Scratch Food with a Side of Geek Mom and Pop Culture.
If there’s a silver lining to having to deal with the doom and gloom of winter, it’s that winter is prime citrus season in North America! So that’s why you’re seeing bags of clementines, meyer lemons and grapefruit everywhere… we’re in full swing right now (citrus season tends to officially kick off in November), and…
What is the biggest problem with a holiday that turkey’s served? You have pounds of turkey leftover, and no stuffing. My friends, you can have your sandwich and eat it too: stuffing bread. Stuffing. Bread. Yes, I went there! it’s a slice-able loaf of bread that tastes just like it came out from inside of…
You guys know how much I like my books. Raincoast Books was a dear and sent me Josey Baker Bread. It’s not only a fabulous recipe book with a cute guy in it, it’s a story about a guy who never ever thought he’d end up in the place he was as a full time baker;…
Hey hey! Superbowl’s coming up, and it’s time to start thinking up snacks. But what? Hello, how about pretzels? Exactly like the giant, chewy soft ones like you get from a vendor? Okay, mine look like bites, and I prefer them that way (better for dipping!) but the only difference between these and the curly ones…
I didn’t want to put two apple recipes so closely together, but it can’t be helped! Sometimes a recipe needs a little extra love. It’s been crazy here on the home-front, what with Christmas coming, articles to write, and an increasing push into trying to make connections within my community. On top of everything, we’ve…
I was at a birthday party. I talking “hippie food” (as my husband likes to call it) with his cousin, who lives near a very foodie part of London, Ontario. She was telling me about this bakery she liked to go to, and that’s when she filled my ears with these glorious words for the very…
Why roast bananas? BECA– USE it is easy, and awesome for making explode-in-your-mouth caramelized banana goodness. And that’s about all I have to say about that. If you’re quick about prepping while you’re roasting, you will only have a couple of minutes between popping the bananas out of the oven and popping the muffins in,…
Of all the bread products I’ve replaced in my household with homemade, oddly enough, the hotdog and hamburger buns were the most difficult. I must have tried three different recipes for buns this summer, and I didn’t like any one of them… they were crusty, tough, and strange tasting. I was looking for something that…
It’s kind of funny how some things just sort of fall together by coincidence. I have had cinnamon rolls on the back burner in my brain for a while, but what with family matters and vacation plans, cooking and baking got tabled a bit, cause I was cleaning out the fridge and freezer (Oh joy…
Whole wheat bread can be intimidating to a novice; when you begin to dabble with whole wheat flour, you realize that you’re dealing with a different animal. So here’s the problems you have to keep in mind when you set out to bake whole wheat bread: It’s drier and more crumbly. It doesn’t rise as…