- The only problem with recipes like pavlovas and meringues is that they use up a lot of egg whites and leave you with leftover egg yolks. You can store the yolks, but it’s so much nice to have a recipes like Christie’s Corner‘s Frozen Lemon Pavlova that uses both …
Need some summer reading? Try The Baking Bites Cookbook!
Looking for a little extra reading material this summer? How about a copy of The Baking Bites Cookbook! I know that summer reading lists are supposed to come out at the beginning of summer, but then most summer reading lists don’t include books that you’ll use again and again …
Tovolo Groovy Pop Molds
Many homemade popsicle molds make small, narrow popsicles that aren’t necessarily all that satisfying if you’re looking for a treat to cool you down on a hot day. This is not the case with Tovolo’s Groovy Pop Molds. This set of popsicle molds are big – each pop holds …
Cinnamon Raisin Beer Bread
As nice as a cold beer can be on a hot summer evening, there are other great ways to put it to use and one is beer bread. Beer bread is a type of quick bread that uses – you guessed it – beer as the main liquid in the batter. Beer gives …
The Baker’s Dozen Cookbook
There are all kinds of cookbooks out there to teach you about baking in addition to providing you with recipes. With most books, you still just get your information from one source (the author) and often end up using multiple books as references to get as much of a foundation as possible. The …
A visit to the Ethel M Chocolate Factory
It’s not Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory, but until they open their doors, the Ethel M Chocolate Factory is more than good enough for me. Ethel M’s is located in Henderson, Nevada, just outside of Las Vegas. The building is easy to find, with a few signs to help guide you into …
Homemade Fudgsicles
Fudgsicles were one of my favorite summertime treats as a child. They are chocolate popsicles, with a great chocolate flavor to them. I’ve seen lots of recipes for Fudgsicles over the years and have noticed that, in spite of their names, none of them are really quite like the original Fudgsicles …
Sonoma Syrup Co.’s Root Beer Soda Syrup, reviewed
Root beer is one of my favorite soda flavors, so I couldn’t walk by the bottles of Sonoma Syrup Co.’s Root Beer Soda Syrup in Williams Sonoma without picking one up to try (they had cola and lemon-lime, too). I like a lot of the other products from …
