Bread
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Pizza Dough
Whenever you have a spur of the moment get together and don't have time to cook anything, what is the one thing you can buy that everyone will like? Pizza. Have you ever actually met anyone that doesn't like pizza? Sure, some people don't like anchovies or olives. Some people just want plain cheese. But, by and large, you are going to please the majority of people with a pizza.
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French Bread
One of my most fond memories from childhood was walking to the grocery store with my mom. The bakery section was always one of the first stops. This made my day because that meant I got to reach down in the brown paper bag that housed a loaf of warm french bread and pull off a big hunk to eat while we finished the shopping. There is something about the smell, taste, and feel of freshly baked bread that rivals just about anything in the culinary world. I have had a lot of trouble baking a decent loaf of French bread. With so many delicious versions out there; from the sliced…
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Boudin King Cake
This recipe first started making its rounds on the internet about five years ago and to put it simply, at a party or function, it's a show stopper. Unless someone at the party is roasting a whole pig in a hole in the ground or your drunk uncle is chasing the soon to be fried chicken around with a hatchet, I promise this will be the most talked about dish at the get-together.
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Buttermilk Biscuits
There are only a few things that can send even the most seasoned home cook into a wall punching temper tantrum. Number one on the list has to be biscuits. You can do everything right. Preheat oven, measure ingredients, and still, the friggin things won’t rise. It’s one of the great mysteries of the universe. One that will most likely never be explained. It probably has something to do with interplanetary alignment. Two things are gonna happen next time all the little rocks in our solar system line up. The Monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey is going to appear and my damn biscuits will rise.