CJC.org » Food http://www.cjc.org/blog Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:49:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 NYT No-Knead Bread http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2006/11/30/nyt-no-knead-bread/ http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2006/11/30/nyt-no-knead-bread/#comments Thu, 30 Nov 2006 13:31:50 +0000 Cheng http://www.cjc.org/blog/?p=129052 This is the third attempt (Thanksgiving was #2) of the no-knead bread technique popularized by Mark Bittman earlier this month. Going mostly by weight: Flour (370g bread flour, 100g spelt flour) Water (350g) Salt ...

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]]> http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2006/11/27/thanksgiving-postmortem-2006/feed/ 0 Dough Techniques http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2006/10/10/dough-techniques/ http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2006/10/10/dough-techniques/#comments Tue, 10 Oct 2006 12:49:12 +0000 Cheng http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2006/10/10/dough-techniques/ Here’s an interesting piece by someone reverse engineering Patsy’s pizza. I don’t intend to violate warranty/lease/fire codes by disabling the safety features of my oven in order to achieve ...

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]]> http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2006/09/14/basil-ice-cubes/feed/ 0 Coffee Press http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2005/12/16/coffee-press/ http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2005/12/16/coffee-press/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2005 13:57:11 +0000 Cheng http://www.cjc.org/blog/?p=129033 Last week, I broke my second french press carafe this year. It was just a small bump against the counter, but the crack ran through the thin glass (I ...

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