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| Saturday, January 29, 2005 The Perfect Waffle
After meeting AB, my obsession with the perfect waffle continues, mostly because AB has not done a waffle show. (Amazing, I know). A few weeks after returning from Holland, I was in fact able to recreate those Brussels waffles that I looooved so much. Here's a reminder of what they look like:
Monday, January 24, 2005 Yummm... Anyway, I'm trying to get a stove-top waffle iron on eBay so I can recreate something along these lines. I currently have a Villaware from Williams-Sonoma-- it does okay, but doesn't quite get to the heat level that I need for the ultimate super-crispy waffle.Unfortunately, I have turned into a complete waffle snob. The thing is, you can't get a decent waffle in America, once you've had a proper one. The secret ingredient: yeast. Sounds annoying, I know, but if you simply think about it the night before, yeasted waffles are just as easy to prepare as regular ol' buttermilk ones. I emailed my recipe for yeasted waffles to AB-- hopefully a waffle episode is in our future! The Crispiest Waffle 1 tsp. instant yeast (Not to be confused with active dry yeast. Make sure it says "Instant") 2-1/4 cups flour 2 tbsp. sugar 1/2 tsp. salt 1 stick butter, melted, then cooled 2 cups warm whole milk (about 110 degrees) 2 tsp. vanilla extract 2 eggs, separated The night before you want yummy waffles:Stir together the dry ingredients: flour, yeast, sugar and salt. Stir the melted butter into the dry ingredients. Stir in the warm milk and vanilla until combined. Cover with plastic wrap (or my favorite, Press 'n Seal, yeah!). Leave overnight out on the counter.The morning you'll eat the yummy waffles:The batter should look frothy. Heat waffle iron as you usually do. Add the egg yolks to the batter. Whip the egg whites to stiff peaks and fold carefully into the batter. This batter will rise a little more than usual, so test out a waffle or two before you really get started. Eet smakelijke! Labels: recipes, the sweet, waffles posted by sheryl | 12:08 AM | comments (24)
I'm Just Here For the Picture
We got a chance to meet Alton Brown today (of Good Eats on the Food Network). He turned out to be a really funny, really down-to-earth speaker. My favorite is when someone yelled to him "We love you Emeril!" and he spit water from his glass. There was also an embarrassing lady (who had clearly been drinking) who gave him a beer then kept interrupting him when he spoke. Yikes! Also a host of people with questions about their own food allergies, blah blah blah. The best question was "About your Kitchen-Aid..." and people just started cheering. (fyi: his Kitchen-Aid has flames airbrushed onto it by a car paint customizer and is awesome). Dari (biggest Alton fan) Sof & I got a picture with him and he almost broke my hand when he shook it. See pictures of the crowd below-- I had no idea that many people would be there. I'm sure lots of them will be at Costco to stalk him on Tuesday, as I heard many of them talking about it while standing in the ungodly long line to get our book signed. I should have had him sign it "To Bobby Flay"... What I should do is get the picture printed at Costco, pick it up and have him sign it there, after I stand in line with all the other stalkers!
Saturday, January 22, 2005About Elliott Bay Books: I understand what they are trying to do (i.e. "exposed brick, basement charm" I guess), but they were suffocating me in that space! I'm sure I'm not the only one who was feeling slight vertigo at a book-signing there. Please get a larger space for events like these, so people can do things like move and breath and stuff.  The ridiculously large crowd at Elliott Bay Books. He's not a rock star, people! Did some of you just stay here overnight from yesterday's Malcolm Gladwell book-signing?  Yukking it up in front of the crowd  With AB, who seems larger in person. Is it the ill-fitting black sweater, perhaps? posted by sheryl | 2:56 AM | comments (0)
Waffles
Waffles, not shortcakes (waffles with strawberries and cream)
Travel
Back to basics (buttermilk waffles) Travel: Brussels I want waffles... I want waffles... Waffle Disaster! The Perfect Waffle posted by sheryl | 3:51 PM |
Milan and Bergamo, Italy
Recipes
Gelateria Grom Canary Islands mojo Eat this exhibit Maramondo becomes UglyRipe Poffertjes time! Portugal and Spain Tunisia Brussels Curry and fried Mars bars Look but don't touch NYC Trip Report Vegas Snacks posted by sheryl | 3:30 PM |
The Perfect Waffle
Have an Outrageous Valentine's Day! (Little Outrageous Brownies) Bravo AB! (Standing Rib Roast) Waffle Disaster! (Even Easier Crispy Waffles) One Smart Cookie... (Anzac Biscuits) The joy of lemons (Preserved Lemons) Beef and coconut: So happy together... (Beef Ginataang) Bacon... mmm.... (Pasta with bacon and tomato sauce) More bacony goodness (Asparagus with bacon) The accidental scone Not lemons, but plenty of garlic (Baba ganoush) One of the easiest recipes I know (Pork shoulder braised in milk) Cajeta, documented Chewy chocolate chip cookies, by accident Cheater's soup noodles Super salmon (Salmon with kecap manis) When life hands you vanilla, make ice cream Chickpea stew Having your (cup)cake and eating it two (ways) Yvonne's rhubarb bread Back to basics (buttermilk waffles) Intense chocolate souffle Chocolate walnut tart with cajeta (surprise!) Waffles, not shortcakes (waffles with strawberries and cream) Appeltaart: apple pie, Dutch stylie (Dutch appeltaart) Can of goodness (dulce de leche) Linzertorte with cheater's lattice SHF 27: Droste chocolate cake Canary Islands mojo Coconut caramel cream tart Butter chicken curry Naan bread Quiche duo (spinach and mushroom quiche, bacon and cheese quiche) R to the izzo (mushroom risotto) Four ingredients = tomato mozzarella tart Super chocolatey ice cream Chocolate malt, perfected Sweet potato ice cream The best (and easiest) yeasted waffle Katsu chicken Stir-fried snow peas Quark ice cream Madeleines/teacakes Raspberry almond clafoutis Simple guacamole Classic chocolate chip cookies Vanilla rice pudding Oatmeal pancakes with yoghurt-banana topping Kickass brownies posted by sheryl | 2:51 PM |
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