The Food Maven Diary Archives :
October 2000
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Friday, October 27, 2000
2000-10-28 Pineapple-Cranberry Deep Dish Pie
Carole Walter is my personal baking guru, by which I mean that when I don't have the answer to a baking question or problem, it is to Carole I turn. ... [more]
Monday, October 23, 2000
2000-10-24 Halvah
I have been looking for a recipe for halvah, the Middle Eastern sesame confection, for many years, although it is easy enough to buy. The excellent ... [more]
Saturday, October 21, 2000
2000-10-22 Knife Skills and More
So many of you have expressed an interest in studying knife skills with my friend Norman Weinstein, the master teacher, that I asked Norman to provi... [more]
Tuesday, October 17, 2000
2000-10-18 No-Bake Chocolate Cake
Yesterday, Marcel Desaulnier was my guest and he brought this cake with him. It's from his new book Death By Chocolate Cakes. It is any wonder that h... [more]
Sunday, October 15, 2000
2000-10-16 Martha Stewart's Mac and Cheese
Martha Stewart has been everywhere promoting her new cookbook, The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook, which commemorates (and cashes in on) the 10th an... [more]
Friday, October 13, 2000
2000-10-14 Lemon Yogurt Cake
All my pals at Sutter Home Winery's Build a Better Burger contest in Napa Valley (see the October 10th diary entry) were raving about the cakes serv... [more]
Monday, October 9, 2000
2000-10-10 Hawaiian Tuna Burger
Last weekend was the 10th annual Sutter Home Winery Build a Better Burger contest in St. Helena, California (Napa Valley), and I was honored to be o... [more]
Thursday, October 5, 2000
2000-10-06 My Grandmother's Yom Kippur Noodle Pudding
Elise Sonkin, my maternal grandmother, was, as I have said many times on the radio, a very glamorous woman. Despite the appearance she gave of a pamp... [more]
Wednesday, October 4, 2000
2000-10-05 Taiglach, Pine Nuts, Sun-Dried Tomatoes
Some notes on taiglach, the Yiddish dough-ball candy that is almost identical to struffoli, the Neapolitan dough ball candy, Italian pignoli, and su... [more]
Monday, October 2, 2000
2000-10-03 Jerusalem Kugel (Caramel-Pepper Noodle Pudding)
I finally made a Jerusalem kugel. I have been meaning to for years, but somehow never got around to it, like so many other recipes that I eat, or se... [more]
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