Aug
11
This is a recipe review, which means this is a recipe that I did not personally come up with, but that I tried out and am giving my opinion on how the recipe turned out. For legal reasons I cannot post these recipes, but I can tell you where you can get them yourself. A …
Mar
22
Over the last month, I have gotten a lot of hits on the topic of the electric skillet. One question that has come up more than once, is can you bake in an electric skillet? Can I turn out a batch of chocolate chips cookies in such a device? In order to answer the question …
Mar
08
This is a recipe review, which means this is a recipe that I did not personally come up with, but that I tried out and am giving my opinion on how the recipe turned out. For legal reasons I cannot post these recipes, but I can tell you where you can get them yourself. A …
Mar
07
If you love cookies, but are getting tired of the same old cookies all the time, then The King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion will keep you busy for a long time. This book is a thick book, over 500 pages (if you count the index). The book has every kind of cookie imaginable. The book …
Jan
16
One of the best things you can do with your kids is share some time together in the kitchen. William-Sonoma has a book called Kids Baking that will give you plenty of ideas of what to make with your kids. All the recipes are pretty basic. Each one lists what tools you will need, so …
Dec
09
I was at Target a couple weeks back and saw that Nestle had come out with a new bag of morsels for the holiday season. This bag contained some dark chocolate chips and some mint chips. I immediately thought these needed to go into some cookies, so I made some by adapting Alton Brown’s “The …
Dec
07
One of the best things about Christmas, is the cookies! Jennifer Darling knows that and has beautifully laid out her book “Cookies for Christmas” with all sorts of unique and artistic creations. The book contains colorful pictures of each creation. It seems like she included every time of cookie imaginable. The cookies that are great …
Oct
05
This is part of a series of posts on tools that have made my life in the kitchen easier and more productive. My friend got me a Slipat for Christmas back in 2008. And it was a very good choice for a gift for me. I never would have gotten it myself. I wouldn’t have wanted …
Welcome to my blog! My name is Eric. I live in Saline, Michigan with my wife (Donna) and two daughters, Hannah (4) and Autumn (1). I started this blog in October 2009 to share my culinary experiences from making my own food from scratch to what I find at farmer's markets and grocery stores.
With 200 recipes for making and using your own soda, this book is the best source I have found on making your own carbonated treats at home.