Comments on: The Automat Returns to NYC… http://www.sweetnapa.com/2006/09/10/the-automat-returns-to-nyc.html In LA, but Still Exploring Desserts Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:01:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Nina http://www.sweetnapa.com/2006/09/10/the-automat-returns-to-nyc.html#comment-1802 Nina Tue, 12 Sep 2006 04:24:11 +0000 http://www.sweetnapa.com/2006/09/10/the-automat-returns-to-nyc.html#comment-1802 Natalie - Thank you for your comments and awesome post about my blog on your fantastic and lively blog! I haven't been to Po, but it's been on my restaurant list for a long time... and just got knocked a few notches higher. :) I'll check it out for lunch. And next time you're in Petaluma, Della Fattoria has a nice brunch. http://www.sweetnapa.com/2006/01/30/della-fattoria.html Jamie - Okay, fine, tonkatsu and curry pan it is. :) Hmm... I wonder about the cookies... Did you try chilling the portioned out dough on sheet pans for a while before baking? I looked around the web, and this site is reliable for recipes... and maybe this one would work? You can just sub 60 grams almond flour for the almonds. http://www.cookingforengineers.com/recipe.php?id=170&title=Chinese+Almond+Cookies OR, to make Bobby Flay feel better about his defeat, you could try this chocolate financier recipe -- they're more like little, light almond cakes and can be baked in anything like a mini-muffin tin. http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_21560,00.html I just noticed that the recipe calls for brown butter... You've probably dealt with that before, but here are some instructions anyway http://www.ehow.com/how_1069_make-brown-butter.html OR here's a plain financier recipe, if you don't want chocolate http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/recipe_views/views/101802 Good luck! I'll have to live through you vicariously this month for being able to bake at home. :) Natalie - Thank you for your comments and awesome post about my blog on your fantastic and lively blog! I haven’t been to Po, but it’s been on my restaurant list for a long time… and just got knocked a few notches higher. :) I’ll check it out for lunch.

And next time you’re in Petaluma, Della Fattoria has a nice brunch.
http://www.sweetnapa.com/2006/01/30/della-fattoria.html

Jamie - Okay, fine, tonkatsu and curry pan it is. :)

Hmm… I wonder about the cookies… Did you try chilling the portioned out dough on sheet pans for a while before baking?

I looked around the web, and this site is reliable for recipes… and maybe this one would work? You can just sub 60 grams almond flour for the almonds.
http://www.cookingforengineers.com/recipe.php?id=170&title=Chinese+Almond+Cookies

OR, to make Bobby Flay feel better about his defeat, you could try this chocolate financier recipe — they’re more like little, light almond cakes and can be baked in anything like a mini-muffin tin.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_21560,00.html

I just noticed that the recipe calls for brown butter… You’ve probably dealt with that before, but here are some instructions anyway
http://www.ehow.com/how_1069_make-brown-butter.html

OR here’s a plain financier recipe, if you don’t want chocolate
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/recipe_views/views/101802

Good luck! I’ll have to live through you vicariously this month for being able to bake at home. :)

]]> By: jamie http://www.sweetnapa.com/2006/09/10/the-automat-returns-to-nyc.html#comment-1801 jamie Tue, 12 Sep 2006 01:16:54 +0000 http://www.sweetnapa.com/2006/09/10/the-automat-returns-to-nyc.html#comment-1801 id probably fail miserably on the mac & cheese croquet :( but but.. maybe i can win you over with my tonkatsu (pork cutlet) or curry pan! (its like a japanese curry croquet)! i just watched bobby flay lose with the secret ingredient AMERICAN KOBE BEEF. i felt.. empty.. how did he lose?? nina, teach me how to make almond cookies with almond flour that dont turn out flat like butter crisps and are light and fluffy like snickerdoodles ala nina! id probably fail miserably on the mac & cheese croquet :( but but.. maybe i can win you over with my tonkatsu (pork cutlet) or curry pan! (its like a japanese curry croquet)!

i just watched bobby flay lose with the secret ingredient AMERICAN KOBE BEEF. i felt.. empty.. how did he lose??

nina, teach me how to make almond cookies with almond flour that dont turn out flat like butter crisps and are light and fluffy like snickerdoodles ala nina!

]]> By: Natalie http://www.sweetnapa.com/2006/09/10/the-automat-returns-to-nyc.html#comment-1799 Natalie Mon, 11 Sep 2006 23:40:18 +0000 http://www.sweetnapa.com/2006/09/10/the-automat-returns-to-nyc.html#comment-1799 Hi Nina - first time visitor to your terrific blog here! I found it when I googled Marin French Cheese - I was recently in the town of Petaluma. I'll give you a link to my blog. By the way, have you eaten at Mario Batale's "Po" restaurant in Greenich Village? Try it for lunch, but be prepared to feel a little claustrophobic. The pasta was good - very peasant-like. Cheers to you, fellow foodie! Hi Nina - first time visitor to your terrific blog here! I found it when I googled Marin French Cheese - I was recently in the town of Petaluma. I’ll give you a link to my blog. By the way, have you eaten at Mario Batale’s “Po” restaurant in Greenich Village? Try it for lunch, but be prepared to feel a little claustrophobic. The pasta was good - very peasant-like. Cheers to you, fellow foodie!

]]> By: Nina http://www.sweetnapa.com/2006/09/10/the-automat-returns-to-nyc.html#comment-1798 Nina Mon, 11 Sep 2006 21:34:20 +0000 http://www.sweetnapa.com/2006/09/10/the-automat-returns-to-nyc.html#comment-1798 Doubt it, which is the major reason why I was thrilled and yet could get it... BUT could you make a mac & cheese croquet as good as their's??? Please!?!?! :) Doubt it, which is the major reason why I was thrilled and yet could get it…
BUT could you make a mac & cheese croquet as good as their’s??? Please!?!?! :)

]]> By: jamie http://www.sweetnapa.com/2006/09/10/the-automat-returns-to-nyc.html#comment-1789 jamie Mon, 11 Sep 2006 06:32:55 +0000 http://www.sweetnapa.com/2006/09/10/the-automat-returns-to-nyc.html#comment-1789 spam musubi??? :o ... but will it be as good as mine?? spam musubi??? :o … but will it be as good as mine??

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