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Joy the Baker's Brown Sugar Apple Cheesecake - Game Recognize Game

POSTED May 15, 3:59 PM

My newly discovered foodie friend, Joy the Baker, claims this is her first podcast/video recipe. If that's the case, she's going to be a force to be reckoned with, as the production value, and presentation, are top-notch! I was going to show you my first Food Wishes video recipe to illustrate how far I've come, but after watching Joy's first attempt, my fragile ego just wouldn't allow it.

This looks like a great recipe, and her theory of "twice the crust, twice the topping, and half the cheesecake filling" sounds like an easy way to rationalize this as being almost health food. While a slice of apple cheesecake a day, may not keep the doctor away, it would certainly be better than that dollar menu apple pie you get every morning at the Mc'drive-through. How did I know? I hear things.

Click here to watch this great recipe! from Joy The Baker.

Categories: baking , dessert , cheesecake , Joy the Baker , apples

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Sausage and Egg Pizza - Fundamentally Delicious!

POSTED May 13, 1:15 AM

I know what some of you are thinking. Eggs are for breakfast, and pizza is for dinner, and never the twain shall meet. I used to think like that. There was a time, early in my career, when I was a culinary fundamentalist. Chocolate was a candy, and not something one added to a sauce for short ribs. But, like all fundamentalists, I was missing out on a lot of pleasure. So, if your rigid belief system prevents you from giving this pizza a spin, then it's your loss. This is a truly magnificent pizza.

I first saw pizza topped with eggs in the Chez Panisse Café cookbook. Alice Waters, the chef of Chez Panisse, and one of my personal heroes, used eggs to top a similar pizza, using proscuitto instead of sausage. I decided to try it, and it was a transcendent experience. The golden yolks oozing slowly over the spicy sausage and melted cheese is TDF (to die for). I hope you give this a try. Which reminds me to warn you that it may take a few tries to achieve the perfectly cooked eggs. But, when you do, there is bliss.

This video recipe is from my blog, Food Wishes Video Recipes. Enjoy!

Categories: italian food , pizza , eggs

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Beurre Blanc – The Wine and Butter Sauce Born During that Other French Revolution

POSTED May 9, 2:06 PM

As far as white tablecloth restaurants go, this simple wine and butter sauce is probably made more often than any other sauce recipe. The wine can be red, white, or blush (we used to call it rosé back when no one liked it), and the technique has basically remained unchanged since it burst onto the culinary landscape during the “Nouvelle” cuisine movement of the1970s.

Nouvelle cuisine is French for "new cuisine." This style was a reaction to the classic “Haute” cuisine ("high cooking"). It focused on lighter, and more delicate dishes, without the traditional, heavy, flour-based sauces. One of the darlings of this new style was a butter sauce called “beurre blanc,” a simple reduction of wine and vinegar, finished with whole butter. This sauce is incredibly versatile, and very simple to make. Enjoy!

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Categories: sauces , French cuisine , wine

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Homemade Sourdough Bread - There Must Be Something in the Air

POSTED May 9, 10:38 AM

Have you ever wondered how people made bread before the days of packaged yeast? No? Well, I'm going to tell you anyway! I'll be damned if I'm going to let a good 15 minutes of research on Wikipedia go to waste. In all seriousness, it is a fascinating process, and as a citizen of San Francisco, one I've enjoyed for decades.

There's wild yeast in the air all around you, as well as in that bag of bread flour in your cupboard. To make a batch of sourdough from scratch, you simply need to capture this wild yeast, and provide a medium for it to grow. While this video recipe is relatively short, it does show you all the steps involved for making this incredibly delicious bread. For more information, and a transcript, click the link under the video. Enjoy!

Categories: bread , baking , sourdough

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Happy Cinco de Mayo! Celebrate with a Chicken Thingamajig with a Side of Whatchamacallit

POSTED May 5, 11:24 AM

Many, many, years ago, in Tucson, Arizona, a cook accidentally dropped a burrito into a deep fryer. Since it was too late to save, she let it fry, and decided to have it for lunch. When one of the other cooks asked her what it was, she called it a "chimichanga," which in Spanish translates to "thing-a-ma-jig".

Yes, with one serendipitous splash into the fryer, the mighty chimichanga was born. While traditionally deep-fried, this video recipe, produced for my About.com American Foods site, is a home version that uses the oven for a much easier and lower-fat variation.

The great thing about chimichangas is they can be filled with almost anything – even vegetables if you must. After seeing the video, I hope you give some of these thingamajigs a try. If you do, I'd also love to hear what kind of fillings you used. Enjoy!

Categories: chicken , italian food , cheese , mexican food , spicy

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