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 […]
The hosts have rave reviews for two cookbooks. Andrea’s Cookbook Club (organized by Browsers Books in Olympia, WA) picked Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African American Cooking: A Cookbook by Toni Tipton-Martin for their virtual summertime gathering. On the other side of the pond, Stefin dived into Regula Ysewijn’s Pride and Pudding: The History […]
Stefin and Andrea were busy in their kitchens this summer during the show’s hiatus. In London, Stefin beat the heat with multiple batches of homemade ice cream, and particularly liked a Cookies ‘n’ Cream variation using the Simple Vanilla Ice Cream recipe from her Cuisinart ice-cream maker manual, as well as an out-of-this-world Peanut Butter […]
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 […]
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, […]
It’s not only a new year, it’s a new decade, and Stefin and Andrea are kicking things off with a slate of January shows to help you indulge after the excess of the holidays … in (Preheated-style) moderation. Small-batch bakes won’t sacrifice any flavor or fun in the kitchen, but will make smaller portions. So […]
Andrea and Stefin salute the upcoming holidays … National Cake Day on November 26 and Thanksgiving on November 28! Stefin’s sharing the US Thanksgiving tradition with her British friends, and Andrea is contemplating re-making the Pumpkin Coconut Chiffon Pie and the Sweet Potato Pie she made last year. Recipe Review: Carrot Cake Coffee Cake from […]
Stefin is celebrating another family birthday and breaking out her traditional Triple Layer Guinness Chocolate Cake, which is no easy feat. To make things a bit easier on herself this year, she acted as her own sous chef, got things ready in advance, and spread the work across several days. To do this at home, […]
Back in May 2019 the hosts had fun with “Made it Myself” month, when they recreated all sorts of grocery store favorites like Oreos and Pop Tarts. But what if your grocery shelf favorite is completely gone? Andrea’s husband had fond memories of the Carnation Breakfast Bar he had as a kid, and it turns […]