S'mores CupcakesDid You Know? The first recipe for s'mores was published in 1927 in the Girl Scout Handbook, and the event marked the official introduction of the s'more into popular culture. It's been a pretty crazy past few weeks for the bakery , so[...] |
Sweet Inspirations: Linzer CookiesDid You Know? Outselling every brand of peanut butter combined, the amount of Nutella produced worldwide in one day is equivalent to nearly three times the weight of the Statue of Liberty. The bakery has really been a lot of fun for[...] |
Ice Cream Sundays: Strawberry-Vanilla BeanDid You Know? Strawberries are the only fruit with seeds on the outside. I did a guest post for Cooking Books recently, and in case you missed it, I thought I'd post what I wrote here today. I thought it might be fun to do an ice[...] |
Vanilla Layer Cake with Bittersweet ButtercreamDid You Know? The history of birthday cakes come from the Greeks, who would take their round, moon-shaped cakes to the temple of Artemis-the Goddess of Moon. The tradition of placing lit candles on these cakes signified the glowing moon,[...] |
The Chewy...AlmostDid You Know? In 1937, Ruth Wakefield (owner of the Toll House Inn) was making butter cookies, and thought she would make them all chocolate instead. She cut a bar of Nestle chocolate into tiny pieces and added them to the cookie dough.[...] |
Balsamic Vegetable Stir-FryDid You Know? In its early days, balsamic vinegar was available only to the nobility and the artisans who made it. It was believed to be a miracle cure for everything from a sore throat to labor pains, and even used as protection against[...] |
Sweet Inspirations: Daisy CakesDid You Know? Daisies are not one flower. A Daisy is made up of two types of flowers - disk florets and petal-like white ray florets. The Disk florets are at the center and the ray florets are at the periphery, arranged to give the[...] |
Cait's CupcakesDid You Know? As in the Neiman-Marcus cookie legend , a woman is reported to have asked for the recipe for the delicious red velvet cake she was served at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel restaurant in NYC, only to find that she had been[...] |
Sugar-Crusted Fennel & Pear SaladDid You Know? Today, pears are available in grocery stores 10 months out of the year, but they weren?t always so easy to find. In the 1800s people were willing to pay over $20 for just one pear because they were so rare and delicious.[...] |
Sweet Inspirations: Raspberry-Almond CupcakesDid You Know? Half to one pound of raspberry fruit per day can provide twenty to thirty grams of fiber, which is adequate for an adult daily nutrition requirement. I've mentioned my hopes for someday opening a bakery , Sweet[...] |