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Kitchen Stories: Do You Cook Late at Night?

I was up until the wee hours of the morning several times this past week. There was a wedding cake (yes! Another wedding cake!) in progress. I made 40 layers of cake, at least a dozen pounds of butter...

The Reluctant Baker: 5 Reasons Why I Don't Bake Pies

We have a resident Reluctant Baker around here, and we're going to quote him on the whole business of pie-baking. See, we're in the middle of a Pie Bakeoff, but we know that a lot of you are hesitant ...

Rescue Me! How to Save Dinner from Burning

Chris's post last week on cooking mistakes was a catalog of every kitchen snafu we've ever had the joy of experiencing. Ouch! There's nothing worse than realizing that you forgot to chop the spinach ...

Little Cooking Mistakes Can Really Mess Stuff Up

Oooops, I did it again. I didn't put enough water in the pot and now the spaghetti is gummy. My bad! I didn't run the spinach through the salad spinner before I threw it into pan of garlic and olive...

Baking Lab: Why Did Our Cake Fall Flat?

Last week we shared a recipe for Coffee Cake with Coffee Glaze - a moist, fluffy cake flavored with coffee and just a hint of cocoa. The recipe that we posted was not, however, our first attempt. ...

Burned! Chocolate Cranberry Tart

Oh dear. Sometimes things don't turn out quite as we imagine... ...

Lunchtime Survey: What Was Your Worst Baking Disaster?

Baking Week wouldn't be complete without a discussion of baking disasters. We've had fallen cakes, burnt cakes, greasy cookies, burnt cookies, flat bread and burnt bread. (Sense a trend?) But every t...

Burned! Honey-Roasted Peanuts, Take 1

Peanuts 1, Kitchen 0. We are working on a recipe for honey-roasted peanuts for you, dear readers (holiday gift, yes?). Alas, our first attempt ended in unfortunate and less than wrappable results. ...

Burned! Bursting Chocolate Bag

We were in a hurry, baking meringues for a wedding reception, losing count of how many batches we'd made so far. The last batch of coconut meringues was tasty but not so pretty, so we decided to dri...

Burned: Big Blender Mistake

[We're here to blog all parts of our cooking lives: triumphs, questions, and the total disasters too. Welcome to Burned, an occasional look at the messy, smelly, and frustrating sides of working in th...