Bread baking deals a lot with reaching the correct temperature. Learn more about bread temperature tips as well as baking cookbook recommendations!
When the rage of the summer sun passes and the air begins to crisp and cool, my mind always wanders to apples. I love going to an orchard and picking my own, tasting the several varieties as I go along, or buying freshly-pressed, chilled cider from a local farm or roadside stand. And the thought…
Every Southerner I have talked to about it, and I mean every one of them, has told me that the proper accompaniment to a catfish fry (or any other fish fry for that matter) is hush puppies. Now, granted, I haven’t spoken to every catfish-loving person in or from the South, but the fact that…
I am, either by nature or by nurture, prone to hyperbole—especially when it comes to food. If I don’t pay attention to what I’m saying (or typing) I tend toward the grandiose. You may have noticed this in some of my blog articles. So, fully cognizant of that fact, I want to be very clear…
Let’s make a distinction here real quick. Pizza from Italy and pizza from America are not the same thing. In the same way that the Chinese don’t eat most of what we call Chinese food, so the Italians would look on our pizza with disbelief and derision. And that’s ok! Foods change as they encounter…
There are few smells as good as the smells made by homemade baked goods. And there are few disappointments so full of treachery like cutting into a beautiful lavender-glazed blueberry-lemon poundcake to find the center is still doughy—it’s the things we do to ourselves that hurt the most, right? Did you know that baked goods…
Quiche is one of the greatest make-ahead breakfasts I can think of. Meant to be served at room temperature—or even slightly chilled—you not only can make quiche ahead, you have to! That’s one of the reasons it’s so great for a celebratory morning breakfast. For a holiday like Mother’s Day, you don’t want to make…
