A little overdue with these photos, but here we go.

Back during the phd orientation course there was a party. invlwhen and I made macarons for it. We used this recipe (which in summary is "blend equal parts almond flour and powdered sugar; fold with italian meringue, bake at exactly 320F"), which is the only recipe I've tried so far. the website has a ( Read more... )

i would cook stuff sober with hannah hart (of my drunk kitchen). what would that be like?

I started on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_%28food%29 to learn about the chalazae, which i remember invlwhen mentioning at one point.

for starters, apparently you can take the shell off of eggs and this is what it looks like:


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the recipe is like this (from this book(0) make gelatin goop out of 1 packet (2T) and 1/4C cold water; let stand ( Read more... )

courtesy of lizthegrey on google+: 8 menu items vegans are sick of orderingI celebrated vegetarian november being over by getting myself a jimmy john's tuna sandwich. it is not a fantastic sandwich, but it is miles better than their veggie sandwich, and considering it gets delivered straight to the 412 lab, it is in fact what I missed most this ( Read more... )

i think i had one of the quintessential vegetarian regretful experiences today ( Read more... )

Two weeks ago was Rosh Hashanah, so I made a ( challah. )

( biscotti )

( sauce aux champignons ^W^Wof champions )

I have been on a custard-making kick for... longer than my egg whites are entirely happy with me for. today I produced ( creme anglaise; )