by B.L. Unkel | Feb 5, 2022 | Baking
I love winter. “Real” winter is one of the things I’m going to miss when I move back to the Texas Gulf Coast. What’s better than snuggling under a blanket in front of a roaring fire with a mug of hot chocolate in one hand and a book in the other while snow falls...
by B.L. Unkel | Oct 9, 2021 | Baking
Tomorrow, October 10, is National Angel Food Cake Day. I discovered this nugget of information when I began researching how the cake got its name. I never learned exactly where the name came from, other than what else would you call such a tasty, cloudlike treat? This...
by B.L. Unkel | Jul 24, 2021 | Baking
Writing last week’s DYK made me think of the tomato chow-chow recipe I use and the story behind it . . . How It Began Several years ago, an older friend gave me a jar of her cousin’s tomato chow-chow. (More like a sweet tomato relish, really.) After tasting it,...
by B.L. Unkel | May 21, 2021 | Baking
Who doesn’t love Peanut Butter? Well, besides people with nut allergies, that is. As we discovered in last week’s Part 1, North Americans were some of the last people to get the peanut plant. So you shouldn’t be surprised to learn: We didn’t invent peanut...
by B.L. Unkel | Apr 17, 2021 | Baking
Continuing my unexpectedly long Honey “Did You Know?” (DYK), here are some interesting food and cooking facts. Cooking and Eating Honey DYK honey is the only food that will not spoil and does not need refrigeration as long as it is in a sealed container? DYK...
