Just Baking

Flipping through the pages of innumerable baking catalogs that all feature the same immaculately clean kitchens, state-of-the-art appliances, and flawlessly decorated cookies, even a five-year old could tell you that these images are all fake. Staged, meticulously constructed down to the very last crumb; Those cookies that look so incredible on the page could […]

It’s that time of year when many of us find ourselves thinking about how to create festive dishes for our holiday gatherings. For bread bakers, creative shaping is one way to add that extra flair that can elevate a loaf from the everyday to the celebration-worthy.
This rosette looks complicated to make, but in fact it […]

I think I might officially be old. To begin with, I turned 36 on Monday. Then, while I was standing in the sold-out venue of a Shins concert 2 days later, the following thoughts ran through my head: “Man, it’s after 10pm and they just started playing; it’s way past my bedtime”, and “What could […]