cookbook addict

In English here . J'ai eu du mal à commencer ce billet. Faut-il mentionner le Japon? La Lybie? D'autres événements majeurs du monde? Faut-il vous dire de faire des dons? Qui je suis pour vous dire ce que vous devez faire? Vous savez ce que vous avez à faire, chacun décide pour soi. Vous savez ce qu'il se passe aussi bien que moi (je ne regarde même pas les infos à la télé). Alors à la place, je vais vous parler de cette tarte que j'ai faite, tirée d'un livre que j'ai acheté, en fait, ce que je fais d'habitude, ce que je fais de mieux peut-être sur ce blog.                                                                        ...

En français ici . I had a hard time thinking how to start this new post. Should I mention Japan? Libya? Other major things happening in the world? Should I tell you to donate money? Who am I to tell you what to do? You know what to do, what's right for you. You know what's happening as much as I do (I don't even watch the news on TV). So instead I'm going to tell you about this pie I've made, from a book I have bought, you know, just what I usually do, perhaps what I do best on this blog.                                                                                    ...

I don't know why I didn't go to the Momofuku milk bar when I was in New York. It crossed my mind, of course, to eat a pork bun and some crack pie but somehow we didn't make it, it didn't seem important at the time. That didn't stop me from fantasizing about this pie ever since I saw it in the Bon Appétit issue that I bought in NYC precisely. And then I saw others make it and finally, I took the plunge.  Is there any going back now I wonder. The recipe is here or you can also watch Christina Tosi make it here . Sources differ, some say to use a 10-inch pie plate, others a 9-inch one and there's confusion over the baking time and quantities (one pie or two?). I found out the following : *I thought I had too much cookie crumb prep although I saved some of the giant cookie to eat because it was so good, but in the end I think you could use it all to bulk it up *The baking times were too long for my oven, I would suggest lowering the temp a bit (300F -...