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David Crooks
Columbia, Missouri
My goal: to learn everything I can about food and have a great time doing it.
Interests: Cooking, writing, baking, reading, eating breakfast
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An explanation of how bread stales and a recipe for brandy bread pudding for when it does. Continue reading
Posted Feb 22, 2011 at Food Smart
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An explanation of how and why chocolate can be tempered. Continue reading
Posted Feb 18, 2011 at Food Smart
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A thought on why we have different feelings of drunkenness associated with different types of alcohol. Continue reading
Posted Feb 13, 2011 at Food Smart
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Jan 12, 2011
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My first post of the new year and it's about piss...enjoy. Continue reading
Posted Jan 12, 2011 at Food Smart
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Latest book review of Nigel Slater's wonderfully English memoir Toast Continue reading
Posted Dec 25, 2010 at Food Smart
Thanks for the ideas! My whole family is getting chocolate.
Toggle Commented Dec 15, 2010 on food gifts at le sauce
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An explanation of the Scoville scale for measuring just how hot, hot peppers really are Continue reading
Posted Dec 14, 2010 at Food Smart
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A review of Harold McGee's book "On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen" Continue reading
Posted Dec 12, 2010 at Food Smart
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The truth about that warm fuzzy feeling booze gives us Continue reading
Posted Dec 7, 2010 at Food Smart
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How egg white foams add texture to breakfast Continue reading
Posted Nov 30, 2010 at Food Smart
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A review of Peter Kaminsky's novel "Pig Perfect: Encounters with Remarkable Swine and Some Great Ways to Cook Them". Continue reading
Posted Nov 27, 2010 at Food Smart
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The leading theory on why the Thanksgiving feast gives you the sleeps. Continue reading
Posted Nov 25, 2010 at Food Smart
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Why do spicy foods seem spicier when hot? Continue reading
Posted Nov 23, 2010 at Food Smart
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Try using fish sauce instead of soy or tamari for a Thai fried rice twist.
Toggle Commented Nov 24, 2010 on sunday fried rice at le sauce
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