This month on Culinate, I’m getting sweet on you: Sugar daddy But caramel is nothing more than melted sugar heated until it browns. It’s actually quite easy to make, and it’s versatile, inexpensive, and fun. Want to impress your guests? You can crack open a $100 jar of caviar — or caramelize a few cents’ […]
Don’t you hate it when Wikipedia outsmarts you? Occasionally when I want a snack, I make myself a corn tortilla quesadilla. It’s always better in my imagination than in reality. I always make them the same way: two 6-inch corn tortillas with cheese in the middle. If I cook it in a lot of fat, it […]
Does this sound familiar to you? You’re watching a TV show or movie, and a character holds out a wooden spoon of tomato sauce and says, “Taste this.” It’s probably a man, because tomato sauce is the only thing men can cook on TV. (Excluding Food TV, obviously.) It happened on the episode of My […]
I haven’t been around here much lately, what with assorted professional responsibilities and Chocolatier 2 and all. It will probably stay that way through March. In the meantime, here are some things I’ve been reading lately, in case I’m not doing my part to keep words in front of your pupils. My China, Kylie Kwong. Through […]
Iris and I took a trip to Uwajimaya today. We bought a raisin-coconut bun from Yummy House Bakery and a bullet train coloring book from Kinokuniya. I told Iris she could pick out a box of Pocky sticks as usual, but instead her eyes alighted upon Calpico Capu Capu, which are cookies shaped like ice […]