Mark Reinfeld has been preparing inspired vegan and live food cuisine for over 15 years. He is the founding chef of Blossoming Lotus Restaurant and the recipient of a Platinum Carrot Award given to Americas top “trailblazing and innovative chefs." He is a recognized authority in the field of healthy cuisine. His first book, Vegan Fusion World Cuisine has won 9 international awards including a Gourmand Award for ‘Best Vegetarian Cookbook in the USA.' His latest book is The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Eating Raw . Soon to be published, The 30 Minute Vegan . Have a question for the natural chef? Please email ...
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If you are a food blog reader like myself, you are probably rolling your eyes at this post. It seems like every food blog on the planet is comparing, discussing and baking these Jacques Torres chocolate chip cookies. For those of you outside of the food blog circle, here’s the background: The NYTimes went on a quest for the best chocolate chip recipe ever. This recipe by Jacques is what they settled on and deemed as superb. I just had to jump on the bandwagon and see if its worth all the hype. The special thing about them is the part cake and part ...
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That NY Times article about the perfect chocolate chip cookie has been floating around for a while. Like a year. I've already poasted about Toll House chocolate chip cookies , which are a little thick and cakey. I love them, but I always want a softer, kind of gooey cookie. Not so cakey, not crispy. I am never able to wait a day or two for anything, so I put off making these cookies, because the recipe demands that you have to chill them at least 24 hours. Luckily, it's been 90+ degrees the last few days, so it's been too hot to do ...
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Last night I spent the evening glued to the TV set watching the results of the election roll in. I can't say there were any surprises in the results, but I have always enjoyed politics regardless of who wins the election, and find the political coverage interesting. I decided to make some chocolate chip cookies (from scratch of course) as comfort food while watching political history being made. Here is the dish full of cookies I baked while watching the coverage on NBC. above left: the batter bowl... above right: It was still early in the evening, before the election had been called. above: ...
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My most recent batch of chocolate chip cookies. I recently made a pact with myself that I would send Bubby off-the-wall gifts in celebration of various months of national recognition. It's just a goofy way of connecting with my grandson, not because I feel particularly strongly about any of the designations. So far I've sent Bubby maracas for Happiness Happens Month (August) and a wild and crazy chicken for National Chicken Month (September). In searching for ideas of what to send him for October, I found that October is National Cookie Month. And although I make the best chocolate chip cookies in the world ...
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