Stefin and Andrea are thrilled with the activity in the Facebook Listeners Group and want to encourage everyone to participate — you don’t need to wait for a bake along! Andrea thought she could bake a fruit crisp by memory but she may have forgotten an ingredient or two. Luckily, it still turned out nicely. […]
Month: June 2020
Pizookies™ and Fudge
Andrea was a guest this week on The Food Show with Tom and Mary Anne Fitzmorris and shared some easy ways to beat the heat with summertime desserts. The pizookie is a dessert Andrea discovered a few summers ago. Pizookie™ is actually a registered trademark with BJ’s Restaurants and Brewhouses, so you may also see […]
Episode 182: Extra Tall Extra Fluffy Japanese Soufflé Pancakes
Stefin and Andrea are excited by the James Beard Award-nominees for outstanding baking and dessert book, and struggle to decide which they’ll purchase first. Dappled, Baking Recipes for Fruit Lovers by Nicole Rucker; Living Bread: Tradition and Innovation in Artisan Bread Making by Daniel Leader and Lauren Chapman; and Pastry Love: A Baker’s Journal of […]
Episode 181: Homemade Royce’s Nama Chocolate
Andrea’s trying her hand at the tangzhong method of bread making with King Arthur’s version of Japanese Milk Bread Rolls. After a quick call to the KAF Baker’s Hotline (which she loves to do), Andrea reports these light and fluffy rolls reminded her of Parker House rolls, and were quickly devoured in her house. Review: […]
Episode 180: Shokupan Fluffy White Bread
Andrea and Stefin now know the pan they were trying to conjure last week is called a Pullman Loaf pan, or a Pain de Mie. Reading aloud from Shauna Sever’s Midwest Made cookbook about the history of fresh, hot bread baked and served in trains of yesteryear made Andrea nostalgic for cross country train travel, […]
Preheated Host on The Food Show
On Wednesday, June 3, Andrea was a guest on one of her favorite all-time radio shows, The Food Show with Tom and Mary-Anne Fitzmorris. Click here to listen to the June 3 show on their website. Loyal listeners may recall that the hosts baked and reviewed Tom’s recipe for crème brûlée back in Episode 21. […]
Episode 179: Japanese Sweets
Andrea’s cookie catalog continues to expand and the latest addition to her line-up is the Chocolate Chip Cookie from Baking at République by Margarita Manzke. Will this new cookie rival her classic favorite, the Best Big, Fat, Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie? Only time will tell! Stefin reminds Andrea of her favorite, Carolynn’s Chocolate Chip Cookie […]