http://mzkitchen.com Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:20:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This week, Jasmine of Jasmine Cuisine selected Peanut Butter Crisscrosses on page 78 of Dorie's book for Tuesdays with Dorie.  Quick and easy to make, the cookies came out thick and crispy, and chock full of peanuts.  I like my peanut butter cookies a bit more on the chewy side, ... http://mzkitchen.com/?p=2104 As promised, here is another entry about my advanced baking class at King Arthur Flour.  In keeping with my previous post about brioche, I thought I'd show you another item that we baked, something that is not common in this country:  Brioche Feuilleté. If you don't eat butter, read no further.  ... http://mzkitchen.com/?p=2120 Sorry for the lousy photo above, but don't let it stop you from making this delicious tart.  I found this fabulous recipe over at Smitten Kitchen, and I've made it twice so far, to rave reviews.  Even Master Chow, my honorable husband, fell in love with this, although ... http://mzkitchen.com/?p=2096 I just returned from the one week long Advanced Bread Baking course with Certified Master Baker Jeffrey Hamelman at King Arthur Flour (KAF) in Norwich, Vermont.  How was it? FABULOUS. The last couple years have been exhausting in a number of ways, with lots of travel and caring for an ill family ... http://mzkitchen.com/?p=2109 I'm at King Arthur Flour in Vermont, taking the advanced bread baking class. When I drove up and saw the sign, I felt like I'd arrived at the promised land! Between no internet and phone, a trip to check on my auntie, and this trip, I have a backup of ... http://mzkitchen.com/?p=2102 Fourteen days ago (yes, 14) my neighbor accidentally cut our phone and internet line while replacing the fence between our properties.  It took ten days for the phone company to actually send a tech out to repair the damage.  Only Verizon forgot to tell her that the LINE HAD BEEN ... http://mzkitchen.com/?p=2100 Yes, I made these, and an expanded post with photo will be going up  soon.  Thanks to Nicole of Cookies on Friday for picking this recipe for today’s TWD. *Begin rant* I was supposed to be out of town, looking in on my auntie in Wisconsin.  Except that . . . Milwaukee had ... http://mzkitchen.com/?p=2088 I was fortunate enough to have my chive patch thrive this year, so I decided to use all of that abundance in a loaf of bread. Because Peter Reinhart is one of my favorite bread cookbook authors, I was happy to find this recipe on the epicurious website, which ... http://mzkitchen.com/?p=2072 I'm out of town looking after my octogenarian auntie, and I won't be back to baking for TWD until the first Tuesday in August.  I have a couple posts going up in the meantime, so this blog won't sit idle. As for the exciting baking news . . . I'm going ... http://mzkitchen.com/?p=2076 This week for Tuesdays with Dorie, Dharmagirl of bliss: towards a delicious life chose Tarte Noire on page 351.  What, you ask, is a tarte noir?  It is a rich chocolate ganache poured into a tart shell and served with a diet book.  Ganache, made of chocolate and ... http://mzkitchen.com/?p=2065