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A Life Changing Banana Nut Muffin

June 27, 2016 By Steve Dunn Leave a Comment

A Life Changing Banana Nut Muffin

 

People toss around the term “life changing” for the silliest things these days, like….. “OMG that smoothie changed my life!”, but in this case, with this muffin, the phrase really does seem to apply.  Now, I’m not saying that this muffin will change your life, I mean it’s really good, but in the end it is just a muffin.  What I am saying is that this muffin helped to change my life.  That’s because this little lovely is partly responsible for my landing my job at Cook’s Illustrated and America’s Test Kitchen.  It’s the muffin I developed and presented to my boss and the editors of CI as part of my application for a job at the kitchen.  Crafting the recipe for this banana nut muffin was the last step in a multi-month long process required to join the ATK team.

Curious about what else it took to land a job there?  If so, read on.

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Filed Under: Bread + Rolls + Muffins Tagged With: Fruit

Patatas Bravas

June 4, 2016 By Steve Dunn Leave a Comment

Patatas Bravas

I get to eat a crazy amount of really good food at work…..too much, actually.  Every day there’s something new to taste and test, produced by the super talented group I work with at Cook’s Illustrated.  From shrimp scampi to strawberry shortcake to Korean fried chicken to lemon posset, all so different and all among my favorite recipes developed by the CI team over the past year.  Regardless of how much we all enjoy tucking into these dishes over the course of recipe development, after sampling a dish a few times a day for 3-4 weeks straight, even the most amazing treats can start to feel like a house guest that’s overstayed his welcome.

Not so with these Patatas Bravas.

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Filed Under: Condiments + Sauces + Jams, Hors d'oeuvres, Snacks Tagged With: Potatoes

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I started Oui, Chef a few years back as a means to chronicle my efforts to teach my kids a few things about cooking, and how their food choices over time effect not only their own health, but that of our local food

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