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 […]
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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 […]
Episode 178: Flapper Pie
We’ve heard you, Listeners, and know you’re counting on us to keep the baking conversation going strong, even in uncertain times. So that’s what we intend to do. In addition to our weekly episodes, check out the new resource on our website Quarantine Baking for answers to some of our most-received questions about substitutions, ingredients, […]
Episode 177: Pineapple Upside Down Skillet Cake
We’ve heard you, Listeners, and know you’re counting on us to keep the baking conversation going strong, even in uncertain times. So that’s what we intend to do. In addition to our weekly episodes, check out the new resource on our website Quarantine Baking for answers to some of our most-received questions about substitutions, ingredients, […]
Preheated Host’s Essay Featured On What’s Our Plan
Stefin authored this anchor piece for the blog What’s Our Plan, which is compiling an international, anthropological time capsule of people’s experiences with the COVID-19 quarantine. Of no surprise to Preheated listeners, she has a lot to say about how baking is getting her — and others– through the crisis. I’ve just ordered a 16kg […]
Episode 176: Samoa Cookie Bars
Using the newfound wisdom she gained during Flour Power month in March 2020, Andrea recently subbed in spelt flour to make Ina Garten’s Chicken Pot Pie. Result? Absolute rave reviews from her family. Stefin couldn’t recall during the taping of the show where she had subbed spelt recently, but remembered later that spelt makes a […]
Episode 175: The Roaring ’20s
We’ve heard you, Listeners, and know you’re counting on us to keep the baking conversation going strong, even in uncertain times. So that’s what we intend to do. In addition to our weekly episodes, check out the new resource on our website Quarantine Baking for answers to some of our most-received questions about substitutions, ingredients, […]