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In January of 2012, we made a trip to Houston. On the way there, we made a stop at Brenhem, Texas to see how Blue Bell Creameries makes their popular ice cream products. The folks over at Blue Bell graciously let us take pictures and share with our readers so those of you who don't have the opportunity to visit one their three production facilities in Brenham, Texas, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, or Sylacauga, Alabama can get a chance to look behind-the-scenes.
In December 2011, Michael Ohene, author of the Analyzing a Baking Recipe article, sent me a new essay (on creating personalized cookie recipes) and a link to an online tool he wrote that generates cookie recipes on demand (Create-a-Cookie). I was immediately a fan of the flexibility of the cookie generator (Just tell it what type of cookie, how rich, and how sweet you want it and it randomly generates a cookie of the type you want. Don't like the ingredients? No problem, just generate another set of ingredients. Then have it display the detailed recipe in whatever units you prefer.) and agreed to publish Michael's article.
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One of the most embarrassing moments of my life involves baking muffins for a visitor in my apartment back in April of 2007. These "muffins" I was making actually had to be good, not the barely eatable non-sense I usually made. Having no other game plan I threw something together, prayed, and dished out my questionable muffins to my guest. What a bad host I am! That day, I thought really hard... so what exactly are baked goods? We say "pie crust, muffin, cupcake, coffee cake, puff pastry, and croissant", but do we know what they actually mean? Michael Ohene is an electrical engineer by profession with an interest in the modeling and classification of artistic disciplines including: baking, knot tying, and floral design. At the heart of his research at www.whatsthesequency.com he demonstrates the ability to transform random logic into more accessible visual logic.
This Father's Day, think about getting your father (or father-in-law or father figure or father of your children or father of children you are fond of) a gift that he'll enjoy as well as directly or indirectly provide some food which you'll get to enjoy. Here's a dozen ideas that I thought of.
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