After yesterday’s Ood-tastic failure, I decided to try making King’s Hawaiian Style bread again today. I had a couple of ideas for making this recipe work. Increase the sugar, increase the ginger, and most of all, proof the yeast. Most of the Hawaiian Bread knockoff recipes I’ve seen tell you to just mix everything together and wait three hours. I
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I’m taking this one loaf at a time. At least, that’s the plan. Unfortunately, so darn many bread recipes are for two huge, hearty loaves. I can see why that’s convenient, but I live in a post-South Beach diet world. Carbs are sinful indulgences, not our main staple. Today, I decided to get away from all those dessert breads with
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I couldn’t take the responsibility for creating and destroying another yeast based civilization two days in a row, so today, I decided it was time to venture into the world of chemically leavened quick breads. Alternately, I realized my uneaten bananas were on the verge of creating new life of their very own. Only you can decide which answer you
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You wish you were here. I added a little home made vanilla bourbon to the egg glaze hoping to add to the caramel color and give it a nice aroma. Nice doesn’t begin to describe it. This challah came out of the oven smelling exactly like fresh donuts. Not Krispie Kreme glazed donuts you picked up some time after 2pm
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I’ve clearly lost my mind. This year, to counter my notorious grinchitude, I was gifted a Kitchenaid stand mixer. Surely, the logic went, she’ll go insane buying attachments, one of which will make her heart grow three sizes big, and she will finally discover the true meaning of the holiday season. Instead, I’ve discovered an unhealthy obsession with bread. I
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This may be my favorite screen shot EVER. Timmy the Monkey hath deemed me worthy, and lo, upon his site did he offer my Whovian cookbook. I’ve had a crush on ThinkGeek since I bought my Schrodinger’s Cat t-shirt. They hand pick the very best geek swag, and gosh, they picked me. THEY LIKE ME, THEY REALLY LIKE ME. I
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PhenomeNOMS: Bill Nye by Erin Parr Welcome to the second edition of PhenomeNOMS, a look at famous geeks and the food that has either inspired them, or is inspired by them. This week’s edition features one of my all-time favorite childhood personalities and scientists: Bill Nye! In 1993, former comedian and aeronautics consultant Bill Nye started a show called Bill
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This adorable Panda Bread popped up on my Tumblr again. Naturally, I found myself wondering how hard it would be to make a Tardis inspired bread instead. The answer: a moderate pain in the ass. The colored bread didn’t end up anywhere near as vibrant a blue as I wanted. My white panel squares had a bit of droopage, though
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by Erin Parr Welcome to the first edition of PhenomeNOMS, a look at famous geeks and the food that has either inspired them, or is inspired by them. Carl Sagan, born in 1934, was a brilliant astrophysicist and cosmologist, most widely known for his public television series called Cosmos, the highest-rated television series at its time. Cosmos covered a range
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Just looking at that makes my mouth water. I’m overcome by the gloriously red flesh, the hints of muscular texture, and the overwhelming feeling that my neighbors might taste better with a nice citrus-ginger glaze. Wait. No. I mustn’t think that way. These feelings aren’t real. I’m a person, not a monster. I can’t be craving human flesh. Oh, wait.
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