Tag Archives: cook books

How Many Boxes Do I Need to Buy to Make a Sheet Cake? or Backwards Baking

Posted on August 6, 2010 by onlinepastrychef

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkwJ-g0iJ6w&hl=en_US&fs=1?color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b]I took that title, verbatim, from my dear friend Susan.  I’m going to help her bake her kids’ birthday cake (it’s a joint celebration) tomorrow, and she wanted to know what she needed.  Hence the question. I, of course, was … Continue reading →

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Look! My Name is on the Cover! or Meet Starting From Scratch

Posted on October 29, 2009 by onlinepastrychef

So, a few months ago, my friend Drew from How to Cook Like Your Grandmother proposed a Project.  He wanted to put together a small-ish cook book to help folks feel more comfortable in the kitchen.  As you know, that’s … Continue reading →

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My Cook Book Dilemma, Or Why Cook Books Make Me a Little Squidgy-Feeling These Days, Part: The Second

Posted on August 6, 2009 by onlinepastrychef

So, my best friend that I’ve never met, Linda, left a comment yesterday over on fb.  Here it is: I love my cookbooks. I read them like novels. A really good cookbook writer brings much more to the party than … Continue reading →

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