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    Your Daily Sweets (2005-2012)

    in Pastry & Baking

    Posted · Edited by curls (log)

    Kim, thank you! Your stuff looks fabulous too, I especially love your Halloween cupcakes! As for the apple pie, the apples did shrink down a little bit but what I do is put the apples slices into the pie as tightly as possible to minimize the air gaps. If you really want to avoid shrinkage, you can precook the apples a bit and concentrate the juices in a saucepan before putting everything in the the pie shell (details for this are in RLB's Pie and Pastry Bible).

    "Chocolate Decorations", by Jean-Pierre Wybauw

    in Cookbooks & References

    Posted

    Well when you find that book, let me know, because to my knowledge, the only one that might be close is "Chocolate Decorations" by JP Wybauw and it's $850+ (in the states at least) if you want it translated into English.

    $850? :blink: Are you sure about that? I'll have to check my books... I'm almost positive I have the English version in mint condition and, if I do, the first $100 can have it shipped to their door within Canada/U.S. :biggrin: I think I flipped through it once when I got it and haven't touched it since.

    That is ridiculous! I bought the English version of the book from Amazon March 2010 for $60. If there is enough demand that people are will to pay $850 for it, then they should do a second printing.

    Using Your Self-Cleaning Oven

    in Kitchen Consumer

    Posted

    I have a Whirlpool in-wall oven. Ran the cleaning cycle once. After it finished, the oven would not work. Repair person came and replaced a fuse, the oven lives but I will not run another cleaning cycle with this oven. I have had other ovens where the cleaning cycle has worked perfectly.

    Plan: 2012 Candy and Confection Conference

    in Pastry & Baking

    Posted

    I've learned from last year not to be too enthusiastic this far out - I missed the people and events in 2011 a whole big bunch, so I very much want to come to 2012. I just don't know if I'll be able to manage.

    Please put me down as a maybe. I still have the last 2 weekends in March wide open.

    Here's to hoping!

    Pat

    Hoping to see you in 2012 Pat! You were missed at the last meeting.

    What did you buy at the liquor store today?

    in Spirits & Cocktails

    Posted · Edited by curls (log)

    I've made a few runs to Corridor Wine & Spirits near Baltimore, MD recently. The take:

    Appleton Estate Reserve

    Punt e Mes

    Lillet Blanc

    Jagermeister

    Benedictine

    And also to a Montgomery County Liquor Store:

    Old Overholt Rye

    Absolut Wild Tea Vodka

    Laird's Applejack

    Pimm's

    Next up - DC...

    When you are in DC, I highly recommend that you check out ACE Beverage. They have an amazing selection and if you don't see something there, just ask, its probably in their storage room.

    Your Daily Sweets (2005-2012)

    in Pastry & Baking

    Posted

    Curls – I like the look of your chocolate frosting! Did you just dip them upside down into the frosting and give them a little swirl or is there a trick?

    Kim, thank you very much! Yes, that was the technique, dip and twirl the cupcakes. Some were prettier than others but they were all tasty.

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