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Lemongrass 101

Have you voted yet today? You can vote once every day between now and December 31st! Help me win the title of favorite Crescent Cook and be entered for the chance to win $5,000! (See more voting details at the end of this post.)* ============================================= Thai and Vietnamese make the list of some of my [...]

Have you voted yet today? You can vote once every day between now and December 31st! Help me win the title of favorite Crescent Cook and be entered for the chance to win $5,000! (See more voting details at the end of this post.)* Oh, and y’all better be entering our awesome Food Ninja Contest [...]

Have you voted yet today? You can vote once every day between now and December 31st! Help me win the title of favorite Crescent Cook and be entered for the chance to win $5,000! (See more voting details at the end of this post.)* Oh, and y’all better be entering our awesome Food Ninja Contest [...]

I am so excited for today’s post. Gail, from One Tough Cookie, Inc., is sharing a list of her favorite tools that every cookie maker/decorator should have. This is SUCH a treat! Back in April I was commissioned to make two Swedish princess tortes for a bridal shower. The day that I made the tortes [...]

*News: The past week has been a busy one for this little blog! Last week I was interviewed on Tasty Kitchen. If you’d like to hear about some of the strange things I’ve eaten, or read the story about one of my kitchen disasters, go read the interview. Yesterday CNN’s Eatocracy featured La Fuji Mama. [...]

Sushi-Su (Seasoned Vinegar for Sushi Rice) 1 cup rice vinegar 3 tablespoons sugar 2 1/2 teaspoons salt 1 piece kombu, 2-inches square (optional) Combine the vinegar, sugar, salt, and kombu in a small saucepan. Place the saucepan over medium-high heat and cook, stirring until the sugar and salt dissolve. When the mixture is clear, remove [...]

This past weekend is without question going to rank as one of the highlights of my year. It was the result of months of hard work and planning. It was the weekend where Helene (Tartelette) finally came to Southern California to give a group of lucky people a crash course in macaron making, food styling, [...]

I love leftovers. Does that sound strange? Well maybe it is, but I have my reasons! To start with, some of my favorite dishes can be made with leftovers: fried rice, turkey sandwiches, kalua pig tacos, etc. Plus, I love the creative challenge of coming up with fun ways to use up the last bits [...]

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“You can do it” Sandwich Bread Adapted from Michael Ruhlman’s Everyday Sandwich Bread Recipe Makes 1 loaf of bread 20 ounces all-purpose flour 12 ounces water 2 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon active dry yeast 1. Combine all of the ingredients in the bowl of a standing mixer. Using the dough hook, mix the ingredients on [...]

“Rational habits permit of discarding nothing left over, and the use to which leftovers (and their economic allies, the wild things of nature) are put is often at the heart of a cooking's character.” – Richard Olney (1835-1917) If you make slow cooker kalua pig, you are bound to have some leftovers, unless you are [...]

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