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Chocolate Bundt Cake

By mike ⋅ March 23, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

How to use up those cans of Guiness. Chocolate Bundt cake. Yum.

Favorite Chipper

By mike ⋅ March 22, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

I’m partial to Alton Brown’s chewy recipe, but I really like Medrich’s Chewy, Gooey, Crispy, Crumbly. Here is her chipper recipe. I can just never get the dough to a nice consistency after an overnight wait.

A spicy red!

By mike ⋅ March 21, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

A spicy red, please. How to order wine without looking clueless.

Roasted Cauliflower

By mike ⋅ March 19, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Roasted cauliflower with superspice. Roasted cauliflower (done right) is a favorite in our house.

42 Common Cooking Mistakes

By mike ⋅ March 19, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

42 common cooking mistakes (and how to correct/avoid them)

Boston-area Indie Donut Shops

By mike ⋅ November 2, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

16 Boston-area indie donut shops. Get your sugar rush on right.

Crock pot season

By mike ⋅ November 1, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

We’re entering prime crock pot season. A tip: Use less liquid for better soups

Punchfork

By mike ⋅ August 11, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Punchfork is a recipe aggregator/rating site which takes a page from tastespotting.com (another favorite) and uses a highly visual UI. Very sweet.

Simple Summer Recipes: Lemon Verbena Sorbet

By mike ⋅ June 23, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

I love to bake. Bread, cupcakes, cookies, pies, count me in. But our house does not have central air and flipping the oven on in July and August for any length of time is an invitation to self flagellation. A cocktail party in Hell. I do my best to avoid it. Still, we do our best to only indulge in sweets we make ourselves, so how to satisfy the sweet sugar craving for dessert when our kitchen turns into a sweat lodge? There’s only one answer.