It’s the final (bonus!) episode of 2018! First up: Listeners’ responses to the “Why We Bake” segment in Episode 102. What a thoughtful and heartfelt list of “whys”! Preheaters bake for stress relief, to master challenges, to practice the Danish art of hyggee (“hoo gah!”), to spend time with family, to use up leftovers, to […]
It’s the night before Christmas … and the Preheated hosts are busily making merry. Andrea’s got the recipe for her neighbor’s famous “boozy nut cake,” and the duo weigh in on their favorite holiday bread on Episode 27 of the Christmas Past podcast. Andrea also reports success making a butterscotch and peanut butter variation of […]
Cooked peaches? Why not! Andrea’s singing a new tune after trying Ina Garten’s Fresh Peach Cake. Not only did Andrea embrace cooked fruit, she followed the recipe directions to the letter, and sifted the dry ingredients together in a separate bowl. This cake turned out beautifully and is just as good for breakfast as dessert. […]
Andrea’s intrigued with healthier ingredients like seeds, buckwheat, groats and dried fruits in her desserts, and recently branched out of her comfort zone while at Portland, OR’s Seastar bakery. Their coconut cookie made with millet and, yes, her old nemesis, raisins, was yummy and eye-opening. Did she stumble into a delicious parallel universe, or is […]
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, […]