Posts Tagged ‘recipe errors’

British cuisine at its finest

A recipe for honey nut banana muffins included a comment that “you may want to add a little fried fruit to the mix . . . to make the flavour more interesting”. Dried fruit, that should be (How to bake, 29 October, page 93, Weekend). Link  Report an error

Recipe for disaster

In a recipe for courgette risotto – midweek suppers, 16 June, page 15, G2 – one ingredient was “200ml white wine vinegar”. The result was not ideal. It should have been white wine. Link  Report an error

Recipe for disaster

Anybody taking our recipe for Chelsea buns with fennel seeds and apricots at face value was in for a surprise (Food, 2 October, page 64, Weekend). The 500g of bread flour was meant to partner with 30g of unsalted butter, not 230g. Link  Report an error

Recipe for disaster

The raspberry scone recipe on pg. 42 in our March 2010 issue (“Going Gluten-Free”) contains spelt flour Although many people with gluten intolerance (like BabyCakes’ Erin McKenna) can eat spelt flour without problems, it can make others side and is unsafe for celiac disease sufferers. We apologize for the error. For gluten-free recipes, visit naturalhealthmag.com/qlutenfree. [...]

Recipe for disaster

An obituary on Monday about Sheila Lukins, a co-author of “The Silver Palate Cookbook,” which helped introduce many Americans to simple, highly flavored cooking, referred incorrectly to the book’s recipe for ratatouille, which a book editor said had too much garlic in an earlier version. The published recipe calls for two tablespoons of minced garlic, [...]

Those chatty reporters

If you’ve tried making James Yant’s carrot cake and it didn’t come out right, you’ve got the perfect excuse: The recipe that appeared in Monday’s Hernando Times should have called for 2 cups of flour, and the icing should be made with only one stick of margarine. Yant, who concocted the cake 20 years ago [...]

Recipe for disaster

Does humble pie have swedes in it? Hereabouts it does. We’re sorry if you tried to make a swede cake based on the recipe we published on Saturday, because it wouldn’t have gone well. A production error sabotaged the recipe. We contrived to merge the last three items, which should have run with the following [...]

A Stone (cold sober) Pole

Correction: In the May 2009 Liquidity column Dale Degroff’s recipe for the Stone Pole was printed without its chief ingredient, 1/2 ounce of Zubrowka vodka. Out regrets the error.  Report an error

Gluten for punishment

In Monday’s Spectator, the Ginger Cake with Macerated Fruit and Lemon Mascarpone incorrectly listed 2 cups of cooked penne pasta as an ingredient. It should have said rice pasta. The recipe is for Celiac Awareness Month.We apologize for the error. Link  Report an error

That’s some salty matzo

The recipe for Dora Fegelman’s Matzo Meal Popovers in Wednesday’s Passover food story incorrectly called for 3/4 cup of salt. The measurement should be 3/4 teaspoon.  Report an error

Recipe for disaster

We apologize. In last week’s spread on North Carolina apples, we left critical information out of the recipe for Flip-Over Apple Cake. We neglected to tell you how long to bake it. It takes 40 to 45 minutes …  Report an error

A true recipe for disaster

From Reuters: Celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson has apologized after accidentally recommending a potentially deadly plant in organic salads. The chef and TV presenter said in a magazine article that the weed henbane, also known as stinking nightshade, made an excellent addition to summertime meals… Henbane, or Hyoscyamus niger, is toxic and can cause hallucinations, [...]

Fuzzy numbers etc.

A report yesterday about petrol prices rising to $8 a litre within 10 years incorrectly stated that freight costs could add 3c to the average price of a loaf of bread. The correct figure is 31c. This was a sub- editor’s error.  Report an error

Much better

The recipe for Irish Whiskey Cake in the April 30 Food section called for an incorrect amount of whiskey in the glaze. It should be 1 cup, not 1 tablespoon. Link  Report an error

Recipe for disaster

The recipe for Simple Chocolate Cake that appeared in yesterday’s Abode section omitted a key ingredient – sugar. The cake calls for 1 cup.  Report an error

Recipe for disaster

Food Editor Tommy Simmons says she misunderstood her friend Sara Lemon’s instructions on how to make a banana microwave snack. Simmons mistakenly reported in her Table Talk column in Food, Jan. 24, that Lemon cooked the whole banana in its skin in the microwave for 2 ½ minutes on full power. Lemon said she peels [...]

Recipe for disaster

A recipe Sunday in the Entrée section for Muskego Lakes Country Club Greenbriar Stuffed Chicken misstated the amount of diced onion to be used. The recipe calls for 1/8 cup of finely diced yellow onion, not 8 cups. Thanks, Dan!  Report an error

Beware the lard

A recipe for hot water shortcrust pastry in a baking supplement distributed with the newspaper on November 24 (page 84, The Guardian guide to baking) required boiling water to be added to melted lard. We should have made clear that it is dangerous to overheat the lard. The recipe containing revised instructions can be found [...]

Carrot cake without the carrots

On page E7 of Wednesday’s Food & Life section, a recipe for Hummingbird Carrot Cake reprinted from the cookbook “A Passion for Baking” left out an ingredient. There should be 3/4 cup grated carrots, to be stirred in along with the pecans and banana. Thanks, Daniel!  Report an error