Comments for Coset The Table

Comment on Food 101- Pasta by Laura Traveler

Laura Traveler — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:30:50 +0000

“Ravioli are often done shortly after they’re floating on top of the water (much like how you discovered that your pet goldfish was done).”

Awesome analogy. Thanks!

Comment on Five Guys by Miriam

Miriam — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 01:00:57 +0000

Also, I’m amused by the message that my comment is awaiting moderation. Did they find it immoderate?

Comment on Five Guys by Miriam

Miriam — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 01:00:11 +0000

Local Burger is next to Taipei and Tokyo, on the corner of Main St. and little-st-whose-name-I-don’t-remember. I’m not sure what was in there before.

And I was only there once, but I was impressed. And I went with vegetarians, who were also impressed.

Commenting now because yesterday I was wandering around downtown Philly and passed a Five Guys and went, “Wait, didn’t cosetthetable mention that on her blog?”

Comment on The District Sleeps Alone Tonight by Kokopeli

Kokopeli — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:56:06 +0000

Next time you come visit DC, check out Crisp and Juicy for their chicken. I can’t say for certain, but I think they started the trend, and even if they didn’t its been my favorite for years. They’ve got several locations by now: Falls Church and Lee Highway as well as Tenley Circle are the ones I know of, but I keep seeing more around town.

Comment on Bread Victories! by cosetthetable

cosetthetable — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 18:20:58 +0000

I agree that “five minutes a day” oversells the concept.

But when I get a bread craving, if I’ve got a bowl of dough in the fridge, it’s 40 minutes away from baking, instead of something closer to twice that amount of time.

I’ve found that shape depends on the wetness of the dough- if I haven’t added quite enough flour, my bread is shaped like a puddle. If I’ve added more, it turns out fine, if not quiiite as pretty as a kneaded loaf.

Comment on Bread Victories! by sarah-marie

sarah-marie — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 18:01:36 +0000

Huh! I’m interested to hear this. I was pretty unimpressed with _Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day_. First, if you actually follow their instructions, 5 min/day is a big underestimate—just getting out the pizza peel, bin of water, etc. takes more than 5 min. And actually adding up the time, from getting out ingredients to eating bread, only 1/2 hr is saved over traditional bread recipes. Then, I found that refrigerating the dough made it stickier and more difficult to handle, and loaves baked from the fridge had poor shape and consistency. Finally, their recipe made super-salty bread—so salty I could barely eat it!

I have modified their recipe and simplified the process so that it works well for me, and takes a bit less time than my traditional bread recipe (hey, only 3/4 as many ingredients!). Let me know if you want either of my versions, though of course a KitchenAid is required for both.

Comment on Saving Money? by Colleen

Colleen — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:32:20 +0000

I decided to watch the whole video before reading anything you had to say about it and it’s funny that I had all of the same thoughts! Imagine if this woman spent the time she does searching for deals and clipping coupons (and probably expending a lot of gas to drive to many stores each week) into a garden that they could obviously fit in their large backyard! In my head, I am going on and on about America’s food industry but I’m sure it’s all stuff you’ve heard or thought of, so, I am writing simply to totally agree with you on all accounts. The end.

Comment on Five Guys by Jeff A.

Jeff A. — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:08:00 +0000

Well, the next time you’re up this way, we should get a group of people together and (re)visit a number of these joints. We’ll eat. You review.

Comment on Five Guys by cosetthetable

cosetthetable — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:51:13 +0000

Jeff- I’ve never been to Four Burgers- I mostly frequented b.good, Flat Patties and U Burger… and really mostly Flat Patties.

Comment on Pie-cosahedron! by Loretta

Loretta — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:26:09 +0000

That is the most amazing thing I’ve seen since pi day.