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...still jet-lagged, she stuck her head into my old bedroom and said, "You want to help me make pie-by-the-yard? I picked up a big bag of Granny Smiths!" I found it comforting to snap back into old patterns, with my mom presiding over the kitchen in her safari apron. Trailing one's 70-year-old parents around town is an excellent and under-discussed cure for heartbreak...
First off, realize that we perceive people differently through a camera than we do in person. Bill McGowan, a former news anchor who now trains people to go on TV, starts his list of pointers with lighting: whether you're sitting in your kitchen or an office borrowed from a friend, make sure there's no bright light (like from a window) behind you. That will only darken your face. When your interviewer is talking, it's fine to look at his image on the screen, but when you answer, look at the camera. That's how to make...
...Christopher Kimball, who searches for perfect recipes for a living as the editor of Cook's Illustrated and host of PBS's America's Test Kitchen, says letting random people tweak recipes will lead to tears on the stove top. "Variables affect other variables," he says, and without one person testing each and every change, "there's no continuity of experience. So how do you get the answer...
Making the Mean Cookie was a pain in the ass. Some of the butter was cold, some room temperature, some melted. You try to measure out 0.17 tbsp. of water or bake at 354.17ºF for 13.04 min. Simon thought the idea was so hilarious that his Las Vegas kitchen basically stopped when I told him about it and immediately made them...
Simon has the same concerns. If someone tweaked the amount of baking powder or temperature in his recipe, the amount of butter would have to be changed too. Which would take a lot of testing for someone not running a professional kitchen. "Some people," he says, "must have a lot of free time, huh?" Simon must not look at YouTube much...