(As previously posted in my blog post: “Tips for Better Baking: Dairy Products and other Liquids“) I made this recipe for a cake commission some time ago; it was actually one of my first cake commissions (ever), and while I was still in Culinary School. A South American coworker had asked if I could find…
Category: Baking
Recipe Post: Sea Salt and Thyme Focaccia
Of all the bread products I love to bake myself and eat in equal measure, my favourite would be focaccia. I’d say croissants, but those are far less fun and take far more time and effort to make than to eat, and I’m just not *that* masochistic. Never mind that I justified purchasing my pricy…
Recipe Roundup: 8 Uses for Post-Thanksgiving Leftover Cranberry Sauce
Ever wondered what to do with that container of ruby jelly after the main Thanksgiving festivities are over and you’re looking at all of the leftovers in your fridge with some trepidation? Well say no more! Below are eight hand-picked recipes from various web sources that I have arbitrarily deemed to be the best use…
Recipe Post: Leftover Thanksgiving Dinner Meat Muffins
An old friend of mine used to talk about her single father’s, er, creativity in the kitchen, and how once he came up with an “ingenious”, time-saving recipe of meatloaf made in muffin tins. Which of course, he called “Meat Muffins” and in fact penned a charming little song about them too. While I won’t…
Recipe Post: No-Knead Pumpkin Cranberry Pecan Bread
I’ve always found the concept of a no-knead bread to be somewhat misleading. Kneading is part of the traditional process of dough fermentation, and its goal is to combine the dough ingredients and allow the water to hydrate the flour. In addition, kneading accelerates fermentation by “slapping around” the flour’s protein in order to speed…
Recipe Collection: 7 Squash Recipes for Your Thanksgiving Table
Squash is such a perfectly autumnal vegetable, signaling the end of harvest season for much of the country, not to mention its historical value as a nutrient-dense food. According to the American Library of Congress: “Squashes are one of the oldest known crops–10,000 years by some estimates of sites in Mexico. Since squashes are gourds, they…
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