There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
So I might have a little problem. Ok that is not really the best way to start this. It should start more like this: Hi My name is Chef Scot and I am an addict I have a cookbook addiction. I have hundreds of cookbooks, I am actually a little afraid to count, if I guessed I would say I was well over 300. So when it comes to baking I have so many books to pick from when the baking mood strikes me. I always love looking at others peoples cookbook collections (I am always on the hunt for books to add to my collection).
I thought it might be fun to share a few of my favorite baking books… I have books that I buy just to have, then their are books that I find myself going back to time and time again. So to get on this reading list the book had to have something that makes it useful to me. With all this talk of baking this week I thought it might be fun to see what books you all go back over and over again.
THE LIST
This little book is supper amazing, it is like a sweet version of the Food Lover’s Companion. It is a dictionary of baking and pastry terms. I use this book when I need clarification on a cloudy memory or fact that I want to clarify. Its is also a great jump off point when it comes to starting to research or learn about something new. I also find that it is so interesting that once I find what it was that I picked it up to find that I get stuck reading facts at random.