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baking
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How To Properly Frost A Cake
A classic lesson that is needed for any time we want to celebrate a special occasion. Knowing how to properly make and ice a layer cake is something that every…
10 Healthy Baking Ingredients We Love
Worrying about eating healthy over the holidays is a thing of the past, thanks to Chalkboard Mag‘s unending wisdom on all things clean + green. We love this round-up of healthy…
Rose Salted Caramel + Dark Chocolate Ganache Tarte
Homemade rose hip sugar is oh so lovely. It’s beautiful, made with love and is, of course, delicious. Sprinkled atop layers of succulent rose salted caramel and rich dark chocolate…
Homemade Sourdough Bread
Making sourdough is a wonderful tradition. The sourdough starter I use has been in my family for over 40 years. My mother purchased a sourdough starter kit at the Berkeley…
Peach Upside-Down Cake
I love this cake. Not because it is one of the most delicious cakes I have ever eaten (which it really is) or because it is one of the most…
St. Patrick’s Day Baking
My Irish friend and former fellow intern, Ruth—who sweetly had bright red hair and the heaviest of Irish accents—was quickly recognized for her baking. More specifically, the large buttery scones…
Food Memories: An Argument for Eating Together
Eating is a very intimate, interactive thing. No other activity demands quite so much of our attention (and may I add that no other activity is quite so easy to…
Make It, Wrap It, Gift It
Christmas is that time of year when, despite the joy in the air and the snowflakes falling on our eyelashes, everything tends to go ever so slightly wrong. We get…
Aunt Laura’s Molasses Cookies
My Aunt Laura is the type of woman who has a garden overflowing with vegetables and fruits. When we’d visit, we would pick berries from the bushes while my uncle…
How To Make A Gingerbread House
During December of 1994 our kitchen in North Chattanooga experienced an unparalleled disaster: my Mom and I made our first ever attempt at assembling and decorating a gingerbread house. We…
