Stefin starts the show raving about the perfect cake for Fall Festival – the one-bowl Pumpkin Apple Streusel Cake, which will warm your belly as well as your home with some amazing smells. Andrea’s warming up on the couch with Robert Redford and Jane Fonda in their latest movie, Our Souls at Night. If you’re […]
It’s October and Andrea is keeping cozy in the kitchen making homemade pantry items — granola, mayonnaise and a dried mushroom powder that’s perfect for sprinkling on eggs, veggies and popcorn. In London, Stefin is plowing through the six pounds (!) of wheat germ she (mistakenly) ordered with batches of granola and muffins. And both […]
The hosts are having a great time seeing listeners post their favorite cookbooks to the Preheated Facebook group. Listener Ingrid’s recommendation of Nathalie Dupree’s classic Matters of Taste takes Andrea right back to her post-college days in the mid-’80s. Listeners: Keep posting those cookbook favorites to our Facebook wall, and listen in to Episode 48 […]
After a disastrous experience with an usually foolproof banana bread recipe, Andrea introduces a new mini-segment, Almost Edible. Warning: Do not eyeball bourbon or butter (especially when it’s $8.69 a pound!). English teatime favorite Lemon Drizzle Cake was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic. Andrea enjoyed this one-bowl loaf cake with its straightforward […]
Since it’s back-to-school time, Andrea asks Stefin for some guidance with school lunch packing. Stefin’s top two tips: Use leftovers in a thermos, and pack it up the night before. (Also, and perhaps most crucially: Farm this chore out to your kid.) Andrea is proud of an original creation she recently whipped up: Marionberry Coconut […]
It’s the last week of August, and Stefin is sending her kids off to their new London school. She reports that hot lunch is on the menu for her two, as it the seemingly worldwide phenomenon of “snack” (with some restrictions her son may struggle with). Andrea has her own thoughts on feeding children every […]
Stefin starts off the show admitting to a few pangs of homesickness for the Pacific Northwest, but has discovered that making familiar foods is a good way to beat the blues — especially the Plum Cobbler with Cinnamon Biscuits that she makes every summer. Back in Washington, Andrea is debating entering the Thurston County Fair’s […]
Andrea and Stefin reunite after their July hiatus with their first international chat! Stefin is (almost) live from London and though her house is still a work in progress, she and Andrea waste no time catching up. Stefin’s enjoying her London kitchen’s dual ovens (one of which magically turns into a microwave). After a successful […]
Sweeten up your week with these bite-size episodes. Today, Stefin (officially an expat now) kicks off the last July Quick Bite with two books perfect for a foodie’s beach bag: The Gastronomical Me by M.F.K. Fisher and Paris, My Sweet: A Year in the City of Light (and Dark) Chocolate by Amy Thomas. Listeners, do […]
Sweeten up you week with these bite-size episodes. Today, Stefin reminisces about a friend who brought her four dozen cookies after the birth of her son — and shares the recipe! Listeners, do you have a favorite memory of a time someone gave you a food gift? Summer is a great time for a Preheated […]