Dinner rolls are a fine entryway into bread baking
For the aspiring baker, bread is the Holy Grail. It’s like the Boston Marathon to your Couch-to-5K app. Yeast and…
How to cheat your way to "homemade" garlic knots
Welcome to The Takeout’s Garlic Week, our Valentine to the world’s loveliest stink.
Great British Baking's Noel Fielding says Prue Leith feeds leftover bakes to her pigs
Good afternoon, chums. Are we familiar with The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year? It is, as you’d guess, an annual quiz show,…
Mom decorates birthday cake with pegasus accidentally hung like a…
I’m sure this was delicious.
FDA: So, uhh, about that “edible” glitter
I’m going to type this out, and it’s going to look so straightforward as to be downright condescending, but please,…
CDC: Do not eat raw cookie dough, guys
As the holidays approach, the next few weeks are peak cookie-baking season for many people. In an attempt to get bakers…
Stollen is the German holiday bread that can’t shake its fruitcake resemblance
I have a hidden holiday dessert wrapped in foil and stashed in the back of my pantry. It’s not cookies or candy, and if…
Almond bark is neither almond nor bark, but it is lazy baking magic
There are two types of bakers: the ones who want to impress, and the ones who want to delight. There’s hefty overlap in…
Bakers, gaze upon KitchenAid’s glorious new mixer attachment
Behind the cultish InstantPot, KitchenAid stand mixers are likely among the most popular kitchen-related holiday gifts.…
What is red velvet cake, really?
The combination of vivid red and pristine white icing is certainly striking inside a bakery case, but I’ve never been…
How to make Bloody Mary scones, a brunch game-changer
Cream scones are a terrific baked good to have in your skillset. Unlike butter scones, which require the light touch of…
Sorry, officer, I was going 99 mph for Taco Bell Reasons
Attention drivers: “Taco Bell’s about to close, bro, I gotta move fast” is not an excuse law enforcement officials will…
Netflix announces fifth season of Chef’s Table and 2 new food-related series
Scene: A small room. In it sit various networks in the form of large, humanlike beings. These corporations are, for…
Last Call: What’s your worst recipe screw-up?
Cheers to the detectives at Munchies who remind us that this week is the 20-year anniversary of A Tale Of A Terrible…
Last call: Cool off this summer with The Great British Baking Show
I was lucky enough to interview Martha Collison recently, a season-one contestant from The Great British Baking Show…
Great British Baking Show's Martha Collison offers her veteran advice for amateur bakers
Martha Collison was a breakout star in season one of the Great British Baking Show (that’s the American PBS broadcast…
What’s the difference between baking soda and baking powder?
For a floundering baker like myself, it’s not like my larder is stocked with every possible baking accessory and…
Last call: Why are some foods associated with insanity?
Why are only some specific foods tied to referring to someone who is out of their right mind, like “bananas,” “nuts,”…
14-year-old banana bread entrepreneur here to make you question your sorry life choices
Called “the Woodstock of Eating” by the New York Times, Brooklyn’s Smorgasburg is set to welcome a new vendor: a…
Young hero buys all the cupcakes after grown-ass woman fat-shames her
What happens when we’re wronged by someone cruel? Do we shrink from the hurt? Do we curl into a cocoon of…