Just Baking

Bob’s Red Mill Natural Foods makes a wide variety of flours and whole grain products. By many, I mean over 400. At their Whole Grain Food store in Milwaukie, Oregon, they offer a variety of classes.
September has classes on gluten free savory dishes and breads from Carol Fenster, Ph.D. She […]

This week was my father’s birthday, and of course I felt the duty and delight to bake something for him!  However, like myself, he isn’t a big cake fan.  With limited time on my hands, a pie sounded like a large endeavor.  Then I remembered one of his favorite desserts, oatmeal raisin cookies.  While in […]

When I returned to a dairy-free lifestyle, I scoured the Internet for recipes and ideas, as I am certain many people do.  Yet, there was one cookbook that seemed to appear with almost every search, The Ultimate Uncheese Cookbook.  While intrigued by the title, I have never missed cheese much, so it was filed away […]

Small tokens made from the heart always get to me, especially when they’re of the edible sort. Being vegan, I know that any friend who makes me a special treat is really going out of their way to accommodate my needs and still give me something enjoyable. Dietary restrictions are certainly tough to […]

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I know that this is completely against all things good about the feminist movement, but I have always wanted to be like June Cleaver, or our modern day example, (minus all of […]

Summer means many things to many people but for some, it undoubtedly means heading out in the RV or pitching a tent somewhere remote. This does not mean one cannot bake though. All through history men and women have used fire to bake, modern people (you and me) have just been lucky that […]

Looking back on my high school career on this graduation day, I can say with confidence that if nothing else, it has been one seriously rocky road to travel. With such a bitter taste left in my mouth after recounting all those horrific high school blunders that I hope to bury in the farthest […]

I was recently introduced to a new potential superfood, chia seeds.  Like most people, my first reaction was chia what?  Is that the same as a chia pet?  In a way, yes.  Chia pets are grown using the chia seeds, but as it turns out, these tiny little bits of food pack quite a bit […]

Today we have how-to videos from Epicurious. They have many “technique” videos, from which we’re showing you the first and last in a series of 7 about baking a pie. You can see the full series here plus other videos covering more than just baking.

Kashi, the purveyor of the healthiest-sounding foods on the planet, have made their mark on the breakfast table. But who knew they would hold up after dinner, too? My friend found their online collection of recipes and has been baking sinless sweets for weeks now. I’m sorry I didn’t discover it sooner–I […]