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Pastry

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2012

    The Lard Cookbook Brings Back The Pig Fat America Once Loved

    Lard hasn't been having the best 50 years. Once upon a time, it was America's go-to ingredient, beloved by chefs and home cooks for making pie crust flaky, fried chicken crispy, and soups, potatoes and everything in between creamy and satisfying and better. No pantry was complete without a buck ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    On the Line: Anne Eng of Panfiniti, Part Three

    ​We don't give many guidelines when our subjects select a recipe to share. As long as it is scaled down for home kitchens, we trust their judgement. Anne Eng of Panfiniti chose to branch off from her truck's namesake grilled entrées and go for something panini-free. Her thoughtful responses can b ... More >>

  • Culture

    February 2, 2012

    Craftcation Time!

    [Trendzilla] Do it yourself with everyone else in this out-of-county conference

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Recipe of the Week: 'God Hates Figs' Tart

    ​The poor members of the Westboro Baptist Church and their pointless "God hates fags" signs! If only their blinkered interpretation of God had allowed them to have a little more education, they might have been able to read the message I Am That I Am sent them: He actually hates figs. . . .Which is ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 24, 2011

    Holiday Tea

    Ritz Carlton

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2011

    No. 18: Pate Chaud at Au Coeur De Paris

    ProfessorSalt.com​Pate chaud is a puff-pastry snack sold at most Vietnamese bakeries and banh mi shops. Nestled in the buttery flakes is a spiced meatball of ground pork or chicken. While many places make an overly-greasy puff pastry, or an insipidly flavored, rubbery-dense meatball, the ones from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2011

    In Defense of Pie

    Dave Lieberman​Nathan Heller hates pie, and he thinks you should too. He penned a long screed for Slate--I'd call it a jeremiad except I fell asleep reading it, and "jeremiad" implies a vigor that's lacking in the article--about how the pie is un-American and unworthy of our ongoing, cyclical feti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2011

    Five Popular Working-Class Foodstuffs That'll Never Become Hipster Trends or Foodie Fads

    Betcha there'll never be a tamale pie truck...​Cupcakes are on their way out, pies are supposedly in--but it seems Orange County's going to go through a Summer of Doughnut. M & M Donuts over in Anaheim have hundreds of Yelp reviews (!), all over a simple blueberry donut, a fried thing studded ... More >>

  • Food

    April 7, 2011

    Commonwealth Lounge and Grill Bring Fullerton Flavor

    The concept has spearheaded the revival of downtown Fullerton. But will it work in Zooport?

  • Calendar

    February 3, 2011

    "Oh, Baby!" Valentine's Weekend Dinner Celebration

    Winery Restaurant

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2011

    Croissant-Making Tutorial

    Check out Frenchman Vincent Talleu's video tutorial on making croissants and other pastries from laminated dough. It's ten minutes, and thoroughly entertaining. But then, I'm the sort of person that can stand in front of the glassed-off kitchen window at Din Tai Fung for hours and watch the cooks fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2011

    Dueling Dishes: Battle Tacos Dorados de Papa!

    Return of Smut and Locusts from eric alba on Vimeo. Excuse the frame of my god-awful mug, but the above video was one of my favorite OC food moments: me teaching Deep End Dining's (and OC boy) Eddie Lin that there was nothing to fear about eating chapulines and huitlacoche. We ate the latter at SanT ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2010

    1928 Vegan Tamale Pie--Yes, It's Possible, Thanks to Avanti Cafe

    ​Earlier this summer, I issued Mark Cleveland of Avanti Cafe--perhaps the county's best practitioner of the vegan arts--a challenge. I gave him a copy of a recipe for tamale pie taken from a 1928 cookbook compiled by members of the Ebell Club of the Santa Ana Valley. I don't have the recipe in fro ... More >>

  • Food

    August 21, 2008

    Addicted to Banana Cream Pies, Among Other Things, at Jongewaard's Bake 'n' Broil in Long Beach

    ​Earlier this summer, I issued Mark Cleveland of Avanti Cafe--perhaps the county's best practitioner of the vegan arts--a challenge. I gave him a copy of a recipe for tamale pie taken from a 1928 cookbook compiled by members of the Ebell Club of the Santa Ana Valley. I don't have the recipe in fro ... More >>

  • Food

    February 23, 2006

    This Hole-in-the-Wall Life

    Golden Comfort

  • Food

    June 24, 2004

    Beignet and Muffuletta Orgy!

    The Big Easy marches into Tustin at Crescent City

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