Baking Bites is a site for those who love cooking and baking, whether your preference is to whip up simple chocolate chip cookies, decorate fanciful cupcakes to slow-rising artisan breads. In addition to being a recipe resource for home bakers, the site is a source of baking tips and advice, food news, reviews, discussions and inspiration - all in addition to of those recipes, of course! The site was founded in 2004.

Baking Bites was named as one of the best 50 food blogs in the world by the London Times, and has been featured in other newspapers and publications, including the Washington Post, the Sacramento Bee and People Magazine Country Edition. Baking Bites has also been mentioned on numerous blogs and was included by Saveur.com on their “Sites We Love” list.

Who writes Baking Bites?

Baking Bites is written by Nicole Weston. Nicole was an avid early reader of food blogs before she started writing herself, and was in the kitchen baking away long before that. It didn’t take too long for her to put the two interests together and launch her own first blog. The rest is history, as she went on to not only build up a large readership at Bakingsheet, but to write profusely on any and all food-related topics at Slashfood.com. Nicole also has a BA in Linguistics from UC Berkeley and holds a certificate in professional pastry from the New School of Cooking in Los Angeles.

Nicole does all the cooking, baking, photographing and taste-testing for Baking Bites herself, although for 99% of the recipes, she is able to track down at least a few people willing to have a bite (or three), as well. Friends, neighbors and acquaintances are all fair game.

When she’s not baking or writing, Nicole is often out at the barn, either riding or helping out at one of the shows. She is a longtime horseback rider and has, at various times, competed in jumping, dressage and saddleseat. She is a huge supporter of the versatile American Saddlebred, whether for pleasure riding, driving or sporthorse pursuits. Her other love is salsa dancing, where she can burn off some of the calories from taste testing all of the Baking Bites goodies.