Food
Mákos Tészta: Hungarian Noodles With Poppy Seeds
One thing I can say for sure about visiting Hungary and taking up the cause of Hungarian cooking is that I’ve eaten more poppy seeds in the six months since we got back than I … Continued
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Food
A Case for Butter
Butter has a fairly low melting point – around 95°F. Shortening, on the other hand, melts around 118°F. It’s easier to make puff pastry with shortening because there’s less risk it will melt, eliminating the … Continued
Food
An Introduction to a Few Fine Foods of Hungary
As you’ll quickly be able to tell from either the headline or reading even half of what follows, I’ve got Hungary on my mind, and, increasingly, in my heart. What follows is just a taste, … Continued
Food
Puff Pastry 101
Recently, I attended the puff pastry class at BAKE!, the baking school run by Zingerman’s Bakehouse. I learned a lot about how to make great puff pastry and what to do with it, and I’ll … Continued
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Chatting with the Baristas at the Coffee Company
The baristas at Zingerman’s Coffee Company at the Southside are a fun bunch of people to hang with during a mid-afternoon break. We found them all working today so we took the opportunity to ask … Continued
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Cinetopia: Ann Arbor’s Own International Film Festival
Russ Collins and his crew at the Michigan Theater have big plans. After all they’ve done over the years to restore Ann Arbor’s beautiful art house theater and bring us the best movies in the … Continued