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Cook’s Illustrated No Knead Bread 2.0

Posted by Greg T. on April 28th, 2008 in Food

I recently procured a fabulous dutch oven (laugh all you want, my office did), and have been making all sorts of goodness with it. By the recommendation of a feller I met in vegas, I decided to try Cook’s Illustrated’s way too easy no knead bread (a 2.0 version of the original NY Times recipe). Well, it looks awesome, but it’s foolish to expect perfection on the first try, and unsurprisingly, I received not perfection but a dense, inadequately risen loaf of fresh bread. Note for next time: mix yeast in better, allow more time to rise.

Best Carrot Cake

Posted by Greg T. on April 28th, 2008 in Food

Made carrot cake with Paula over the weekend. Mind-blowingly good.

Brownie with Fresh Mint

Posted by Greg T. on March 9th, 2008 in Food

brownie with mint

Malaysian Beef Jerky

Posted by Greg T. on March 4th, 2008 in Food, New York

malaysian beef jerky A while ago I stumbled across this beef jerky shop in Chinatown. On the outside, there is a large sign that tells what types of jerky they have. It reads something like signs in the picture. Inside, there is a woman behind an (indoor) charcoal grill smoking slices and a glass case with lots of freshly grilled meats.The stuff is amazing. I’m told this is similar to Taiwan-style beef jerky. It’s sweet but rich and has an intense charcoal flavor, that you won’t find with any store-bought jerky. It’s not tough or chewy and goes great with Hitachino.

Chinatown Breads

Posted by Greg T. on March 1st, 2008 in Food, New York

breads in chinatown

Just a quick one. Pastries in Chinatown. To do this week: Grocery shopping in Chinatown.

Herban Gardening

Posted by Greg T. on February 26th, 2008 in Food, New York

urban gardening

I’ve always had a penchant for yard work and gardening. I grew up taking care of a 1/3 acre yard of shurbs, bushes, fruit trees and weeds. I think I did 6 hours of watering a week. I’m very proficient with lopping shears and a 5HP chipper shredder. I bought a spade headed shovel and a rake in college just to do some yard work around our rented duplex.

So it comes as no suprise that I need some sort of contact with plant life to balance out the urban fever. I have an indoor bonsai I bought online and had shipped UPS 2-day. I now also have an herb garden…well what will eventually be an herb garden–scallions, thyme, rosemary, mint and *hopefully* Thai basil. Yahooo.