Nutritionist by trade. Foodie at heart.
I recently started reading a food magazine called Lucky Peach. The Spring issue had a an interesting article comparing haute cuisine to haute couture. It explained how a famous chef would come up with a truly original idea and how that idea would make its way down the culinary food chain from fancy tasting menus, toContinue reading “Mug cake”
Molten lava cake in a mug? Seriously? What will they think of next! I read an article about the history of molten lava cakes and it featured a recipe for mug cake. I also happened to see Dr. Oetker mug cake instant mix at the grocery store that same week – I figured it wasContinue reading “Food Lab: Mug cake”
This experiment involved making two types of cupcakes: one batch using a packaged cupcake and icing mix and the other made from scratch. We also used a package of decorative cupcake liners which are great for presentation and also serve a functional purpose – they are made of a sturdier paper and claim to be strongContinue reading “Food Lab: Vanilla cupcakes”
This weekend, a fellow foodie and I planned an afternoon of baking. We wanted to try out a vanilla cupcake mix that I received as a gift. It came in a very cute package with instructions on how to make a dozen cupcakes as well as icing. We figured that since we were in theContinue reading “Vanilla cupcakes – Can you judge a cupcake by its cover?”
This experiment involved making three batches of cupcakes: One batch using a no name brand cake mix, a second batch using a name brand cake mix (Duncan Hines) and a third batch making cupcakes from scratch. Part of the reason why I made three types (and not just my usual two) had to do with theContinue reading “Food Lab: Devil`s food cake (cake mix vs. from scratch)”
Another ‘convenience item’ that I decided to test out was cake mixes. Are cake mixes really so bad? I find them revolutionary – everything is pre mixed in a box and you just have to add eggs, oil and water. Brilliant! I also have a confession – for the longest time I believed that theContinue reading “From scratch versus cake mix: Devil’s Food Cake”