Food In The Fort

Okay, after six to nine months of threatening, I finally managed to buy an oven thermometer. Guess what? My oven, which I had been figuring was about 25 degrees hotter than the little dial claims, is actually a bit more than 50 degrees hotter! So my failure to properly bake crescents, lemon bars, pound cakes and giant chocolate chip cookies can be explained – at least in part. I shall celebrate by attempting the Hershey’s Perfectly Chocolate cake again tomorrow for Susan’s birthday. Huzzah!

About the author:  I'm a Latin-teaching foodie who has lived (and eaten) in Fort Wayne for the past 10 years. I love all the ethnic grocery stores here and the great Mexican restaurants. Cooking is something that I really enjoy, although I tend to improvise a lot and experience my share of disasters. My parents are both wonderful cooks, as was my paternal grandmother (Oma), and I'm always trying to make things the way mom, dad or Oma did. Read more from this author