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Method Post #1: Pre-EB parable for explaining why Susie is Susie. 27 Jun 2009 | 09:45 am
In the following two (or perhaps three) posts, I’m going to describe to you my seven-year search for methods of perfectly replicating all traditional baked goods using only vegan ingredients, the way ...
It has been a while. 1 Jun 2009 | 05:08 pm
Wow, a lot has happened since I last updated. I don’t have any more baked goods to show you- for now at least- but I do have some loooong overdue food science I would like to talk about, which I feel ...
Aromatic Rings! 20 May 2008 | 05:03 pm
Last Friday in my organic chemistry class, there was a take home test about benzene chemistry due. I, for the first time in memory, had finished the test a day early. So, instead of staying up all of ...
The deal with the egg replacer thing. 15 Apr 2008 | 11:49 am
So I’ve been swinging a lot of hints and promises around for the past three weeks, and I figure that I should just tell everyone what the deal is. At the beginning of spring break three weeks ago, I ...
Spring Break! I’ll show you my Brioche à têtes 6 Apr 2008 | 04:08 pm
I made some orange/ dark chocolate brioches the other day. This time, I used measuring cups to weigh out my ingredients, so I have a volume unit recipe for you all! Enjoy! The chocolate-orange flavo...
Slacker! 14 Feb 2008 | 11:54 pm
… That would be me, of course. As you all were way too aware, I’m sure. Well, as a weak try at an excuse, I suppose the reason I’ve not been posting more of my baking/baking science blog posts is tha...
“Blogging”. It works for me. 7 Jan 2008 | 10:09 pm
Maybe I’m preaching to the choir, or stating the obvious, but I really am digging this whole “blog” format. For a long time, I wanted to try writing a book regarding many of the things I am writing h...
Some experiments involving vegan brioche 6 Jan 2008 | 08:34 pm
Can you guess which brioches contain extra gluten? Read on to find out! So, when I made vegan challah a while ago, I think I got pretty close to determining both what eggs do in a lean yeasted bread...
Booze Cake, 2008. 5 Jan 2008 | 01:07 am
Last new years eve, I decided that I was going to try to see how much alcohol I could fit in a cake. The idea I started with was an extrapolation of your classic jello shot: It looks like a normal des...
Instant pudding mix and 151 proof rum….. 29 Dec 2007 | 06:51 pm
Does thicken. Stay tuned for the consequences of these findings!