How to Make Crackers (It’s So Freaking Easy!)
It started with a picture I saw in the local paper about making crackers from scratch. I saved it, but then never found it again. But I kept thinking…how do you make crackers? And how would they taste...
View ArticleCelebrate Tomato Season! Tomaquet: Catalan Tomato Bread
I have just harvested my first ripe red tomato, and now I am going to celebrate by sharing my favorite tomato recipes (other than sauce). This first recipe is called tomaquet in Spanish, and I only...
View ArticleBacon Cornbread
I had a hankering for cornbread. Real homemade cornbread. Not the dry, crumbly, and much too sweet kind. I wanted moist, savory, warm, and comforting cornbread. And so, I made it. With bacon. It was...
View ArticleFall Baking Essentials + A Cheddar Cornbread Muffins Recipe
by the Rodale’s team Fall was made for baking! The warmth of the oven, the heartening smells from the stove, the happiness that comes from that first, homemade bite. There’s nothing quite like a...
View ArticleHomemade Bread Cubes and Bread Crumbs (for Stuffing)
These days, it seems everyone has some sort of adverse feeling or physical reaction to old-fashioned, store-bought white bread. So when it comes to making stuffing, it seems wrong to buy the little...
View ArticleHow to Make an Aussie Meat Pie from Scratch, Part II: Savory Short Crust
Part II of my three-part Aussie Meat recipe series Why, oh, why is it called a “short” crust? I have no idea. One website says it’s short for “shortening” but really, what crust doesn’t have...
View ArticleHow to Make an Aussie Meat Pie from Scratch, Part III: Organic Puff Pastry
Part III of my three-part Aussie Meat recipe series For years I’ve wanted to make puff pastry from scratch. Why? Because that’s the only way I would know for sure it was organic. Here’s what you need...
View ArticleOyster Crackers from Scratch…So Simple!
I’ve realized that I learned to cook so that I could eat food that’s guaranteed organic, and one of the last remaining items I can’t find in the store is organic oyster crackers—those hard-as-nails...
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