Here's a piece of spring morning whimsy. Do you remember this very hungry caterpillar cake? It was such a cute idea, and so well-done. Well, if you'd like to bake a caterpillar cake of your own, there...
Ironically, just as we begin Week #2 of the Kitchen Cure and tell you to clean out extra unused pans and tools from your cupboards, I go to IKEA and buy a new cake pan. (Although, keeping the Cure in ...
Are you the go-to person in your social circles when it comes to birthday cakes? If so, this alphanumeric cake pan might come in quite handy! The pan comes with blocks that can be re-arranged inside t...
We have a love/hate relationship with IKEA when it comes to kitchen supplies. (Well, and everything else too, I suppose.) On the one hand, you can find some terrific kitchen tools at low prices. On th...
Here's a slightly unusual question from Kathy in Australia. It might have some practical use, though, for those of you baking for just one. If you've ever wanted to really downsize a muffin recipe, yo...
This is one of those supposedly simple steps that gets thrown at us in the middle of a recipe, often with little in the way of explanation. Sure, we understand what it means to line a pan with parchme...
We are fans of BUILT NY's bright, stretchy, and well-made wine totes and lunch bags. We've mentioned their cute lunchbox and their picnic duffel too. Now they're expanding into kitchen tools as well: ...
Look at this intriguing new cake decorating kit from Kuhn Rikon. Instead of the standard pastry bag, this setup uses plastic squeeze bottles. It might be helpful for those of us who are not comfortabl...
Many recipes for batter foods like crêpes and our very own Big Pancakes say to let the mixture rest briefly before proceeding to cooking. This may seem like a strange step, but there's more goin...
Here is a great tool for bakers: a stainless steel mixing bowl with the measurements written on the inside of the bowl. Genius. For those who don't weight their flour, this is a not-super-accurate-f...
If we didn't already have two sets of measuring cups, we'd be buying this set from Lee Valley Tools, and here's why. Two words: Imperial, and metric. ...
If you don't have time for rolling out dough and cutting it into dainty holiday shapes, these cookie presses might make your life a little easier. And we can imagine they'd work on all kinds of cookie...
All right, it's that time of year. What showstopper new holiday cake pan will Williams-Sonoma, Nordicware, and and all the other purveyors of fine baking goods show us this year? Here's a gallery of W...
Pies are certainly one of the easier desserts to transport. They don't slide around like cupcakes, and you don't have to worry about layers toppling, like with a frosted cake. However, it can still b...
Pie weights are small ceramic or metal balls that you use when "blind" baking a pie crust. What is blind baking? Do you have to do it? And do you need special, ceramic balls? We've got some answers......
Warm bread is very, very important to us. It's always disappointing to be served cold, clammy bread in a restaurant. When we bake for dinner we let the bread cool for an hour, slice it, then fold it q...
Uh oh - watch out! Williams-Sonoma and Nordic Ware are at it again....
We bought this dish at Cookin' in San Francisco because it is our favorite color (yes, brown) and our favorite size. Big enough to serve several guests a dip, small enough to hold a cobbler for two......
Before I attended culinary school, I thought kitchen scales were just for calorie-counters. But on Day One of my course, that myth was debunked by the giant, old-school but highly accurate scale plun...
Our only gripe about making muffins and cupcakes is the laborious ladling, spoon by spoon, of batter into the cups. We always drip and splatter everywhere, too. This little pitcher promises to make al...
OK people - it's about that time. What time, you ask? Why, when all the new specialty baking pans come out for the holidays! Here's the first new one we've seen: a pumpkin pan! Click through to see wh...
Back-to-school often means baking lots of cookies, or at least it did when I was a child. Please, tell me schools still hold bake sales and children still bring cupcakes in for their birthdays. Okay, ...
To us, these dough whisks look like a fairy princess's favorite magic wand, but apparently many bakers consider them an essential kitchen tool. Do you use one?...
As we've worked through Local Breads by Daniel Leader, we have quickly realized that we could fill our refrigerators and counter-tops with nothing but starters of various types and pedigrees. Literall...
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