www.rlrubens.com/Thanksgiving.html   But just to let myself get trolled for a moment ...  it's possible, if you look around and order in advance, to find *very* tasty turkeys, and you could probably get away with a...

 http://www.gmu.edu/centers/publicchoice/faculty%20pages/Tyler/ethnicguide2011.htm is a good place to start.

I had a very good latte at Caffe Fiore on Queen Anne Hill just yesterday.  Allegro in the U District is a standby.  Anyway, the Chowhound Seattle board is a useful source of recommendations for local coffee bars -- check it...

I was in Cleveland for a week this Spring, and Starbucks was pretty much it.  I found one independent coffee shop and went in for a latte and they looked at me sadly and said they no longer made espresso.  Starbucks is...

http://www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving   http://habee.hubpages.com/hub/The-First-Thanksgiving-What-was-on-the-Menu   If it's historical authenticity you're after, you should be looking up venison recipes....