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Aaron Mandel

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DipWset, baker, cheesemaker, maker of caloric things

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The thing is, after the first time, we knew they were hot and still wanted to use them.

01.08.2025 15:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of twelve black forest rolls with a trickle of vanilla sugar glaze.

Photo of twelve black forest rolls with a trickle of vanilla sugar glaze.

Black forest rolls. Basically, cinnamon roll dough with a chocolate and dried cherry filling and a vanilla sugar glaze.

27.07.2025 18:39 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Picture of Talbot-Lago from front

Picture of Talbot-Lago from front

Side view. Teardrop shape, silver with red fenders.

Side view. Teardrop shape, silver with red fenders.

At an exhibit at the St Louis Art Museum about the 1920s and 30s. This Teardop Talbot-Lago is a definite attraction. I could see myself driving this......anyone have a couple million? I'd let you drive it once....okay twice....three times. Damn.

30.06.2025 16:56 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

For bread.

22.06.2025 21:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The more I bake, the more I find i need certain products for certain projects. King Arthur is great for bread, but I get itchy baking cookies, muffins or scones without Weisenberger flour. Perhaps im getting overly fussy with age.

22.06.2025 15:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Kum &Go sign

Kum &Go sign

Drive through bordello? No, a convenience store in Missoui.

18.06.2025 19:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Back when I was a student, id be up to date on this kind of stuff. Since im just a consumer again, I no longer see things like that Surgeon General news item and start freaking out about how it'll come up on the exam. Its truly a relief.

16.06.2025 17:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

With that background, there may be a few students with good concrete examples

16.06.2025 17:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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How Ireland beat the odds to introduce cancer warning labels on alcohol Ireland will soon be the first country to warn drinkers of the links between cancer and alcohol on the drinks label. How did they do it?

Looks like Ireland already promulgated rules. www.wcrf.org/about-us/new....

16.06.2025 17:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The US Surgeon General suggested such a warning this past January and the WHO has suggested them.

16.06.2025 17:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Section B may have a wide split of which question the students answered, but I'm betting with A, most answered 2. Not many would have strong worldwide examples of the effect of warning labels on consumer buying habits.

16.06.2025 17:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
MW Exam | The Institute of Masters of Wine

They've been having traffic issues. I don't think their site is equipped for the hits. This link is to the exam page, you can then open the link to the 2025 exam lower on the page. www.mastersofwine.org/mw-exam

16.06.2025 16:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The annual list of MW wines and theory questions. Every wine requires a detailed explanation of your answer. It's possible to get the right wine but exhibit faulty reasoning, and fail that wine. Every theory question requires examples from around the world. www.mastersofwine.org/wp-content/u...

16.06.2025 15:33 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

You mean purrrfect

13.06.2025 13:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Best of luck. I hope you have a swift and full recovery

12.06.2025 16:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Rarely fast food, but sometimes it just depends on how the day went

22.05.2025 20:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Pick a history book. Technology changes, people don't

22.05.2025 01:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@simonjwoolf.com well done article about judging. Spitting always confuses people who don't judge but we've all judged at some point with people who swallow every glass. Typically, by 10 they are under the weather, by noon under the table.

11.05.2025 12:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm up for a #cookieparty

10.05.2025 17:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Frosted sugar cookies, green white and yellow

Frosted sugar cookies, green white and yellow

A plate of the cookies with the buttercream. Of course, now I have a huge amount of leftover buttercream....more cookies to come i guess

10.05.2025 14:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Undecorated large sugar cookies

Undecorated large sugar cookies

We had a lot of powdered sugar, so sugar cookies. These are cooling but the powdered sugar went into three buttercreams for after the cookies cool: white, yellow and green. Why those colors? No color, single color, blended color (available colors were blue red and yellow-blue and yellow make green).

10.05.2025 13:40 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I changed once, probably twenty years ago. That was enough.

09.05.2025 18:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, I have a slightly different definition of "a lot of cheese" than I did before i started making cheese.

27.04.2025 14:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Baked Gougères

Baked Gougères

After the gougères have been baked. Fluffy insides, cheese goodness

27.04.2025 14:30 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Raw dough for gougères. The top is sprinkled with cheese.

Raw dough for gougères. The top is sprinkled with cheese.

We had a lot of cheese. Leftover cheese means cheese scones or Gougères. Scones were last weekend, Gougères this weekend. This is before baking. Yes,I sprinkled a bit of cheese on top:very cheesy. I also used cayenne instead of black pepper to add pop, so not true gougères

27.04.2025 13:54 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I keep wondering what those folks are rolling in to need that

11.04.2025 20:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

What better day for this?

01.04.2025 18:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That's about how they look. Very lightly browned underneath, but light on top. No frosting or glaze (you can, but i dont)

30.03.2025 22:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Cookies right out of oven on cooling rack

Cookies right out of oven on cooling rack

Orange Cardamom shortbread cookies. Very buttery with an orange-cardamom kick

30.03.2025 21:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Makes me concerned about the type of protein used for any fining

26.03.2025 16:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0