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Profiteroles: An Elegant and Easy Way to Say Happy Holidays

There's no need to spend hours in the kitchen concocting a laborious dessert this holiday season. Let's embrace the “less is more” mantra, and make a stunning (but do-able) dessert that will receive ...

Life Lessons in Bread Baking

If you read my last post you already know that I have a new found love of baking bread. There is just something very cathartic and meditative about the entire process. Something happens when I’m ...

Be a Better Baker with our New Holiday Guide

December is the only month of the year when it's perfectly acceptable to set the diets aside and let the cookies, candy and cake reign. After all, it's holiday baking time! But baking for a crowd, ...

Sourcing the Classics for Holiday Baking

Over the years, my family has curated a menu of holiday “must-haves.” Thanksgiving turkey and mashed potato recipes picked from Gourmet magazines of years past, Christmas beef tenderloin and ...

Switch Up Your Cookie Swap Sweets

I am now back from a three-week long venture in Australia and New Zealand, and of course discovered some amazing food along the way and just have to share one of my favorites with you. One of my ...

Holiday Baking is Easy with Hazelnut Cupcakes

The holiday season is upon us; the turkeys are gobbling and the sleigh bells are ringing in the distance. The holidays are a time to get our fill of friends and family and lots of food, which makes ...

10 Tips for Doing Your Holiday Baking Like a Pro

It's holiday baking time, the season where it's perfectly acceptable to fill our kitchens with cookies, cupcakes, candy and pies. Whether you are baking for a crowd or just a very special someone, ...

Focaccia: The Perfect Dinner Party Dish

I recently made dinner for my best friends, and told them I would make anything they wanted. They weren’t craving anything in particular, so I headed to the grocery store to see what produce stood ...

Bread Baking Inspiration Thanks to the Brits

I love cooking shows. No matter how terrible the cooking show is, I will watch it. I love how dramatic they can become, I love how personal they get, I love everything cooking shows. So it really ...

Make Buttery Dinner Rolls This Thanksgiving

It’s not only fall and bread-making season, but it’s almost time for Thanksgiving! It’s my favorite holiday, and that is probably because of the giant feast I get to prepare and indulge in. The ...

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Profiteroles: An Elegant and Easy Way to Say Happy Holidays

Life Lessons in Bread Baking

Be a Better Baker with our New Holiday Guide

Sourcing the Classics for Holiday Baking

Switch Up Your Cookie Swap Sweets

Holiday Baking is Easy with Hazelnut Cupcakes

10 Tips for Doing Your Holiday Baking Like a Pro

Focaccia: The Perfect Dinner Party Dish

Bread Baking Inspiration Thanks to the Brits

Make Buttery Dinner Rolls This Thanksgiving

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