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Wednesday, September 17, 2008

New favorite technique

I've recently started cooking more, because I have more time and less money than I used to, and I find that when I'm not rushing I actually enjoy it. My new favorite technique is roasting. Not revolutionary or novel, but nice and easy and hands-off. I had been roasting tomatoes at a high temperature, which caused the smoke alarm to go off and scare the dog, but Lindsay tipped me off to slow-roasting at a lower temp, which has made Henry much happier. Garlic is lovely roasted, as are chunks of sweet potatoes.

13:30 5 comments

Comments:

you should try braising - i think you'd like it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braising

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Anonymous : 7:04 PM

per your flickr post on the zuke bread (don't feel like logging in to comment there) - i have an awesome zuke cake recipe that i got from a cafe owner in nova scotia a few years ago. we went to see some music there and i swooned over the cake, so the woman told me to stop by the next day and she'd write the recipe down for me. i lurve it, it has cream cheese frosting. i've been meaning to make it all summer. perhaps we can tag team it this sunday? we do NOT need a whole zuke cake sitting around the house. xo tara

# posted by

Anonymous : 10:50 AM

Sweet potato! Awesome. Will try. Next on my list is slow-rise, no-knead bread. I've become Laura Ingalls Wilder.

# posted by

L : 11:39 AM

The kneading and the rising isn't all that hard or time-consuming, but no knead is even easier!

After I told my mom about my recent adventures in yeast bread she said that my grandma used to bake bread just like that every week.

# posted by

Eliina : 11:49 AM

Lovely loaves! My first yeast bread loaves were knobby and hilarious looking. I've slowly gotten better, though I have to say yours are still prettier. Maybe I should turn the page on the recipe and read the full instructions! hee

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Anonymous : 2:24 PM