December 2011
8 posts
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Homemade Holiday Presents
The holidays can be fun, but the mindless purchasing of useless gifts always kind of bummed me out. And shopping stresses me out in general, but during the month of December, shopping in New York is impossible. So many crowds. So much Christmas music. This holiday season I wanted to do something different.
Baked goods are nice. But during this season, everyone gives sweets as presents. And...
Eggnog Spiced Butter Cookies
Tis the season for Christmas cookies. Those butter cookies in the metal tins are my favorite. And so is eggnog. So I thought I’d combine the two. Here is the result…
I also used the leftover dough to make fig and strawberry thumbprint cookies. It was amazing.
The eggnog icing is pretty great too.
Recipe after the jump.
Eggnog Spiced Butter Cookies (adapted from Alice...
Pizza: The Skillet-Broiler Method
I’ve been on a quest to find the best way to make pizza at home and I’ve found the holy grail of homemade pizza. I found it here on the Serious Eats blog.
Basically, since there’s no way to get your home oven to temperatures similar to wood-fired ovens, you can try and try and no matter how many pizza stones you have, your pizza will never be the right consistency. Not until...
The Ultimate Pizza Dough
Pizza is a great love of mine. I’ve been wanting to make killer pizza at home for a while now, and researched the hell out of the best ways to do it. This weekend we tried the skillet broiler method and it was amazing. More on that later.
Any great pizza needs to start with a great dough. And when you make it from scratch you can taste the freshness. The first step is getting your hands...
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Sweet Corn Chowder
Sweet corn is one of my favorite parts of summer. This corn chowder is rich in that corn flavor but perfect for the winter. Including the popcorn topping, the recipe includes 4 types of corn.
One of the secrets of this recipe that brings out the intensity of the flavor is ground freeze dried corn. Christina Tosi of Milkbar fame uses it for her corn cookie, and if I ever get around to making...
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Bacon Mac & Cheese
When the cold weather comes around, I crave hearty, cheesy and carby foods. What better to satisfy that craving than home made oven baked four cheese mac n cheese with BACON? Holy hell, this was good. So insanely, intensely, unfathomably good. The perfect winter food. Please try it for yourself.
I made it with four cheeses: Aged Irish cheddar, mozzarella, pecorino romano, and something I came...
