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more about #cooking more comments → Hana Maru, used up old slutbag on the pole: For those who are culinarily-inclined, I once made a croquembouche out of beignets(the hollow French choux paste kind) It was glorious. Someone cal... more » Jack_Burton: Did she have Rachel make any of her famous cocktails? I would think Martha would want to take advantage of her mad bartending skills. more » Lilah: Today's entry on the Cakewrecks blog was about a crocquembouche! And it was the first time I'd been presented with the term. [cakewrecks.blogspot.com... more » unsecretcrush: I've never in real life encountered a croque-en-bouche, so I've gotta wonder: is the end result for eating or for decorating? Can the little pastries ... more » Ratinski: Last Wednesday, I explained macroeconomic theory related to the health care debate via videochat to my mother. While peeling, coring, and slicing 8 ap... more » prismatism is Team Bella: I follow Rachel on Twitter... Studying 4 Martha: "Croque en bouche" google-translates as "crunch in the mouth" which google-translates as "crunch dan... more » rodmanstreet: By the way, does anyone else remember the scene in the movie Dick (starring Kirsten Dunst and Michelle Williams) in which they accidentally serve Pres... more » NerD: Blattella: I like how Rachel Maddow simplifies the conversation, and Martha simplifies the baking instructions. There is a great deal of respect in that clip. more » rodmanstreet: Everyone knows that pairing desserts and politics is like pairing wine with food. Sauvignon blanc with lobster; caramel with war; chardonnay with bri... more » sybann: This is adorable. more » Alohamaid: scalding caramel doesn't have the BALLS to burn Martha. more » JerseyGrrrl: ...discuss increasing troop levels with Rachel Maddow while handling scalding caramel. I feel like this, in a nutshell, is modern womanhood. A busin... more » the glamwich: i covet rachel maddow's glasses...cov-et (maybe more if they were orange, purple, or green). i also pref my pate a choux with pastry cream in the mid... more » hydrogen_jukebox: "I'm parsimonious with the goo." Marry me, already. Please. more » truckasaurus: I am so attracted to Rachel Maddow. As a straight woman, this confuses me but I will not fight it. more » -
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Martha & Maddow Prove Foreign Policy And Baking Do Mix
Today on her show, Martha Stewart proclaimed, "It's hard to talk Afghanistan while you're making a croque-em-bouche," then proceeded to discuss increasing troop levels with Rachel Maddow while handling scalding caramel. Clip at left. -
#recipeexchange
Save Some Room For Dessert: My Thanksgiving Specialty
So, if I had to name the one dish everyone loves, that I always get requests for, and that I've passed along to more people than anything, it would definitely be:
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#foodservice
Four Myths About Vegetarian Cooking, As Seen On Top Chef (Plus Recipes!)
Natalie Portman annoyed us with her comparison of meat-eating to rape on the Huffington Post, but she was totally gracious on Top Chef last night. And her guest appearance revealed some of the common misconceptions about vegetarian cooking. More » -
#kitchenconfidential
R.I.P. Charlotte Snyder Turgeon
Charlotte Snyder Turgeon, a college friend of Julia Child's whose many cookbooks and first English translation of the Larousse Gastronomique helped bring French cooking to our shores, has died at 97. [NYT] -
#thedeadzone
Christopher Walken Cooks A Chicken.
Yes, obviously it's awesome in the usual Walken ways. But the best part? The man knows his way around a kitchen! Get him a cooking show! (Also, a lifestyle newsletter.) Okay, maybe we'd have added some salt. [BuzzFeed via YouTube] -
#thejezebeldiet
Cooking School
Ruth Reichl:"There's all this pessimism that people aren't going to cook...I just don't believe that...That people want to spend less time cooking sometimes doesn't negate the fact that people are cooking recreationally in a way they haven't before." [PW] -
#jamsandpreserves
Can It: Home-Preserving Expensive, Nightmarish, Very Big Amongst Young Set
As we gird our loins for the Post-Recession frontier, we're all taking to the canner. Luckily, some of us nerds have been prepared for years. More » -
#butterisbetter
Child's Play: Collars & Cheese
Have you heard about Julie & Julia? Well, PBS is doing God's work and offering full episodes of Julia Child's The French Chef. All this week, we'll be excerpting from a few of our favorites. Today, cheese soufflé! More » -
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#thefrenchchef
Julia Child: Feminist Icon?
Writes pantry-saint Michael Pollan, "You may think of [Child and Steinem] as antagonists, but that wouldn't be quite right. They actually had a great deal in common... and addressed the aspirations of many of the same women."
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#cookingwithgoop
Gwyneth Paltrow's Very Own Cooking Show — Sort Of
Is this first-ever GOOP video annoying (she calls deboning a chicken "fast food") or charming (she talks about learning to cook with her dad)? You decide! (Watch for the Kabbalah string on her wrist as she cooks.) [E! Online] -
#hotwheels
How To Bake Cookies In Your Car
What's better on a swelteringly hot day than warm, gooey chocolate chip cookies? With this recipe you can bake a batch of cookies on your dashboard in just three hours. [Baking Bites via Buzzfeed] -
#bites
You Are What You Eat: Is Food TV Lookist?
One writer - from the carnivorous Meatpaper (vegetarians, avert your eyes) - has unearthed what he calls the "unattractive men/unattractive meat narrative" of food TV: "the weirder-looking you are, the weirder the food you have to eat." More » -
#gofish
Do You Have A Secret Culinary Life?
Deborah Madison and Patrick McFarlin recently stopped by NPR to discuss their new book, What We Eat When We Eat Alone, a story and recipe collection devoted to the idea that when we're by ourselves, we tend to eat differently. More » -
#thejezebeldiet
We Try It So You Don't Have To: "Hot Jezebel Sauce"
For months, we've been getting tips about this mysterious retro concoction known as "Jezebel sauce or, alternatively, simply "Hot Jezebel." So we bit the bullet - or, more accurately, the quarter pound of straight cream cheese - and tried it. More » -
#foodfights
Should Michelle Obama Get Back In The Kitchen?
A NY Times editorial suggests that Michelle Obama's scorn for cooking is doing the nation a disservice. More » -
#dicedicerevolution
Poet, Writer, Anarchist Brings Recipes To Twitter; Parodist-Stalker Brings The Pain
Twitter is rocking the food world to its very core. More » -
#juliachild
The Frugal Gourmet
Julia Child, 1972: "Don't complain about high prices. For God's sake, learn to cook and stop squawking!" [WWD] -
#kitchennightmares
When A Food Control Freak's Worst Nightmare Becomes A Reality
How can three innocent words sound so ominous in combination? "Neighborhood cooking co-ops." More » -
#foodfight
Emeril Lagasse Sends Elderly Woman Fresh Pot
Update: after an elderly woman scared off robbers with her Emeril Lagasse brand pot, police seized it as evidence. Now, the chef says he's sending her a whole new set of his signature cookware. [AP]
