Time to introduce you to the other two baking wizards in the test kitchen. Sue Gray and Monte Petersen perform a very special kind of alchemy every day. They imagine textures and flavors, then bring a fantastic array of ingredients to bear to make those ideas come true. It happens step by step, with all kinds surprising twists along the way. (more…)

Ever make a batch of pizza dough, tip it out of the mixing bowl or bread machine, and have a semi-rectangular blob that completely refuses to be rearranged to anything resembling a circle? Here’s a tip we taught our line cooks in the restaurants I’ve run. (more…)

This is where it all happens.
Concepts are tested, mixes are born, mistakes made, pans overflowed, sourdough starter scooped, tempting smells generated. You’ve been reading about PJ’s adventures; I’m Susan Reid, and I write and edit The Baking Sheet. I’ll be telling you about my end of the test kitchen. (more…)