Caryn Nadelberg wrote:
> notbob wrote:
>> Most of us here watch them. Julia, Jacques, The Bam Man and The
>> Perv.... But, have they ever really been of any real influence? Have
>> you ever really learned anything from these folks. Perhaps I should
>> ask, have you ever really changed how you cooked something because of
>> what you saw on these shows.
> I don't think it was from a celebrity chef, but it was a cooking show
> probably on PBS where I saw the chef make a cheesecake in a regular pan,
> not a springform pan. They showed how they prepared the pan, baked the
> cake and took it out of the pan in one piece and plated it. I haven't
> done it in a while, but I used the technique quite a few times and it
> worked just fine. I really liked the resulting cheesecake much better.
>

Alton brown taught me about the water bath for cheesecake. I've
actually learned a lot from him.

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