Stefin’s battling a mighty heat wave in London with some refreshing iced tea, reminding Andrea of her favorite beverage, the Arnold Palmer (try saying that five times fast!). A special lemon syrup for the tea came from Stefin’s Fourth of July celebration in London, where she made hot dogs, potato salad, lemonade, ice cream, and […]
Andrea kicks off the episode with a report from her latest Cookbook Club at Olympia’s Browsers Book Shop. Eating from a wide variety of delicious treats from two of Molly Wizenberg’s food memoirs: A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes From My Kitchen Table and Delancey: A Man, A Woman, A Restaurant, A Marriage, Andrea thinks she […]
Andrea’s recently back from upstate New York where she tasted regional favorites Tomato Pie and Half Moon Cookies, along with delicious and easy Biscoff Ice Cream Sandwiches. Stefin’s intrigued by these new regional food favorites and looking forward to trying some. On to a review of the DIY Dole Whip ice cream. Both our hosts’ […]
Stefin’s jumped on the kombucha train, and with help from her friend Angelique, has taken her first steps into making this fermented sweet tea at home! Andrea gives a few suggestions on fruit flavorings for the second ferment, and wants Stefin to try water kefir as well. Join our hosts and turn your kitchens into […]
Andrea’s discovered Juustoleipa, the Finnish squeaky cheese, in her local grocery store! After Stefin introduced this delight to listeners in Episode 68, Andrea sampled a version made by the Carr Valley Cheese Company in Wisconsin. Warm it up, drizzle it with honey and walnuts or dunk strips in your coffee for a delicious treat. Want […]
Raisin lovers everywhere, unite! Stefin starts the show with an impassioned defense of the much-maligned Raisinet, which Andrea is most decidedly not interested in, even though they’ve started making a version with dark chocolate, which she does love! And it turns out there is a candy horoscope for dark chocolate lovers: they are mature realists, […]
Andrea’s raving about the Lime Sablé Sandwiches by Fearless Baker author Erin McDowell (apologies for calling her Erin McDonald on the show!) while Stefin’s still thanking listener Amy for those Raspberry Muffins that are helping her use up all six pounds of wheat germ she mistakenly ordered. A brief nod to the underrated citrus fruit […]
Brunch lovers in Britain are sending sourdough purchases through the roof, but Andrea is hesitant to embrace the other popular UK brunch item … baked beans. Stefin encourages her to try some with her next brunch and broaden her horizons! Andrea asks Stefin why Waitrose’s March magazine labels a Lamb and Harissa Pastry as a […]
Shout out to home baking enthusiasts posting in our Preheated Facebook group – we’ve had Olympics cookies, king cakes, bouchons, maple cinnamon rolls, cupcakes, and even a listener who is rendering her own leaf lard. Thanks for answering our ongoing group question, “What’s in your oven?” Book lovers, join us in March with our Preheated […]
After such success with the unusual flavor combination of butterscotch and curry reviewed in Episode 63, Stefin is testing out some other interesting duos to see what Andrea thinks. Thumbs up for the coconut and egg, orange and olive, courgette (zucchini) and lime, and Stilton and rhubarb; thumbs down for strawberry and tomato and lavender […]