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 Post subject: My Year With Chris Kimball (blog)
PostPosted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 11:57 am 
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I just started reading this blog and am really enjoying it so thought I would share. He started this in 2009 but it has morphed over the years. The general premise is to cook new recipes from ATK and post reviews, issues, etc. Here's the link:

http://myyearwithchris.wordpress.com/

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 Post subject: Re: My Year With Chris Kimball (blog)
PostPosted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 12:58 pm 
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I have not checked in with this blog since my first vanilla extract adventure in 2011. Thanks for excavating it for us.

Reminds me of the good old days when we could have a pleasant discussion about a Cook's Illustrated recipe without any danger of getting mugged.

We will be making the two day Rich Chocolate Tart for dinner group next Saturday and I am happy to hear that it is worth the effort. From the same issue, we really like the black olive tapenade. The vinaigrette dressing variation worked well with grilled Romaine hearts.

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 Post subject: Re: My Year With Chris Kimball (blog)
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I've used that blog as well to look up reviews. I always have to google to find it, so thank you Nance for the link. Copied to my Cooking Websites now.

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 Post subject: Re: My Year With Chris Kimball (blog)
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I've subscribed to that blog for quite a while. Updates have slowed a little of late, but it is very enjoyable and informative.


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 Post subject: Re: My Year With Chris Kimball (blog)
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I really like his blog. His boys are around the same age as mine and we have similar styles of food that works for us. I generally use him to decide it an issue is worth picking up or not. That chocolate tart looks good!


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PostPosted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 6:21 pm 
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The tart looks good. I may give it a try sometime this holiday season!

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 Post subject: Re: My Year With Chris Kimball (blog)
PostPosted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 6:57 pm 
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jim262 wrote:
Reminds me of the good old days when we could have a pleasant discussion about a Cook's Illustrated recipe without any danger of getting mugged.

I don't think anyone has mugged you on a CI recipe. They've simply pointed out that CI has been providing the same recipes with (insert superlative here) for so many years, they are no longer trustworthy on their descriptions. As well, they have been dumbing down and repeating stuff so often (with tweeks), it seems they have lost any desire for inspiration. Why do you think Kenji left?

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Amy wrote:
Why do you think Kenji left?


To be fair, viewing Kenji's writing there is no way he could of been happy staying there, even if they loosened up a lot. He has some kind of vision of a new CI that is well beyond what his pay grade would have been there.


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 Post subject: Re: My Year With Chris Kimball (blog)
PostPosted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 12:02 am 
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I am not disagreeing with what has been said, however my understanding is that while he probably would have left anyway, the immediate reason was that his wife got a job in New York city.

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 Post subject: Re: My Year With Chris Kimball (blog)
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Amy wrote:
jim262 wrote:
Reminds me of the good old days when we could have a pleasant discussion about a Cook's Illustrated recipe without any danger of getting mugged.

I don't think anyone has mugged you on a CI recipe. They've simply pointed out that CI has been providing the same recipes with (insert superlative here) for so many years, they are no longer trustworthy on their descriptions. As well, they have been dumbing down and repeating stuff so often (with tweeks), it seems they have lost any desire for inspiration. Why do you think Kenji left?

Amy


Amy,

I was looking at a recipe from 2004 a few weeks ago and noticed that the test cook created a problem, that any decent cook would avoid. Yes, after many attempts, the problem was magically solved.

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