This recipe was based of Thomas Keller’s (French Laundry / Per Se) recipe for gougères, but adapted to be a sweet cream puff. It was my first time making them (will not be the last). Piping the batter was really difficult because it was so thick, I’ll add an extra egg yolk next time. I [...]
Yesterday morning my coworker told me he had recently read a review of a premium burger truck in Manhattan. It could be tracked on Twitter, and in fact it was parked just a few blocks away at that very moment. We decided to give it a go. The ingredients list for Frites’n’Meats is pretty impressive. [...]
Last week my friend Rachael was telling me she had never made a cheesecake, so we decided to make one together. I have made a few in the past, and have all the tools needed, and even some specialized hardware (cheesecake pans with removable bottom, which I prefer to spring-form pans). We decided to go [...]
A friend tipped me off there was a new ramen shop in town. It’s called Terakawa, from Kyushu area of Japan, and they serve ramen very similar to Ippudo (from Fukuoka–also kyushu area). The ramen is indeed very similar to Ippudo, having thin noodles and tonkotsu base broth. In fact I would say it was [...]
This is my new favorite sushi! My friend created this with truffles that he brought back from Italy. It is so amazing, we were eating it all weekend. The truffles (and oil) are now officially gone.