It’s not every company that can say they share a hometown with a 2010 Winter Olympics gold medal winner (hold the Gold Medal Flour jokes, please!)

Hannah Kearney, of Norwich, Vermont – home of King Arthur Flour, and population 3,544, last time we checked – won the United States’ very first gold medal, on the first day of the Vancouver games. Hannah took Olympic gold in moguls freestyle skiiing, and the town welcomed her home on Friday. Read the rest of this entry »

St. Patrick’s Day: it’s all about the green.

Green clothing, shamrocks, corned beef and (green) cabbage, green beer… Yes, green beer; if you’ve never sampled it, you’ve never been in Boston or New York on March 17.

But surely there’s more to Irish food than green cuisine. Read the rest of this entry »

I must admit there is a term that someone once used to describe me that I have come to accept more and more the older I have gotten. NO, not that one, the one where they called me a … Read the rest of this entry »

1. Are you living a gluten-free lifestyle?

2. Do you LOVE cheese and garlic?

If you answered yes to either (or both) of these questions, this is your lucky day. Because I’m going to show you how to make light-as-air, crusty buns, aromatic of Parmesan and garlic.

They’re fast. They’re easy.

And they’re absolutely, positively, 100% gluten-free.

How can this be, you ask? Read on. Read the rest of this entry »

Just a post or two ago, I was thinking about foods that I never ate as a child, but love dearly now that I’m a bit older. I must say though, there are some “grownup” foods that I’ve always loved, like…

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Wouldn’t you just love to hear that someday? “Your breakfast awaits.”  Sure, “Come and get it!” has a certain homestyle appeal, and “Just eat something, the bus is coming!” carries a certain energy, but “Your breakfast awaits” conjures up a whole new set of images, such as… Read the rest of this entry »

Do you like melted chocolate?

And chocolate cake?

How about melted chocolate inside chocolate cake?

Want to make this dessert the EASY way?

No, not with a mix; with a simple technique. Read on…

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“Give us bread recipes with more fiber! We want to bake healthy!”

That’s what we say in public, at least. But when it comes right down to it, do we put our money where our mouth is (literally), and buy whole-grain flours, and bake whole-grain breads?

Uhhh…

Guilty as charged, right? Read the rest of this entry »

Crusty apple-walnut bread.

Enjoy it hot from the oven. Slather it with butter. Or dip in fruity olive oil.

Dollop with ginger marmalade. Or apricot preserves.

Cut thin lengthwise slices, and toast. Top with Brie and apple butter.

Spread with sweet butter, sprinkle with brown sugar, bake till crisp.

Or – get ready, now…

Here it comes, the VERY BEST THING you can do with crusty apple-walnut bread  –

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In case you’ve been out of touch – like, on a trip to Mars – and didn’t hear the news, the New Orleans Saints football team ended 42 years of gridiron futility Sunday night by winning America’s most media-crazed sporting event, the Super Bowl.

Understandably, the citizens of New Orleans have gone wild. Bourbon Street, home of jazz and impromptu dancing (and various interesting traditions involving colored beads) has reportedly been rocking ever since. Read the rest of this entry »