
Source: www.finecooking.com
An uneven surface at the top of the cake is not uncommon. Here we take a look at ways to mitigate, prevent, and/or fix the problem.

The Food Geek An explanation of the rules for the Pie Fest and how they came about.
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Sometimes it's not enough to make great food. Sometimes you have to judge food formally. And sometimes you have to make up the rules by which things are judged. A look inside the process of making competition rules.

The Food Geek Charlottesville folk, don't forget about the Pie Fest this weekend. I'll be there rendering judgement. And not in my usual snarky way, but this time officially. http://cvillepiefest.com/

The Food Geek All of the ingredients have been acquired for the Bacon Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies. And may god have mercy on our souls.

The Food Geek Fine Cooking's web site (where I do some of my blogging) just won an OMMA award for Web Site Excellence. Woo woo!
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The OMMA Awards celebrate the year’s most innovative and brilliant online advertising creative, campaigns and Web sites across 35 categories within these three disciplines.

The Food Geek Working on my next article for Fine Cooking. Does anyone have a food or cooking mystery they might like solved?
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The Food Geek unravels your kitchen mysteries with scientific facts and technical solutions for failed recipes and other food and cooking oddities.

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For the cold night, may I recommend a hot buttered rum? http://thefoodgeek.com/recipe/hot-butter ed-rum (21 and over only, please. Drink responsibly, and so on.)

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This week's FineCooking.com article: Is it possible to have a vegetable stock? http://www.finecooking.com/item/802/vege table-stock-really

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If you have trouble making toffee, check out my first article on Fine Cooking.com's blog, "Toffee Troubles."
http://finecooking.taunton.com/item/738/ toffee-troubles
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