PrintThis Weekend in 'New York Times' Food News
No Cookies For The Kids: A recent ban on bake sales in New York schools prompts reactions in words and in drawings.
Scales vs. Measuring Cups: Why is is that most Americans don't use scales but most baking professionals use them exclusively?
Secret Bar, Revealed: The Back Room at Café Select in SoHo has the feeling of "a grown-ups' version of a children's den."
Unusual Greens: Go green and try purslane, endive, and dandelion greens in these healthy recipes.
McDonald's and the Mona Lisa: Along with many other measures being taken to modernize the Lourve a McDonald's restaurant and McCafé are set to open near the museum next month.
A Night Out With: The directors of the new film adaptation of the children's book, "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs."
The Future For Fish: Global Warming will mean more fish being caught near the poles, but fewer in the tropics.
The Food Issue: This week the magazine is all food: including Michael Pollan's 'Rules to Eat By', experiments in calorie restriction, an interactive timeline of Jamie Oliver's career along with his quest to get America to loose weight, and food banks go local, along with many other pieces focused on food.
Travel: 36 Hours in Berlin, elderfower cocktails in Copenhagen's happening Kodbyen district, and the restaurant Eat Art Esslokal in Austria serves up risotto with plums.
Regional Dining: Atlantica in Long Beach, Long Island; Peekskill Brewery in Peekskill, New York; Pho 99 in Franklin Park, New Jersey; and menu specials are luring customers in Connecticut.
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7 Comments:
I use the WD 8000 scale which Ruhlman recommends in Ratios
It is the best scale I ever bought. A bargain at 50 bucks.
The KD 7000 is the older model the newer one has the Baker's Math/Percentage Weighing function
http://www.myweigh.com/node/2308
Ruhlman talks a lot about it in his book and I found a great multitasking scale. We love multitaskers.
JerzeeTomato at 3:31PM on 10/11/09
Of all the things kids are missing today compared to when I went to school, the lack of "birthday cupcakes" and bake sales really break my heart. I'm grateful that I was still able to make goodies for my daughter's classes while she was in school. (She's now 20.) I made many, many cookies and cupcakes but perhaps my favorite contribution was a ginormous birthday cake which she was able to share with all three classes in her grade. She got "happy birthday" sung to her three times that afternoon and we still laugh about it today. During those same years, I assisted in making gingerbread houses at Christmastime with the class.
We're making our kids grow up in a sterile environment. How not fun.
therealchiffonade at 4:49PM on 10/11/09
I have that exact scale in the picture, works great.
Started using it because of dieting, but now I prefer to use weights for all cooking, it's so much EASIER! Once you know how to use tare, you no longer need to fuss with measuring spoons, cups, or other annoying gizmos.
peekpoke at 5:33PM on 10/11/09
I use a scale when measurements are important, mine is an Escali.
dmcavanagh at 5:59PM on 10/11/09
Technically, it's a balance, not a scale.
finewinendine at 6:28PM on 10/11/09
I don't have a really accurate scale because they're expensive relative to the measuring cups that have been in the cupboards for years. I've cooked long enough so I have a good feel for most things, and if something doesn't come out just right the only consequence is that what I'm eating isn't worthy of being on a restaurant table. I wish I had one for bread recipes, as Peter Reinhart's bread baker's apprentice has convinced me it makes a difference there. But for my usual bread I don't even use measuring cups for anything but the flour.
lemonfair at 7:04PM on 10/11/09
As a professional baker I have to admit that while I use a bakers balance at work I usually bake with cups and spoons at home. I do have a great little kitchen scale that I use from time to time, but I find cups and spoons to be faster at home and my recipes usually turn out fine. Also, most recipes for home use are written in cups.
sarahj at 9:03PM on 10/11/09