One of the most time-consuming and least enjoyable parts of baking is the clean up. Well, here are some tips to make that unavoidable task faster and easier. Cleaner cookie baking: Whether your cookie, biscuit, bread, or other recipe calls for a greased or ungreased baking pan one thing you can do to ensure that [...]

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The Tauren Chef on the Art of Measuring Flour: Did you know that there are two ways to measure flour and that the method you use will change the amount of flour you measure out? When you measure flour, stir the flour first, then spoon it into the measuring cup with a spoon and level [...]

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I have been somewhat frustrated with the US-Metric conversion charts that I have found online. Some are so detailed that they are confusing (just TMI,) while others are so vague that it’s difficult to understand what they are referencing. From what I have seen around the web there may be differences between the measurements in [...]

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I was amazed and amused recently to see a news article about the “World’s Most Expensive Dessert.” This chocolate sundae set a Guiness record, selling at $25,000. It’s called the “Frrozen Haute Chocolate,” and, no, that’s not a typo; it is frrozen with two Rs. It was developed by Stephen Bruce, owner of Serendipity 3 [...]

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This is a delicious comfort food dessert that is easy to prepare. Ingredients: 2 eating apples (Gala, Jazz, Fuji, etc.) 2 Tablespoons sherry, or white wine ½ cup of sugar 1 day old loaf of sweet french bread or baguette 1½ cups of half-and-half 1 egg ½ teaspoon of orange extract Directions: Prepare a one [...]

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I spent New Year’s Eve with my family and a hundred or so of our closest friends in Ironforge and Stormwind, enjoying the fireworks, saluting one another with toasting goblets, and drinking from beer mugs until my screen went fuzzy and monster levels were inaccurate. My (family) team visited the Christmas tree for one last [...]

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