Jan 15, 20222 min readI'm making homemade bread the easy way, and I'm not sorryEveryone took up bread baking in the pandemic. I took up slinging flour and hitting buttons.
Dec 12, 20213 min readChristmas Cookie Disaster: Five pounds of dough right in the ol' compost binI try to recreate a holiday favorite, with disastrous results.
Oct 17, 20202 min readExperiment No. 7: GBBO Pinneapple Upside-Downery The Great British Bakeoff is back, and just in time for fall baking season. COVID protocols mean the bakers must quarantine together in a...
Sep 3, 20202 min readIn search of the Pannieegoogle Significant parts of my childhood were marked by the Pannekoeken Huis (Dutch: Pancake House) on Robert Street in West St. Paul. It was...
Jul 22, 20202 min readStar-Spangled Sugar (Experiment No. 6)About 37 seconds after I started, I realized I have never actually made these by myself before. But they are hard to mess up.
May 12, 20202 min readVicarious baking and bunny portraitsWe did get them together long enough to take a picture for the Minnesota Companion Rabbit Society portrait fundraiser.
May 6, 20202 min readExperiment No. 4: Weird Cheez-it FrankenbiscuitsI used this recipe from the Pioneer Woman, who always makes me feel like I should be devoting significantly more time to making my man tasty
Apr 14, 20202 min readExperiment No. 3: fast peanut butter cookies for laziesIf you're looking for a less shameful way to eat peanut butter directly from the jar, look no further than this very quick, three-ingredient