After four seasons and 200+ episodes, we’ve decided to step back and see where life takes us next. So, after this week’s episode (#200), we’re taking off our aprons. New episodes will no longer appear in your podcast feed until and unless we decide to turn the oven back on. We know that the Preheated […]
It’s Greatest Hits month and the good memories just keep on coming. Stefin recalls Episode 38, the first episode recorded from her new home in London. Straight from her kitchen counter perched on top of an IKEA box, she taught Andrea an elegant and appealing new term for potlucks. Garden party, anyone? Both hosts agree […]
It’s October and that means the hosts are turning their thoughts to … eggnog?! That’s right, now is a good time to start making the Aged Eggnog introduced all the way back in Episode 5: Fruitcake and Eggnog. Andrea and Stefin love the Sun Liquor Aged Eggnog recipe and Andrea has also seen an Aged […]
The hosts are thrilled with the James Beard Award announcement for the best book in the Baking & Desserts category … the envelope please … it’s Living Bread: Tradition and Innovation in Artisan Bread Making by Daniel Leader and Lauren Chattman. Equally intriguing is a winner in the Health category: Gluten-Free Baking at Home: 102 […]
Stefin’s intrigued by the title: Say No to Raw Dough and it reminds the hosts that raw flour may contain E. coli. Keep this in mind when sampling raw dough or using raw dough or raw dough mixes in your smoothies and milkshakes. Stefin’s kids’ dentist gives her homemade ice cream a thumbs up. It’s […]
It’s finally time for Andrea to make good on her #20for20 promise to make a dessert that tastes as good as the raw cake batter she consumed back in Episode 122 when making The Orange Marmalade Cake. First stop: the scientists. What exactly is cake batter flavor? Consensus says it’s a combination of vanilla, nuts […]
Listener Jesse pitched Star Bread to us back in December 2019, and when Andrea saw how beautiful it was, she knew she had to add it to her #20for20 list. Fast forward eight months and she’s finally decided to do it! Listener Rachel and Susan have created some more sweet versions of star bread in […]
Stefin’s fresh off a “Perfect Pavlova” Zoom class with chef Skye McAlpine, author of A Table in Venice and A Table for Friends, recently released on July 9. Interested in making this marvelous meringue? You may want to try this recipe from Nigella, and consider making pavlova when you’re looking for a gluten-free treat. Andrea […]
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. […]
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 […]