The Bookshelf: Hedy Goldsmith's "Baking Out Loud"
Hedy Goldsmith, the James Beard Award–nominated pastry chef at Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink in Miami, is known for her sophisticated and playful riffs on classic childhood treats, like the delicious peanut butter sandwich cookies on the cover of her new book, Baking Out Loud. Below are her five secrets to making a great cookie.
Have all your ingredients at room temperature.
This allows for the lightest and most delicate cookie. Creaming room-temperature butter traps more air, yielding a better-quality cookie.
Use great ingredients!
Period! Start with great quality and you’ll end up with great results: good-quality chocolate, vanilla beans instead of vanilla extract, good-quality butter, organic products if possible.
(I love... Read more >
'Tis the Season...To Make Cookies
This is the time of year when bakers both amateur and professional tend to find themselves in the kitchen surrounded by pounds of butter and mountains of chocolate chips. For those of you with plans to channel your inner pastry chef over the next couple of weeks, here are some of our favorite holiday cookies.
"We take the insane amount of candy canes my mother sends to the bakery," says Christina Tosi of Momofuku Milk Bar, "break them up, and fold them into a corn flake-chocolate chip-marshmallow cookie dough with a little mint extract for some serious holiday flair."
Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies
David Leite of Leite's Culinaria set off a national cookie-baking frenzy after this recipe for the ne plus ultra in chocolate... Read more >
Daily Digest: December 20, 2012
Tim Carman gives us ten reasons to visit Lima and Cusco's markets. [WP]
The science behind those irresistible Nacho Cheese Doritos. [Business Insider]
Unitaskers and other unnecessary food gifts that you'll want to return. [NPR]
Meet the winners of the LA Times Holiday Cookie Bake-off. [LAT]
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Ode to the Cookie
Gingerbread. Sugar. The all-American chocolate chip. The holidays are coming and we’ve got cookies on our minds—making them, gifting them, receiving them—and, of course, eating them. We talked to some of our favorite cookie experts to get their secrets, holiday traditions, and morsels of cookie wisdom.
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Christina Tosi
The acclaimed pastry chef at Momofuku Milk Bar and recipient of the 2012 JBF Rising Star Chef Award is known for her whimsical desserts, including her “compost cookies,” which include all manner of delicious junk, such as pretzels and potato chips.
JBF: Where do you find inspiration for your cookie flavor combinations?
CT: Inspiration comes from all over! My grandmother’s recipe box, my mother’s latest food-article clipping, the... Read more >
Q & A with Baker and Author Dorie Greenspan
JBF Award–winning cookbook author (and former JBF editor) Dorie Greenspan has an intimate knowledge of cookies: she recently opened the New York City cookie shop, Beurre & Sel, to rave reviews. We caught up with the baking expert to get the scoop on her new store, her cardinal rule for making cookies, and more.
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JBF: What inspired you to open a retail shop?
DG: My son, Joshua, was the inspiration behind Beurre & Sel. For a few years he organized pop-up shops for us, but he dreamed of a real home for our cookies. I loved the idea for a bunch of reasons: I get to work with my son; I get to bake like mad with our terrific pastry chef, Marisa Croce; and, when I’m in the shop, I get to meet people who love cookies—and, no surprise, cookie lovers are happy people.
JBF: What is your most popular cookie at... Read more >
Test Your Eat-Q: Holiday Cookies Around the World
You know shortbread and sugar and oatmeal and pecan, nougat and sablé and snowball and linzer, but do you recall the name of the cookie that Swiety Mikolaj gifts to Polish children on December 6? Test your knowledge of lesser-known holiday cookies from other countries with our latest Eat-Q test.
News Feed: November 7, 2012
How to cook with cider, from sweet to savory. [NPR]
Make pumpkin pie spice mix with what's already in your pantry. [Boston.com]
Girl Scout sells 2,012 boxes of cookies. [HuffPo]
Six tricks for picking the best apples. [HuffPo]
For the raw fish lover: sushi cologne. [Digital Spy]
News Feed: December 21, 2011
Loma Linda: a town without fast food and an average lifespan of 80 years. [NYT]
Hanukkah beers: reviving an old tradition. [NPR]
Recipe Roundup: Holiday Cookies
There are many reasons to appreciate holiday cookies: they satisfy even the most overbearing of in-laws; they’re sweet sustenance for shivering carolers; and they bring us all together via a shared love for creamed sugar and butter. While every family has their own cookie traditions, we hope to add to the season’s sprit with a few of our own festive recipes.
Let’s Sugar Cookies
Throughout his childhood, James Beard enjoyed these simple, elegant sugar cookies made by Jue Let, the Beard family’s personal chef. But don’t be fooled by their innocent looks: the cookies contain mace, the outer membrane of nutmeg that packs a more pungent flavor.
Lavender Short
News Feed: December 15, 2011
Now on sale: Holiday Cookies: 50 Favorite Recipes, a new ebook from the Los Angeles Times. [LAT]
Easy holiday chef recipes. [F&W]
Bûche de Noël flies off the shelves in the Bay Area. [SF Gate]
Coffee consumption stays strong despite the weak economy. [Boston Globe]
Ten more festive holiday cookies... [Food52]
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