June is right around the corner and it’s prime time for “Dads and Grads!” We’d love to know what you’re whipping up to celebrate the fathers and the graduates in your life. Andrea thinks her Father’s Day bake needs to include peanut butter, and Stefin’s recommending Peanut Butter and Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies from Tesco magazine […]
First up this week: A quick refresher on the difference in the show’s two Facebook pages. Preheated Baking Podcast is the show’s business page. Liking this page is akin to “following” the show — and you’ll see a link every week when a new episode drops. But if you’re looking for conversation between the dynamic, […]
Have you heard of synesthesia? It’s the neurological ability shared by just 2-4% of the population allowing them to smell or taste what others only absorb visually — for example, names, numbers and letters! Here’s a firsthand account of what it’s like to live with this extraordinary perception. No less extraordinary are Listeners’ answers to […]
Andrea’s home from Arizona, where she baked with her sister-in-law, cake baker and caterer Mimi Randall. She issues a cautionary tale about baking in a kitchen that’s not your own — ingredients, equipment and even humidity may be different, so be sure to pack your patience! Speaking of packing, Preheated Listeners have taken (or have […]
Inspired by Maisie Dobbs (see below), Stefin’s cracked the case of the siliconized pan liners that mystified Andrea during her Grocery Store Escapade in Episode 118. In what is another difference between American and British English, these liners are more like coated waxed paper, not hard silicone plastic, and are probably disposable. Andrea’s excited about […]
Andrea has her eye on a new cookbook releasing this week, Indian-ish: Recipes and Antics from a Modern American Family by Priya Krishna. The recipe that caught her eye was the no-bake Cardamom Bread Pudding published in the April 2019 issue of Bon Appétit. The hosts are celebrating World Book Day on April 23rd, recognizing […]
Don’t forget next week the hosts will be discussing this month’s Preheated Book Club pick, At The Kitchen Table by chef Greg Atkinson. Listeners, if you’ve got any favorite Literary Bakes, let the hosts know! In search of caraway seeds, Andrea tripped through the centuries to discover these tiny seeds were used in biscuits to […]
The Preheated Facebook Group is exploding with activity! Recent “Pie Day” (March 14, a.k.a., 3.14) posts included Listeners Lauren and the beloved Fresh Pear Pie from Episode 112; Taryn with an original raspberry lemon chiffon; Sarah made some PB&J hand pies, and some sweet potato curry crust minis; Meredith made a blackberry basil; Karen made […]
The only thing Stefin and Andrea love more than a good bake is a good book, so they could not be more excited to kick off listener-suggested Literary Bakes month! Stefin introduces the Preheated Book Club pick for April, Pacific Northwest chef Greg Atkinson’s memoir At the Kitchen Table. (Read along! They’ll discuss in Episode […]
This bonus episode, recorded live in Stefin’s London kitchen, is a companion to Crazy for Chocolate Month’s Episodes 116 and 117 in which the duo introduce and review Chocolate and Salted Pistachio Babka Buns from The Boy Who Bakes. Reunited in England, and baking together for the first time since July 2018, will the duo’s […]