In a desperate attempt to keep up with the modern world (and being stuck in the 17th century really doesn’t help believe me), I would like to welcome you to a brand new Colloquial space . With your usual perceptiveness, you will notice how sketchy everything still is. Just ignore the clutter, will you (faites pas gaffe au foutoir, d’acc?). However you will not see that I’ m missing half
More claptrap! (Plus de sornettes!)Read Pierre Hermé’s Diamonds
Last week I was lucky enough to receive a little ziploc through the mail, filled with dried morels kindly offered by Justin from Marx Foods, and the mission to come up with a recipe. I can’t say I looked very far. Pierre Hermé’s new book on Macarons (a jewel of a book that will make you an emotional wreck) and a foraging expedition upstate New York during which
More claptrap! (Plus de sornettes!)Read Morel Macarons with Foie-Gras Ganache
If you were born (to baking at least) a year ago, you may never had kneaded anything. At best you may have kneaded (accidentally I hope) your pie dough and realised it was BAD. Then more articles than you can shake a wooden spoon at were written on how kneading was not only perfectly optional but completely unecessary. I’m not even going there, there isn’t a blogger around who isn’t
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