Comments on: The great American pound cake http://crummb.wordpress.com/2009/01/07/the-great-american-pound-cake/ When a food critic turns the poison pen on herself Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:16:47 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: crummb http://crummb.wordpress.com/2009/01/07/the-great-american-pound-cake/#comment-578 crummb Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:54:55 +0000 http://crummb.wordpress.com/?p=538#comment-578 moderndomestic: i'm so glad i'm not the only one who thinks so! Corriher's book is great for baking theory, but i would only try her recipes if a gun were put to my head, haha. moderndomestic: i’m so glad i’m not the only one who thinks so! Corriher’s book is great for baking theory, but i would only try her recipes if a gun were put to my head, haha.

]]> By: moderndomestic http://crummb.wordpress.com/2009/01/07/the-great-american-pound-cake/#comment-576 moderndomestic Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:49:30 +0000 http://crummb.wordpress.com/?p=538#comment-576 This was exactly my experience with this recipe! I was so excited to try it and it sounded so promising, but the actual cake was waaay too sweet and had a weird artificial flavor. Maybe O'Corriher's work for the food industry has killed her palate? It was a lot of work for just so-so pound cake. I'm a much bigger fan of the version in The Cake Bible, myself. This was exactly my experience with this recipe! I was so excited to try it and it sounded so promising, but the actual cake was waaay too sweet and had a weird artificial flavor. Maybe O’Corriher’s work for the food industry has killed her palate?

It was a lot of work for just so-so pound cake. I’m a much bigger fan of the version in The Cake Bible, myself.

]]> By: crummb http://crummb.wordpress.com/2009/01/07/the-great-american-pound-cake/#comment-375 crummb Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:56:46 +0000 http://crummb.wordpress.com/?p=538#comment-375 i'm looking too! eh eh, i'm going to do a review of japanese baking books next. i'll ask the bookshops to help me. will let you know if there's good news :) i’m looking too! eh eh, i’m going to do a review of japanese baking books next. i’ll ask the bookshops to help me. will let you know if there’s good news :)

]]> By: chris http://crummb.wordpress.com/2009/01/07/the-great-american-pound-cake/#comment-374 chris Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:44:29 +0000 http://crummb.wordpress.com/?p=538#comment-374 Pound cake is not like the Highlander; there is more than only one. :-) Got Japanese baking book in English meh? I've been looking for one for ages and it's driving me mad! Pound cake is not like the Highlander; there is more than only one. :-)
Got Japanese baking book in English meh? I’ve been looking for one for ages and it’s driving me mad!

]]> By: cookie http://crummb.wordpress.com/2009/01/07/the-great-american-pound-cake/#comment-373 cookie Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:30:01 +0000 http://crummb.wordpress.com/?p=538#comment-373 I asked my Thai colleague; Pook is a thai nickname. So she's thai who knows Japanese. Not usual cos in the 80-90s when jap enconomy was red hot, everyone wants to partake in their language... like now all angmoh wants to learn chinese like that lor. I asked my Thai colleague; Pook is a thai nickname. So she’s thai who knows Japanese. Not usual cos in the 80-90s when jap enconomy was red hot, everyone wants to partake in their language… like now all angmoh wants to learn chinese like that lor.

]]> By: crummb http://crummb.wordpress.com/2009/01/07/the-great-american-pound-cake/#comment-372 crummb Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:06:12 +0000 http://crummb.wordpress.com/?p=538#comment-372 ovenhaven: thank you! hwah.... my own cookbook... *star in eyes*. gotta keep baking like mad then! :) ovenhaven: thank you! hwah…. my own cookbook… *star in eyes*. gotta keep baking like mad then! :)

]]> By: ovenhaven http://crummb.wordpress.com/2009/01/07/the-great-american-pound-cake/#comment-371 ovenhaven Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:31:23 +0000 http://crummb.wordpress.com/?p=538#comment-371 I for one am most certainly waiting for you to come up with your own cookbook; one with gorgeous photography AND fail-proof recipes. Quickly come up with the great Singapore pound cake! I for one am most certainly waiting for you to come up with your own cookbook; one with gorgeous photography AND fail-proof recipes.

Quickly come up with the great Singapore pound cake!

]]> By: crummb http://crummb.wordpress.com/2009/01/07/the-great-american-pound-cake/#comment-368 crummb Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:29:08 +0000 http://crummb.wordpress.com/?p=538#comment-368 oh yes! i check out her blog all the time! have always wondered what nationality she is - she appears to be thai but she can read japanese? oh yes! i check out her blog all the time! have always wondered what nationality she is – she appears to be thai but she can read japanese?

]]> By: cookie http://crummb.wordpress.com/2009/01/07/the-great-american-pound-cake/#comment-365 cookie Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:15:13 +0000 http://crummb.wordpress.com/?p=538#comment-365 My respectable baker, I do not have any recommendation on a specific book but do check out Pook's blog - http://dailydelicious.blogspot.com She regularly produces stunning stuff from her Japanese Baking Books! Good Luck! My respectable baker, I do not have any recommendation on a specific book but do check out Pook’s blog – http://dailydelicious.blogspot.com She regularly produces stunning stuff from her Japanese Baking Books!

Good Luck!

]]> By: crummb http://crummb.wordpress.com/2009/01/07/the-great-american-pound-cake/#comment-364 crummb Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:34:59 +0000 http://crummb.wordpress.com/?p=538#comment-364 ooooo, a stalker. haven't had one in a while. keep it commin! :) ooooo, a stalker. haven’t had one in a while. keep it commin! :)

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