Biscuits

Strawberry Shortcake Day: 4 simple recipes to celebrate

2013-06-14 09:23:00

Strawberry shortcake is an American classic. So it's no wonder there's a food "holiday" named after it. That's right, today is National Strawberry Shortcake Day. Strawberry shortcakes differ with each baker, but they all have this in common: Fresh,...

RECIPE: OLD-FASHIONED STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE

2013-06-12 17:04:00

� Note: New York chef Larry Forgione says that when James Beard first tasted Forgione's strawberry shortcake, the food guru pronounced: "There can be no dessert better, only fancier." After tasting Forgione's shortcake for ourselves, we had to agree....

Recipe: Ultimate Strawberry Shortcake

2013-06-12 17:04:00

� Total time: 40 min. 4 pints strawberries, rinsed and hulled 1/4 cup sugar 10 shortcakes 2 cups whipping cream, whipped Cut strawberries in half and toss with sugar. Set aside 1/2 hour. Split each Shortcake while still warm. Spoon plenty of...

The biscuit rises in L.A. culinary esteem

2013-04-27 00:00:00

There's a Southern influence that lately has wended its way through Los Angeles restaurants, and its emblem is the biscuit. Tender, flaky, golden biscuits have risen on menus from Manhattan Beach to Melrose Avenue. Buttermilk biscuits, oat biscuits,...

Recipe: Mangalitsa lard biscuits and sausage gravy

2013-04-27 00:00:00

Mangalitsa lard biscuits and sausage gravy 1 hour, 10 minutes. Serves 4 to 6 Lard biscuits 5 1/2 cups (23.4 ounces) flour 3 tablespoons baking powder 2 tablespoons sugar 1 teaspoon salt 12 ounces cold lard (Sqirl uses lard rendered from...

Recipe: Buttermilk biscuits and burnt orange honey butter

2013-04-27 00:00:00

Buttermilk biscuits and burnt orange honey butter 1 hour, 20 minutes. Makes about 1 dozen biscuits Buttermilk biscuits 4 cups (17 ounces) flour 3 tablespoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup sugar 1 cup (2 sticks) cold butter 2 cups...

For a better biscuit

2013-04-27 00:00:00

It's an adage passed down by expert Nathalie Dupree in her cookbook "Southern Biscuits": "No two cooks make the same biscuit." Some swear by cream or a mix of baking powder and baking soda. Some drop their biscuits from a spoon instead of cutting them...

Creamy, porky Sqirl-made lard for great summer pies, biscuits on sale at farmers market

2013-04-24 08:00:00

Oliver Woolley raises pigs north of San Diego and has been selling Mangalitsa pork at his tiny Peads & Barnettsafter stall at the Santa Monica Farmers Market. That includes Mangalitsa pork chops, shoulder, leg roast, ground pork and spare ribs, among...

In Portland, Ore., a garden of pastry delights

2013-02-10 00:00:00

PORTLAND, Ore. — Is it possible for an Angeleno to leave home and find love in a region where sunshine is merely a rumor and 50 shades of gray are a daily atmospheric reality? It's helpful if the pursuit of that bliss involves a white-hot...

Counter Intelligence: The Hart & the Hunter makes angelic biscuits

2013-02-23 00:00:00

The first thing anybody is going to tell you about the Hart & the Hunter, the restaurant in the new Fairfax District Palihotel, is that you should get the biscuits, which come four to an order and are served on a board. And you should get the biscuits,...

Test Kitchen tips: Perfect biscuits

2013-02-20 07:00:00

Ever have a craving for biscuits? Not the hockey pucks, but those tender, lighter-than-air biscuits. The ones so delicate they have to be homemade and eaten fresh, while they're still warm. Maybe with a little tang from buttermilk, maybe a little zing...

Aisles of treats from the Emerald Isle

2013-02-14 17:25:00

When the luck of the Irish holds, the lovers buy Claddagh rings for their valentines, frat boys gearing up for St. Paddy's Day go for Guinness caps with built-in bottle openers — and come Christmas, there's a run on plum pudding and St. Nicks in...

Maple bacon biscuits

2013-05-07 00:00:00

Parking space is limited in front of NY Chicken & Biscuit, but more is available on the street.

2013-05-02 00:00:00

Biscuits are finding their way on to more and more menus in Los Angeles-area restaurants. Biscuits are served with gravy and a poached egg at Squirl Cafe in Los Angeles, California, on April 20, 2013. (Barbara Davidson/Los Angeles Times/MCT)

2013-04-20 00:00:00