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Turn your stale bread ends into useful crumbs

cookie sheet of toasted bread crumbsWhen I was a kid, there was little I hated more than when my mom would make a peanut butter sandwich for my lunch using the heel of the bread. She didn't do it all that frequently, mostly when she hadn't been able to get to the store and there was no reserve loaf of bread in the freezer (on occasion she'd also use a whole wheat hot dog bun).

Marie at Make and Take doesn't force her children to suffer through sandwiches on the heels of bread. She saves them in her freezer and, when she's accumulated a good stash, processes them into homemade bread crumbs. She included step-by-step pictures in her post, along with a collection of recipe links that all use toasted bread crumbs. These days, when we're all trying to find ways to save a few pennies here and there, repurposing undesirable bread into crumbs seems like a good way to go.

The breadcrumb trail of celebrity chefdom

Frank Bruni dined at Del Posto this week, Mario Batali’s newest venture in New York City. Apart from the official review, Mr. Bruni waxed philosophical about the marks of a celebrity-staffed restaurant. First and foremost is visibility, because to capitalize on the recognition that a celebrity has, they must be seen. This means that the chefs will often spend half their time wandering around the dining room and not necessarily in the kitchen. But celebrity can spark other unusual things in a restaurant. For example, diners at Del Posto were given a bag of breadcrumbs as they left. No, customers were not expected to make a trail back to the restaurant. They were given a sheet of information on how breadcrumbs are used in various dishes so they could try cooking them at home.

Never having been confronted by a phenomenon such as this, I cannot say how I would react. Clearly the purpose is to further the celebrity of the chef by inspiring cooking at home based on his or her recipes and not necessarily to further the reputation of the restaurant. After all, if they wanted people to eat out more frequently, shouldn’t they discourage them from cooing at home?

Tip of the Day

Have you ever wondered what you should do with leftover eggs? Whether they're whole or just a white or yolk is left, consider freezing them.

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