Just Baking

I’m a writer for the Well Fed Network’s site dedicated to grilling and BBQ: GetYourGrillOn.net.   This is a cross over article doing some baking on my outdoor grill: The Big Green Egg.  For those not familiar with a Big Green Egg, it is a ceramic grill.  It is a very versatile piece of equipment […]

For years, I have been anti-bread-machine. From my knowledge of them, I thought they were a cop-out way of making bread. However, thanks to one of my culinary heroes, Alton Brown, I have come to realize that bread machines are quite handy for kneading and proofing dough. So, in light of my […]

I love my range, with its capacious workhorse of an oven, but there are times when I just don’t need almost four cubic feet of heat. And my pop-up toaster is okay, but now and then it would be really great to be able to toast more than two slices at once.
So I convinced myself […]

Today’s video is about using fondant to decorate sugar cookies. I think what really caught my eye about this video is her use of the pasta roller to roll out the fondant. Not sure why, I’ve seen the larger dough sheeters bakeries use in action so a scaled down version shouldn’t have surprised […]

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 […]

I’ve got a great oven/range.  It’s a 36″ Dacor propane cooktop with an electric oven with convection, bake and combination settings.  It heats up to 600 degrees if I want it to, and really is nice.

So how do I improve it for baking bread?  I’ve already cracked the window, so I have to stop that.  […]

When we remodeled our kitchen a few years ago, I allocated a large portion of the budget to buying a professional range. I was excited to take it out on its maiden voyage only to discover expenseive professional ranges do not have simple (and useful) functions like built-in timers.
A kitchen timer is an essential tool […]

One of my favorite amateur food photographers and Recipezaar Chefs, Marg, turned me on to the most wonderful little “gadget” the other day. Marg is always posting photos on Recipezaar of gorgeous pies that she has made. The crusts always look flaky, delicious and professional. I finally sent her an e-mail to see if she […]

Let’s say you’re just starting out baking from scratch for the very first time. You need a tray of cupcakes to bring to work tomorrow and it’s 7 o’clock in the evening. You bought the ingredients and they’re all ready for you to use, you just need to take them out of the […]

I’ve said it before and I will say it again:  I LOVE GADGETS!  And I almost always find at least one gadget worth trying out myself or mentioning to someone else.  
The gadget of the moment isn’t extraordinary, it’s pretty basic actually, so much so that you might be left wondering why I even mention it.  I originially spotted […]