http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off Food and Wine Editors' Blog en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:28:17 -0500 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:33:00 -0500 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/11/17/Londons-New-Princi-Bakery  I’m a compulsive researcher when I travel, so about two weeks before I flew to London I e-mailed my plugged-in chef, design and wine friends there to find out where I absolutely had to eat. Princi was at the top of everyone’s list. ... Baking Chefs Travel News Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:33:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/11/17/Londons-New-Princi-Bakery Jen Murphy http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/11/9/Fight-Cancer-with-Cookies Cookies for Kids’ Cancer, an organization that raises money to fund pediatric cancer research, will set up four bake sales around midtown Manhattan tomorrow afternoon. The Glad Products Company (if you watch Top Chef, you might have heard of th... Baking Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:44:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/11/9/Fight-Cancer-with-Cookies Kristin Donnelly http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/10/5/Two-Perfect-Cakes F&W's testing kitchen assistant, Brian Malik, spent last week baking cakes for a January story. Here, he reports: For an upcoming story on bakeware, F&W's awesome food intern Molly and I worked our ovens overtime making yellow cakes, ... Baking Test Kitchen Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:46:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/10/5/Two-Perfect-Cakes Kristin Donnelly http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/9/23/DIY-Lunch-Bag In the prime upper-right-hand quadrant of New York magazine's always awesome Approval Matrix this week: A super-adorable do-it-yourself lunch bag from Design*Sponge. Full details of the project, including a template and easy-to-follow instruction... Baking Cooking Design Recipes Desserts Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:57:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/9/23/DIY-Lunch-Bag Ratha Tep http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/9/23/Boxing-Lessons-with-Barbara-Lynch Last week, I was up in Boston to help host a party with rock-star chef Barbara Lynch and the founders of Fresh beauty, Lev Glazman and Alina Roytberg. The occasion: To celebrate an article in F& W’s September issue, in which Lynch helped he... Baking Cookbooks Chefs Travel Events Restaurants News Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:25:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/9/23/Boxing-Lessons-with-Barbara-Lynch Jen Murphy http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/9/22/10-Dishes-that-Make-the-Most-of-Apples In our October issue, we preview new baking books out this fall that celebrate easy American desserts. Here, we offer 10 new ideas for the all-American apple pie, like a double-crust version, flaky apple crostatas (pictured), and crispy apple dumplin... Baking Cooking Recipes Desserts Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:22:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/9/22/10-Dishes-that-Make-the-Most-of-Apples Ratha Tep http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/9/21/Pairing-Wine-with-Cupcakes If you've ever wondered what wine would be best with red velvet or chocolate cupcakes, James Roth of the wine shop Red, White & Bleu in Falls Church, Virginia, is your man. His motto is, "If you can eat it, you can pair it." So the ... Baking Wine Desserts Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:25:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/9/21/Pairing-Wine-with-Cupcakes Melissa Rubel http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/9/15/Are-Mini-Bundt-Cakes-the-New-Cupcakes Andrew Sessa, senior editor at F&W's sister magazine Departures, is adamant that the mini Bundt cake is going to steal the cupcake's role as the darling of the dessert world. "People like cupcakes because they're cute, and indivi... Baking Desserts News Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:48:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/9/15/Are-Mini-Bundt-Cakes-the-New-Cupcakes Jen Murphy http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/8/24/A-Pacific-Northwest-Foodie-Island Last week I was sailing through the Pacific Northwest and fell in love with Lopez Island and its food. The island, located north of Seattle, is relatively remote and can be reached by ferry or sea plane. After docking, we waited in line with the loca... Baking Farms Travel Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:33:46 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/8/24/A-Pacific-Northwest-Foodie-Island Kelly Snowden http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/8/21/London-PopUp-Cake-Shop For F&W’s September issue, I wrote about an incredible dinner party that London-based ceramicist Peter Ting hosted at the country house he shares with his partner, Brian Kennedy, and his friend Rachel Lamb. Ting gave F&W an exclusive lo... Baking Desserts Travel Recipes Events Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:28:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/8/21/London-PopUp-Cake-Shop Jen Murphy http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/8/13/More-Sticky-Chewy-Messy-Gooey Jill O'Connor's Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey is one of my favorite baking books. So I am totally thrilled that Chronicle Books is publishing a much-needed sequel: Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey Treats for Kids. Even though the book is aimed at ki... Baking Cookbooks Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:51:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/8/13/More-Sticky-Chewy-Messy-Gooey Kate Heddings http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/8/3/The-Ultimate-CakeOff As one of the few people in the world not caught up in the saga of Jon & Kate Plus 8, I don’t usually watch TLC on Monday nights. Tonight, though, and for the rest of the season, I’ll tune in to TLC—and that’s because the ... Baking Chefs Desserts Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:29:25 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/8/3/The-Ultimate-CakeOff Kate Krader http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/7/23/Cinnamon-Toast-Crunch-Cake My good friend Andrew Sessa, senior editor at F&W's sister magazine Departures, has a sweet tooth that rivals my own. A brilliant baker, he recently decided to make a cake for a colleague’s birthday: a s’mores cake combining choco... Baking Recipes Desserts Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:15:53 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/7/23/Cinnamon-Toast-Crunch-Cake Jen Murphy http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/6/26/Michael-Recchiutis-Chocolate-Disasters Yesterday the F&W staff got a big treat. San Francisco über-chocolatier Michael Recchiuti came by with tons of candies for us to taste, from his classic, epic sea salt caramels to his new dragée line (the Peanut Butter Pearls are killer... Baking Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:09:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/6/26/Michael-Recchiutis-Chocolate-Disasters Kate Krader http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/6/15/Journey-of-1000-Cookies My coworker Melissa Rubel and I are four-fifths of the way toward my goal of baking 1,000 cookies by the end of Tuesday. These cookies will be among dozens of offerings from top chefs at Philadelphia's Great Chefs Event on Wednesday night. The Gr... Baking Events Chefs Test Kitchen News Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:00:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/6/15/Journey-of-1000-Cookies Grace Parisi