Enjoy the free recipe and other original recipes of the month! Happy baking from the BB Test Kitchen. Recipes for September 2019 Free Recipe of the Month – Best Deep Dish Apple Cake This is the best apple cake I know (except for my mother’s High Apple Pie)  Blackberry Ricotta Scones The most crisp and […]
September 2022 A Note from Marcy
Dear Fellow Bakers and Friends, Welcome to the September 2022 Issue of Betterbaking.com. If you’ve been following my newsletters over the years you know I used to have a like/dislike relationship with summer. For most of my life, I dreaded summer right off the mark. In mid-June I’d begin protesting the hot, dry days I […]
Spode, Fit for a King & Harney and Sons Historic Royal Palaces Tea
Spode porcelain was introduced about 1800 in the factory of Josiah Spode and Josiah Spode II at Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England. This hybrid porcelain—combining the ingredients of hard-paste porcelain (china clay and china stone) and bone ash—became the standard English bone china. Blue Italian is one of their oldest patterns and certainly iconic. In honour of […]
The Pastry Chef’s Diet or Eat More, Weigh Less
The Pastry Chef Diet Required reading: Or You Don’t Look Anorexic https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/18/magazine/anorexia-obesity-eating-disorder.html This feature is what got me on the right path for dieting and/or what led to painless weight loss and overall better health. (p.s. this is my experience and advice and I am a food writer – not a health professional but it […]
TrusTea from Ireland, fine teas for the discerning palate
www.trusTEA.ie I drink a lot of tea from many different companies but over the years I’ve only had two favorites: Harney and Sons Fine Teas and Upton Tea Imports (I love their River Shannon Tea). But now I have a new favorite (and bear in mind each of these companies tea sensibility is quite different). […]
Yoga at Home
A little Wellness Chez Nous Wellness really does begin at home. May I suggest a mini-spa set up in your own home. I recently borrowed a corner of my den and set it up as a little yoga and meditation spot. It’s such a reprieve and made me realize that as much as I […]