For the Baker

I’m addicted! Silly as it sounds, I’m head over heels about these little bread sticks that you make in the microwave. We, of course, use lots of cheese in ours, but...

The “baking season” is upon us: cookies, pies, and everything in between …. And one of the most difficult parts of making a pie has been getting the crust “right” -...

One of my favorite hors d’oeuvre to make when I have company is gougères:  those airy, cheesy puffs that melt in your mouth. The hardest thing about gougères is dealing with...

Riddle:  When is a tea infuser way, way more than a tea infuser? When it comes from the clever folks at Mastrad!First, it is a great tea infuser: opens wide to pick up your...

Remember back awhile ago we promised that we would have a silicone basting brush on the site? Well we’ve been looking around and testing various brushes for both great...

You see, there was this one brownie recipe… That’s how it all got started. As I have mentioned before, I don’t bake much, but when I ran into a recipe for Fudgey, Spicy...

There are so many dishes that call for melting butter in a pan, or rubbing butter in a baking dish or simply buttering some warm bread, waffles, pancakes, corn or... And our...

Ramekins can be truly useful tools in your kitchen, except that (a) capacity may vary, (b) they break easily, because they’re made of china, (c) the inside angles make them...

I don’t bake much. It’s not that I don’t like to, but I just usually focus on savory dishes. However,  a confluence of events (too many zucchinis in the garden, a new bundt...

If you thought a piping bag was just something that high end chefs and bakers use on precious food and fancy cakes, it’s time to think again. A piping bag is a very handy (and,...