Category Archives: Food
Best Utah Mexican Food
OK, the water park thread degenerated into a discussion of Mexican restaurants. So as not to disrupt people lambasting or praising Cowabunga I thought I’d move this here.
My thoughts.
Real Dr Pepper Available Locally!
Given that KB is 23 Flavors central I thought I should mention some big news: Dr Pepper is using actual sugar in its products to celebrate its 125th anniversary. So now lovers of the real DP Dr Pepper don’t have to get it shipped from Dublin Dr Pepper. We can just go buy a 12 pack from the grocery store. I suggest stocking up. I’ll check back in with a report once I find some.
Practical Tips for Nourishing a Bread-Baking Obsession
For the last several months, I’ve been obsessed with baking bread. There’s something really satisfying about making yeast breads. It feels like rediscovering a lost art, and a science. I’ve noticed a trend among people my age and younger to take an interest in things our grandparents did out of necessity. (Note the preponderance of knitting hipsters, for example.) Then again, on another completely different level, it’s just about pleasure. There’s nothing that compares to the smell and taste of fresh-baked bread, and it’s very satisfying to have made that bread from scratch.
For many years prior to my recent obsession, I’ve enjoyed cooking, including baking. But I believed that yeast breads were beyond my ability. After returning from a trip to New York City, I decided that I needed to try my hand at pizza dough. This morphed into a full-blown preoccupation with yeast doughs and bread baking that took hold and hasn’t yet let up, and will probably carry me through at least until Lost begins again next month. What follows are a few practical tips and tricks I’ve learned over the past several months.
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Pocky
Just so you know, I converted this recipe for Pocky into standard measures below:
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Robot Cake
It seems cake making has developed into a pop-culture trend. At least, that’s what I learned channel surfing of the Food Network. When not hosting celebrity chefs, reality shows, or travel programs featuring massive amounts of heart-unhealthy restaurant fare, the subject de jour seems to be cakes (see, e.g., Ace of Cakes). And the whole internet seems to enjoy looking at Cake Wrecks.
But really, this post is just using an excuse to show off a cake that Allison (erstwhile Kulturblogger and commenter) and I created for our three-year-old son. Behold, the robot cake:
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Recipe: Abuelita Chocolate Loaf Cake
This winter, I discovered the wonders of Abuelita. It’s a Mexican chocolate with a strong cinnamon flavor that can be used to make really great hot chocolate. It’s pretty easy to find at most grocery stores if you look for it. Sometimes it’s where you’d expect to find cocoa, and sometimes it’s with the Hispanic foods.
Yesterday, I adapted one of my favorite chocolate cake recipes using Abuelita instead of semi-sweet baking chocolate, and it turned out great, so I thought I’d share.
Review: Red Bull Cola
Not really Red Bull Cola, but rather cola made by Red Bull. Given the phenomenal success of their overpriced taurine elixir, it makes sense for Austria-based Red Bull to further attack the soft drinks market. Alas for Herr Mateschitz, I suspect their cola is doomed to fail. Our years of guzzling phosphoric corn-syrup (or worse, artificial sweetener) means that any new cola is unlikely to taste quite right. And that’s the problem with Red Bull Cola. They want it to taste vaguely exotic.* Instead it just tastes…off, like a cheap Walmart copy. And that’s a problem. Still, it’s worth a try, although you may have to live in Nevada to do so. According to the Red Bull website, Red Bull Cola is only available in a select number of European countries and… Las Vegas.
*Red Bull GmbH would have you believe that their cola contains coca leaf, kola nut, lemon/lime, clove, cinnamon, cardamom, pine, corn mint, galangal, vanilla, ginger, mace, cocoa, liquorice, orange, mustard seeds, and caffeine from coffee beans. Oh, and nothing “artificial.”
Recipe of the Month: March 2008
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