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: […]

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 […]