Dear Brooklyn/Queens Chowhounds, although this is not about a restaurant I am posting this message on our board—I am having problems locating CREAM OF TARTAR in the supermarkets in my area (Elmhurst, Maspeth, Ridgewood). A...

Bites of buttery, sugary goodness.

A favorite dessert of Southern Passover seders.

The classic bake sale favorite: crispy on the outside, soft in the middle, and dusted with cinnamon.

I’m hoping you baking hounds can help. I have a recipe for an apple cake that calls for 200g sugar, 2 eggs, 350g flour, 1.5 t of baking soda, .5 t cream of tartar, 450g apples, and .5 t salt. That’s not all the...

Hello. I’ve a cookie recipe which calls for cream of tartar. I don’t have any. And was wondering if there is something else I can substitute for it? Also, my recipe calls for 2 teaspoons of cream of tartar, so how much...

This light, sweet dessert is known as “pillow cake” here at CHOW.

Meringue-topped single servings.

Hi, I was reading this recipe for corned beef: http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/nutrition/DJ0972.html It mentions substituting sodium nitrate with cream of tartar, has any one done this or know if it works? "A good color can

where can i find these? found baking soda the other day but not baking powder, and don’t know how to look for cream of tartar. substitute suggestions welcome too. thanks!! oh, and we are in pescara/chieti area.

I was looking at an egg yolk/sugar syrup buttercream recipe in Paula Peck’s Art of Fine Baking, which calls for a small amount of cream of tartar in the sugar syrup. I’m curious about the role of cream of tartar here....

Three white cake layers covered with a light snowfall of flaked coconut.

Key Lime Pie

Italian Meringue

From Bismarck to St. Paul to Madison, new high-end restaurants are embracing such local cuisine as fried walleye and wild-rice porridge. Call it the birth of northwoods chic.