As a foodie, my problems are often solved with some form of food or cooking. I don’t like the mess of mixing psyllium with water and then chugging it down. Why not bake it into foods? I read up on the internet and found hundreds of recipes using psyllium, so I was excited to give my idea a try. Read More »
After my first quasi-success, I started researching the types of equipment I needed to bake with, and started ordering supplies. The obvious inspiration here is The Great British Baking Show. I have zero idea what attracted me to it other than watching a show on food that did not use shame as the basic pretense of how they would treat contestants. And I was in a long recovery from cracked ribs so that meant a lot of down time watching Netflix. Since there were totally everyday people on this show and I saw mistakes they made, I felt like I could tackle a cake or two. Each show was totally entertaining and educational. Everyone, including the audience, learned Read More »
In our family we love to cook, and Harold McGee is a hero of ours. He’s the Mr. Science of cooking. His book, On Food and Cooking: The science and lore of the kitchen, is one of the few books I have kept over the years. I used to have over 100 cookbooks and recently paired it down Read More »
I dream of baking a white, pristine, fluffy cake with lighter than air whipped frosting. I wanted all of my cakes to be homemade, from scratch. No boxed cake mix, and certainly no frosting from a can! Oh no. Watching the Great British Baking Show with everyday folks baking marvelous things told me I could do it.
My first cake with my new KitchenAid mixer was a total Read More »
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