I have never done the sarah wrap method. It’d seems to me it wouldn’t be any faster than heat cream and pour over chocolate. Not to mention you are creating moisture on the sarah wrap, which can drip into the...

Ack! Not the dreaded bagel question! The canonical answer is that there are no good bagels in SF. However, there are much better bagels than Noah’s. House of Bagels, Levy's, Manhattan Bagels and Holy Bagel are some of the...

Thank you so much Sarah! I am thinking one of the cakes should be a lemon-blueberry pound cake. And I agree, a powdered sugar dusting is easy and can be done on the day. Thank you for your input, much appreciated!

that won’t boil over (eg what filling works best...) Your ideas would be very helpful and much appreciated. Thanks, Sarah Davies

Though they might be too technical for some, I do love Rose Levy Berenbaum’s The Cake Bible, Pie & Pastry Bible, and Bread Bible. You’ll get a ton of information that can really help you understand baking and become a...

In the Cake Bible (Rose Levy Beranbaum) there is a chart with info about multiplying cake sizes. Haven’t got it with me here at work, but I could bring it in tomorrow and give you the info. I think it’s the leavening...

Second the recommendation for Central Grocery for a muffelatta. Get it and a Barq’s rootbeer (or a beer or wine) and eat it on the levy. You’ll be on Decatur, and it’s fun to walk down to the French Market and...

. they were nasty about it too. We have gone to talia’s steak house a couple of times. The restaurant is still getting it’s sea legs but the food is good. sarah

ARGH! I agree this is frustrating. I just learned this the hard way when I bought a Subway sandwich earlier this week to help save the TV show “Chuck” from being cancelled (sorry, I love that silly show...

I guess I should also note if you want more East Coast Southern food the U St corridor has many more options on that high end and low end. Also Levi's Port Cafe has some good southern faves. Again though most of them don’t...

of the main baking catergories (the ones you list above). And unlike the Rose Levy Berenbaum or Nick Malgieri (who both have good books too) it’s not overwhelmingly comprehensive — by that I mean each section has a...

Is there a butcher in Los Angeles that sells Filet Mignon?

I tried “ Neoclassic Buttercream” from The Cake Bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum, which uses egg yolks. You can google the recipe or buy the book. Its sooooo easy to make, fluffy, not too sweet, and if you make sure to...

You can actually bake the Lahey No Knead loaf on a baking stone in an oven if you steam up the oven well. Rose Levy Beranbaum does that on her web site. And she reduced the hydration to 75% or ten ounces of water to fifteen...

Another very good book on bread baking is Rose Levy Breanbaum’s Bread Bible. It has very thorough and covers the subject in depth. Just get in there and do it. It just takes practice.