I have been lucky to avoid moving in quite awhile. Over the years, I got very comfortable with my kitchen, and although it certainly wasn’t perfect, I knew how to make it work. I have been very lucky to move just a few weeks ago! We didn’t move far, but among many other upgrades, the […]
While selecting cookie recipes this year, I have been trying to balance exploration with cupboard space. Plenty of interesting recipes use similarly interesting ingredients, and although I want to take this opportunity to explore, I also don’t want to have a bunch of barely used containers of baking supplies. For this recipe, I looked in […]
When I set my cookie goal, I was hoping I would go a little further than just rote baking. Even beyond the experiments and improving technique, I thought it would be cool to come up with my own cookie recipe. Well. I’m not quite there yet. I have learned a lot, but I’m not sure […]
Especially since we got a bread machine, we go through a lot of King Arthur flour. I have never bought another brand of bread flour, and we typically keep a few extra bags just in case. I have followed their blog for a long time, and although I have bookmarked plenty of breads and cakes […]
In various aspects of life, I have experts that I trust implicitly. Ialways look at the Wirecutter first for product reviews. I didn’t miss Obama’s summer reading list. And in cooking, I just do whatever Kenji says. Mostly. I appreciate that Kenji believe that taste is subjective and that you should always experiment, but more […]
I think most of my almond cookie consumption as a child was from Chinese buffets. After a plate or two of regular food, I would take a break, then go for a mix of canned fruit, surprisingly solid jello, and a few almond cookies. And a bowl of soft serve ice cream with too many […]
I love buying loose bananas. I’m not picky about how ripe or bruised my bananas are, so I’m happy to pay just a half or quarter of the price. The extra bananas go into my freezer, which make great smoothies and banana bread. For many years, banana bread was my go-to baked good. It’s easy […]
Among the everything that changes when having a baby, I have discovered whole new areas of retail just under my nose. A few months ago, I learned there was a Carters two doors down from the game store I went to every other week. I had driven and walked by it time and time again […]
Throughout this year of baking cookies, Julie has been happily sampling and rating all of the cookies. It’s tough to do exact head-to-head comparisons, but we have come up with tiers to give us some sense of which we like more. So far, I have observed a few trends. First, chocolate chip cookies are all […]
I used to think that if cooking was like art, baking was like science. In cooking, there’s some creativity and flair to standing over a pot or pan and figuring out how to make the best dish. In baking, it’s better to follow the recipe with precision of measurements to get exactly the desired results. […]