Here in Portland, we just had a weekend of record-breaking temperatures. On Sunday we hit 100°, which is really just unbearably hot. I’m English, we aren’t made for that kind of weather. Fortunately, it looks like our temperatures are going to go down over the …

Sugar is magic. Seriously. Take some sugar, water and honey, heat it up to 300°F, whisk in some baking soda and you end up with some killer honeycomb. As long as you have a reliable candy thermometer you can make this. It’s so easy. I …

If these orange almond biscotti didn’t taste so good, I would regret having spent yesterday morning in the kitchen making these. Baking isn’t on my very short list of approved activities for my knee. And boy oh boy am I feeling every slight movement I make. …

This week we’re focusing on Joy’s final baking bootcamp challenge with King Arthur Flour. So far we’ve made triple berry cinnamon swirl bread, apple pie biscuits, gruyere and green olive rolls, whole wheat honey oatmeal bread, chocolate-hazelnut rolls with quick puff pastry and sourdough everything pretzels (which …

It’s been so long since I made macarons that I actually think I was having some withdrawal symptoms. The cure for macaron withdrawals is obviously pumpkin spice macarons. Preferably paired with a pumpkin spice infused chocolate ganache. I’ve been dreaming up this flavour combination for …