Hamburger Rolls - The Basic Model

I take a good deal of pride in making really good burgers.  The problem is, what’s the point of making the perfect patty, regardless of what went in to it, if you can’t be proud of the bun that it…

An ode to a legend: Julia Child’s French Bread

“Welcome to the Daring Bakers, You are tasked with making the one thing in the world that absolutely terrifies you.”

Yup, that’s how it felt. I finally decide to go and join up with the rest of the blogging world and…

Cloverleaf Dinner Rolls

The holidays are a season of joy, family, togetherness and of course, great food. My second installment for this Holiday menu might surprise some, but for me it’s coming in in its rightful place. Even though the table was full…

Banana Nut Bread and thoughts of a new mixer

If there is one thing that I as my wife to make more than anything else, it’s her particular take on banana bread, zucchini bread falls in at a close second. To be honest, I’m a sucker for just about…

Ale Bread - The Resurrection

I had originally meant to title this post “Ale Bread Part Deux”, but I really didn’t want to make it into any kind of a tribute to Charlie Sheen. (Not that I have anything against Charlie, mind you!)

If you’ve…

Southern Cornbread Stuffing

Like most families, we saw each other mostly on holidays, and the order of the day was, of course, the food. Turkey, in particular, with homemade cornbread stuffing, though there would be literally tons of other dishes and desserts. My…

Ale Bread

When Lis from La Mia Cucina interviewed me, one of her questions was when I was going to stop waffling on the subject of baking and actually “…bite the bullet and bake us up something fab to drool over…”?

The…

Mother’s Day Mini Muffins

It’s Mother’s Day here in the U.S., so for all of you who bear the title, Happy Mother’s Day!

For my wife this morning, I put aside my fear of batter and actually baked something. The fact that it came out…

Cheddar Bay Biscuits

Mrs. seat of her Pants took the kitchen out of my control over the weekend, and with stunning results, I admit! she whipped these out Sunday Morning in lieu of the normal “fried spuds” which of course I made on…

Jerry’s Texoma Cornbread

I was trolling my usual food blog haunts the other day when I stumbled across a post about cast iron pans and cornbread at The Homesick Texan. I realized two things very quickly. One, she has as much dislike for sweet…