An Easy Last Minute Bird Baking Recipe! The Fat Holiday

My favorite turkey to memory was abut 4 years ago.  We got are hands juiced in Mayo and massaged it into an 18 pounder.  After 4 hours on 425 degrees it had a perfect brown glaze, made a nice gravy, and kept the Turkey Moist.  We were more thankful it looked...

Happy Birthday, Sliced Bread!

This is news to me. I would have thought that sliced bread hadbeen invented much longer ago. " The following is reprinted from the July 6, 1928 edition of The Constitution-Tribune: SLICED BREAD IS MADE HERE....

Belated Epiphany, Galette to Brioche des Rois & Rosca de Reyes

All it takes for me to realize that I missed a beat on a time sensitive story is to see a related bit from the previous year getting renewed attention.It just happened today with a belated realization that the Epiphany passed me by and that I failed to make or buy a Galette...

Get Thanksgiving Advice and Last Minute Help Online

For years, millions of harried Thanksgiving cooks have learned to depend on Butterball's Turkey Talk-Line for last minute advice (and even meal rescue). This year, Butterball's free service is going high tech,...

Halloween Recipe: Red Velvet Devil Dawg Sandwich Cookies

Red velvet cake is one of those Southern U.S. specialties that don’t often see the light of day anywhere else. If you’ve never had it before, a slice of red velvet layer cake could be, visually speaking, a bit...

3 Surprising Foods That Can Sometimes Be Poisonous (Plus 2 Tips to Stay Safe)

1. Nutmeg Four people fell ill, experiencing severe headaches and dizziness after eating an apple cake that was made from a recipe published in the August 2008 issue of the Swedish...

20 Tasty Blogs Guaranteed to Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth

Here’s a list of 20 sugary blogs guaranteed to satisfy your sweet tooth that celebrate the world of cakes, candy, chocolate, ice cream, cup cakes, and other good (if somewhat guilt inducing) eats. As Don Kardong once said, “Without ice cream, there would be darkness and...

HBOS Shares Rally Well as Backers Express Confidence in Lloyds TSB Merger

HBOS shares have rallied for the second day running as investors express their confidence in the Loyds TSB merger deal, with the backing of Prime Minister Gordon Brown.  After dropping by 20% on Tuesday the share price has gained 21% yesterday and another 10%...

Ready to Make some Dough and Bake Bread: Check 'The Fresh Loaf'

I have always thought of being a baker as hard work, rising early, the flour dust, the heat.Especially if you shop is/was of the traditional type rather than a factory like production line. When I pick a loaf of bread, I will touch it to see if it feels fresh.I cannot really...

Union Calls for Return to Days of ‘Blue Laws’

To say I was stunned this morning to read that some labor union officials appear to be advocating for a return to the days of “Blue Laws” would be an understatement. But that was the case this morning after I...

Building Peace: One Pastry at a Time

You would ask how can a pastry of honey and pistachios make the world a peaceful place? By eating them? Well, maybe that's half of it but the women of France found a way that the process of making pastry...

No Quatre Quart, De Lisio Quarterback 2006, An Australian Red Blend, Almost E...

This Quarterback did not score a touchdown with me.It did not knock my socks off.Does not mean it has no qualities.Being good sometimes is good enough. Unlike a quatre-quarts, one of my favorite cake to bake when you are in a hurry, this Quarterback (2006) from McLaren Vale...

Bicarbonate, that stuff in baking soda, 'could detect cancer'

Once again, going to a natural material and a simpler solution leads the way in potential health care. I look forward to the time when medicine catches up with herbals."The naturally-occurring chemical...

World's highest bakery

Mmmm...there's a Korean saying that even the beautiful Diamond mountains should be viewed after a good meal.  That goes to explain how Korean hikers indulge in sushi and cup-a-noodles even at the highest...

Pastry's New Wave Rocks in Paris: Macha Millefeuille, Endive and Marmelade Br...

When I hear Pain de Sucre it brings to mind Rio de Janeiro not Paris.Never mind, the City of Light has its own Pain de Sucre, a Patisserie (pastry shop) run by Nathalie Robert and Didier Mathray (on the Rive Droite).Pastry must be poetry for them as they named the brioche...

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