An overview of pierogi: the ultimate Polish comfort food. An introduction to several classic filling and dough recipes: sauerkraut, potato, cheese, and fruit.
Deconstruct a Pie
Deconstruct a pie, using a free and easy shortbread instead of a crust. Perfect for when you’re in the mood for pie, but don’t feel like rolling, crimping, fussing, swearing, and guessing whether or not the filling has reached the right consistency while you worry that you’re over-baking the crust.
Pie Crust
Wonder why no one can make a pie crust as good as Grandma’s? Because Grandma didn’t use a food processor. She made her buttery crusts by hand. Yes, it was work. But so worth it.
Bourgeois Pig
Bourgeois Pig café serves up great coffee and has a huge selection of tea. Their cappuccinos are fantastic and their open Wi-Fi is decent. You won’t find out if Fat Sandwich – a nearby sandwich shop – has decent Wi-Fi, because you’ll need both hands to hold their fat sandwiches.
Herb, Nut, and Onion Bread
This bread gets its rich, fresh, depth of flavor from nuts, nut-meal, oregano, sour cream, and thyme. Starting with a sponge and kneading the final dough by hand are key to giving this bread its unbelievable texture and complex flavor. Refrigerating the dough helps you to manage time and the bread to develop character.
Banana Cream Pie Bars
Enjoy banana cream pie bars from scratch without touching a rolling pin or turning on the stove. Chessmen cookies, Cool Whip, cream cheese, instant pudding. Trust me; this does not taste like an “easy version.” It’s the real deal.
Vodka Infused Rainbow Jello Mold
This vodka infused rainbow Jello mold could be the hit of your next party. Six colors, twelve layers … yeah, it’s incredibly ambitious. And it’s also time consuming. But it doesn’t require special skills or a Ph.D in Jellology. Resist the urge to keep tasting it as you go, though, or you’ll never make it to the final layer.
Strawberry Shortcake
Forget your fancy appliances. Making these biscuits by hand with a pastry cutter will produce light, beautiful shortcakes that will balance perfectly with strawberries and whipped cream.
No-Bake Therapy: Epilogue
Snuggie the shit out of your stress. Butter, buttermilk, cocoa, one-minute oats, peanut butter, and of course sugar … all these things are good in a cookie, but did you know they can also cure all of life’s problems? You don’t have to be a Superman. Just make yourself some No-Bakes, and feel the heal.