March 14, 2011
Before I go into this week’s tear-jerking post, I am fortunate to tell you that all my peeps in Japan are fine, but my thoughts are with everyone who is affected by the earthquake. This is truly awful, sad, and devastating for all of us. Japan may be well-equipped to handle the situation technologically, but
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February 28, 2011
My MO-obsession (baking with rice flour) has returned, and this time, it’s the MOcaron. Now that I know exactly what to do when it comes to macaron-making, substituting almond flour with other ingredients is not that hard. Having said that, I had no idea whether rice flour would work.
Since the first
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February 14, 2011
PREFACE: Battle ReCPY: Madeleines (Mary Ann + Marcus)
Valentine’s Day is so overrated. Why do people pay extra for red roses? Why do you have to buy new lingerie? WTF is up with all the chocolate? I don’t understand what’s so romantic about today–it’s just a regular Monday to me. Us consumers are so manipulated
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February 7, 2011
Since I got a nice Williams-Sonoma gift card for the holidays, I went there to hunt for things I wanted, but didn’t necessarily need. Aside from multi-color paper muffin cups for my MOffins and new sheet pans for my macarons, I also picked up a madeleine pan. I don’t know why
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December 13, 2010
To conclude ReCPY for the year, I am writing this week on something that requires a huge amount of patience. I catered our apartment building’s holiday party, and since I live in a VIP building in Chelsea (we have a celebrity hair stylist, a professional hockey player, financial tycoons, a semi-successful artist, an event planning
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November 8, 2010
Welcome back to another Yamahomo baking battle. Now that I have completed my macaron battle (yeah, I can still come up with different colors amd flavors, but this basics are covered and completed), I needed something else to tackle. When I saw Anders’
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November 1, 2010
PREFACE Yamahomo vs. Ladurée (Part 1 & 2) Yamahomo vs. Ladurée (The Battle Continues) Yamahomo vs. Ladurée (Trial 4, 5 & 6)
Since winning my Ladurée Battle at Trial #6 two years ago, I haven’t made macaron for a while. But when looking through the Best
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October 18, 2010
When my mother visits anywhere, we need a tub of yogurt and fresh pineapples. No matter where she goes, she MUST eat these two things every day, for her health. BM, mainly..
I bought an expensive large tub of Fage ($10!!), and she hated it. It was too thick for her. When sons try
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October 12, 2010
By Yamahomo Originally posted on April 21, 2008 PREFACE Macaron Battles Part 1 & 2 The Battle Continues
I must master this. I think I came pretty close to what macaron should be on trial 3, but I mixed the batter too much, hence it was too thin. Over the weekend,
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By Kayoko Akabori Originally posted on March 31, 2008
When the routine bites hard/ And ambitions are low And the resentment rides high/ But emotions won’t grow And we’re changing our ways/ Taking different roads Then love, love will tear us apart again - Joy Division
