Parent Company of Food Network to Launch New Cooking Channel
Scripps, the parent company of the Food Network, has announced that it will launch a new Cooking Channel in 2010. With primetime Food Network shows sliding into the “entertainment” category, they realize that their offerings are not for serious cooks anymore (remember the original MTV - it was actually about music videos?). They will be [...]
Dress Up Your Cupcakes with Cupcake Couture
Cupcakes are all the rage now, with cupcake bakeries popping up everywhere and young couples serving cupcakes at their weddings instead of the traditional cake. So why not get in on the cupcake fun at home? Bella Cupcake Couture has fun cupcake wrappers for every occasion. Plus the creator of the company, Carrie Middlemiss, [...]
David Lebovitz’s Best Desserts
David Lebovitz, the former pastry chef at Chez Panisse and food blogger, has just had his latest book released and it looks like a must have for the adventuresome baker. “Ready for Dessert” contains some creative new recipes - peanut butter and jelly linzertorte, persimmon cake with cream cheese icing, banana souffles, fresh fig and [...]
So You Think You Know How to Make Pesto. . .
This charming video of Chef Paola Laboa at Farina shows how to make their perfect pesto with exceptional ingredients and lots of heart. Don’t bother getting out your Cuisinart.
If you sweeten your beverages with honey instead of sugar or sugar substitutes, you might just love this product. While you can easily carry tea bags with you, honey is another matter. Honibe Honey Drops are about the size of a large candy and are individually wrapped. No more messy fingers! You can take them [...]
This book was a long time coming. The Big Sur Bakery sits unpretentiously just off Highway 1 in California, along some of the most gorgeous landscape in the country. The bakery not only serves outstanding pastries and other homemade goodies but they also bake terrific pizzas in their wood fired oven and serve amazing dinner [...]
So you’re buying foods that are labeled “No Trans Fats” and you’re thinking that you are avoiding this unhealthy ingredient. Oops. There is a well known loophole in the labeling system that actually allows trans fats to be in foods that are labeled “0 trans fats”. No kidding.
Behind the Scenes With The Chef Who Cooked for the Movie “Julie & Julia”
The executive chef who was in charge of all the food during the filming of the movie “Julie and Julia” speaks with blogger Amanda Benson in this post on Food & Think. Colin Flynn dishes about behind the scene stories on the set, the vast quantity of food required for a movie shoot and what [...]
Firelilly Truffle Cones - Perfect Little Favors/Treats for the Holidays
Got a party coming up? Or a wedding or even just a small dinner party? These truffle cones from Firelilly Chocolates are the perfect little dessert. Use them as a favor to pass out or as an after dinner treat. Stick a tub of them out at your Christmas get together or place one [...]
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