Blog Post List

This blog post list contains the most recent blog posts from The Messy Baker in reverse chronological order. You can also browse by recipe category or use the search function.

We're heading into the mother of all cold snaps. If the Weather Network is right, the warmest day this week will be a lip-chapping -15C. Celsius always sounds colder than Fahrenheit, but keep in mind that anything with a minus sign in front of it...

Last week, Elizabeth Kricfalusi asked what she should do with her leftover cranberry sauce. And you answered. Some of your diverse and delicious suggestions included: bake it into muffins and quickbreads, use it like jam, pour it over ice cream, stir it into yogurt, simmer...

This picture shows two things. One: I need to use hand cream more often. And Two: The curved finger position that's essential when using sharp knives. You know this already. I know you do. I bet if I asked you how to position the hand that...

Is everyone on a diet this week? I don't know about you, but despite my normally ferocious sweet tooth, I'm not ready to face another dessert, scone, pastry or white-flour carbohydrate for a few days. Whether or not you're counting calories, this beef stew will expand...

It's a new year and I'm adding a new category -- Reader Questions. While I can't guarantee I'll know the answer, I figure if I mine the collective wisdom of my diverse and knowledgeable readers, we should be able to come up with a wide...

Well, that didn't take long. Day One of 2009 and I had my first kitchen disaster. That's a personal record. I usually take a good week to warm up to a culinary gaff, but this year? Mere hours. And as if that wasn't enough, the...

I'm stunned. After a quick look back at my promises, I can announce to the world that I actually kept last year's blog resolutions. I delivered cookbook reviews, shared my thoughts on more than 20 culinary gadgets and included a photo in every post. Even...

Until recently, crème brûlée defied me. I followed the instructions meticulously and ended up serving guests a high-fat vanilla liquid with a soggy sugar crust. Then chocoatiers Dominique and Cindy Duby wrote Crème Brûlée: More Than 50 Decadent Recipes and showed me the errors of...

Coffee Boy got a burr grinder for Christmas -- a mid-range Krups GVX2-12. While this little gadget will not get its own weekly serial, as did last year's whisky aging kit, it definitely earned its racy model number. Confession time: I thought a burr grinder was...

Left things to the last minute? Whether the stores are closed or the last item on your list is sold out, don't panic. Foodies are easy to please. All you need is a connection to the Internet -- and if you're reading this you have....