Martha Stewart Recipes Don't Work!

It's not just Martha Stewart Recipes that don't work, the best cookbook recipes and food network TV recipes don't work either. Actually, few recipes will work if you don't understand the basic cooking methods behind the written recipe. Chef Todd Mohr explains in this first episode of his new blog. You can subscribe at http://www.WebCookingClasses.com

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• Martha Stewart Recipes
• Food TV Recipes
• Chef Todd Mohr
• Cooking Coarse

[rednecktrucker1969]

great video, I thought I was the only one that got confused by some of those instructions in books.

[orcgoddessspike]

You think Martha is bad, you should look at the old cookbooks that refer to an oven's temperature simply as "heated" or a measure of lard based solely on the size of some random bird's egg.

[chicfication]

I liked your long hair ;(

[polestripper]

Martha Stewards recipe do not work. Have tried many and they are just plain bad. Yellow cake bad. The chocolate frosting on her orange curd yellow cake is way to thin had to turn it into a buttercream. I think she forgot the butter. Most all recipes in cookbooks by restaurant owners or famous chefs, for the exception of Barefoot Contessa do not work. I mean, why would they want to give away there bread and butter.

[ReddFoxx1562]

I'd suggest some cheese.

[maplepoon]

I tried a few Martha Stewart recipes they were oK but not wow

[penn707]

Martha is a damned whore. I wish she would shut her yap!

[VhieFabilla]

Lol, tmr let's pick on Julia

He's right you guys, unless you know the "chemistry" behind the cooking then the recipes won't get you far

When I first started baking following what recipes stated, the end results weren't how I wanted them to be.

For example, the recipe may say "Put it in the over for 25 minutes"

But your oven may be too powerful and your goodies might burn if they're in there for 25 mins, so it's always best to know how to tell it's actually good to go

[bcbock]

Some people are missing the point. He's not saying Martha Stewart's recipes are bad. But they are reference material. Unless you know the techniques behind the recipe, you may not be able to successfully complete the recipe. Recipes are short-hand. You have to know how to read them and figure out what part of the technique was left out. If you understand what's going on, you can also make substitutions and still get great results. I also recommend Shirley Corriher's Bakewise and Cookwise books.

[2528997]

Hey Chef,

Why don't YOU write a cook book?

You'd probably make more money with that than whatever you have going for you now.

I would buy it, for sure.

[Brandyndyndyn]

*Sheds a tear for the loss of Todd's hair* :'(

[spikeslawson]

So look elsewhere.