TV: Living room :: Kitchen: House

MFK Fisher calls kitchen the throne room.

"Cooking, preparing food, involves far more than just creating a meal for family or friends: it has to do with keeping yourself intact" - Alice Waters, Chez Panisse Menu Cookbook.

My mom would ask my brother if he would eat in the evening. He would say 'not hungry'. Half an hour into her saturday movie broadcasted by the DD, he would announce his readiness to eat. Food is best had when cooked. Its not always that we are in the mood for cooking. It takes work to be the eager cook who pesters with a 'Shall I make pancakes now?'.

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Leidenfrost effect

I was thinking about how water drops evaporate and came across Leidenfrost effect . A line in that article about dipping wet hands into molten lead made me ask if this is the effect that lets some people dip into boiling vat of oil for picking out pakoras with bare hands . Sure enough

Coconut ravani

preview Authors site Authors article medcookingalaska In this book I liked coconut ravani . Baking semolina. Caramel pudding and Kytheran pudding.

Banana pudding

I went over the roasted banana pudding recipe from yesterday and found it too consuming (shopping time, dishes, baking time), I finally decided on caramelized banana pudding . And meringue making is merry. Flour is used in making the custard. all purpose flour plays the corn starch role of thickening the custard. I used Parle G instead of vanilla wafers.

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