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melba toast, 247

milk chocolate–cherry, 15

pita, 27–28

pumpkin–chocolate chip muffins, 71–72

rye, 12–13

stuffing, 220–21

The Bread Baker’s Apprentice (Reinhart), 17

breakfast

apple-sage breakfast sausage, 186

biscuits, 73–75

buttermilk, 53

buttermilk pancakes, 52

chestnut croissants, 62

chocolate croissants (pains au chocolat), 62–63

clotted cream, 69–70

cocoa, 59

coffee yogurt, 50

croissants, 59–62

Danishes, 63–67

eggs Benedict, 55–56

English muffins, 56–57

granola, 44–45

Grape-Nuts, buying, 45–46

hash browns, 51

lemon curd, 49–50

lemon yogurt, 49

maple nut scones, 68–69

oatmeal, 43–44

pumpkin–chocolate chip muffins, 71–72

soy yogurt, 47–48

waffles, 53–54

yogurt, 46–47

The Breakfast Book (Cunningham), 53–54

Brown, Alton, 126

Brown, Dale, 64

buns

hamburger, buying, 25–26

hot dog, homemade, 24–25

burgers, 140–41

burrata, homemade, 202–4

burritos, buying, 90

butter, almond, 16

butter, homemade, 10–11

buttercream, simplest, 280

buttermilk

homemade, 53

pancakes, 52

butterscotch pudding, 267–68

cabbage

kimchi, 148–49

pot stickers, 98–100

sauerkraut, 183–84

Caen, Herb, 150

cakes

apricot, Skippy’s, 282–83

birthday, 276–78

chocolate, flourless, 92–93

pound, 259–60

The Cake Bible (Beranbaum), 276

Cakewalk (Moses), 262

Camembert, homemade, 204–7

Canadian bacon, homemade, 170–71

candy

chocolates, 130–31

honey, 160–61

Turkish delight, 128

canning

ambivalence about, 237–38

banana ketchup, 242–44

chutney, buying, 240–41

orange-apricot preserve, 239–40

sweet-hot pickle relish, 241–42

caramel corn, 123

Carpenter, Novella, 104

Carroll, Ricki, 201

Chang, Joanne, 266

Charcuterie (Ruhlman), 167, 176, 181, 187

cheddar cheese

Cheez-Its, 247–49

vadouvan mac ‘n’ cheese, 253–55

cheese

burrata, 202–4

Camembert, 204–7

cheesemaking, 196–97

Cheez-Its, 247–49

cream, homemade, 20–21

duck egg ravioli, 194–95

espresso and mascarpone semifreddo, 199–201

fresh chèvre, 215

grated, buying, 145

homemade ricotta, 198

layered polenta, 251–52

mac ’n’, vadouvan, 253–55

mascarpone, 199

mozzarella, 201–2

pizza, 96–98

Cheez-Its, 247–49

cherry(ies)

maraschino, buying, 232–34

–milk chocolate bread, 15

chestnut croissants, 62

chèvre, fresh, homemade, 215

Chiang, Jung-Feng, 98

chicken(s)

fried, 117–20

oven-fried, 121

predators and, 37–38

raising your own, 34–39

raising your own, versus buying, 105

and rice soup, 105–6

roasted, 133–36

salmonella and, 39, 40

slaughtering, 103–4

stock, 106–7

chickpeas

dried, cooking, 29

hummus, 28–29

Child, Julia, 58

Child, Lydia Maria Francis, 167

chile peppers

hot sauce, 81

salsa, 82

chips

bagel, 19–20

potato, 112–13

tortilla, 115

chocolate

birthday cake, 276–78

cake, flourless, 92–93

chip cookies, Isabel’s, 262–63

chip–pumpkin muffins, 71–72

cocoa, 59

croissants (pains au chocolat), 62–63

milk chocolate–cherry bread, 15

Nutella, 31–33

Oreos, 266–67

pudding, 269

sauce, 275

truffles, 130–31

chutney, experiments with, 240–41

cinnamon raisin bagels, 19

Clark, John, 126

Clark, Melissa, 232, 233

Clark, Samuel and Samantha, 8

Clayton, Bernard, 17

clotted cream, homemade, 69–70

Cocconi, Emilio, 231

cocoa, homemade, 59

coconut, in granola, 44–45

coffee

liqueur, buying, 236

yogurt, 50

Columbia Bagels (New York City), 17

Colwin, Laurie, 240

condiments

banana ketchup, 242–44

berry vinegar, 139–40

chutney, buying, 240–41

Dr Pepper barbecue sauce, 86–87

horseradish, 89–90

hot sauce, 81

kimchi, 148–49

lemon curd, 49–50

marinara sauce, 145–46

mustard, 189–90

orange-apricot preserve, 239–40

pesto, 143–44

salsa, 82

sweet-hot