Gingerbread: From Armenian Monks to Houses
Happy Holidays and Happy Season 1 Finale! We've officially brought our gingerbread house success rate up from 0% to 50%. In this episode, we share the history of gingerbread with each other and build ...
22 Des 20241h 20min
Baking Brian Jacques' Redwall
The food in fantasy fiction is so important, and Brian Jacques was among the most memorable fantasy authors to write great feasts. These books are beloved by Roxie, and Fiona is a newcomer to them, so...
7 Des 20241h 24min
Pietatoes and Molasses
If you've been listening for a while, you've probably gathered that we are pie afficionados. So we've finally done The Pie Episode! We also developed a new pie recipe based on Potatoes and Molasses fr...
16 Nov 20241h 37min
Halloween Food History & Brain Cake
Roxie takes Fiona through some Halloween treat history before they bake a Charlotte Royale together! Come for the brain cake, stay for the hot takes about Halloween baking and style over substance. Ha...
31 Okt 20241h 49min
How Did The Bánh Mì Come To Be?
The Bánh Mì is a perfect sandwich, a glorious harmony of crunch, acid, fat, freshness, and, of course: the shattery-on-the-outside, fluffy-on-the-inside bread. You may know that France's colonization ...
18 Okt 20241h 13min
An Apple Episode That Is Definitely Not About Pie
This episode might be a little bit about pie. Our intentions here were to cover autumnal apple bakes and recipes that are not apple pie, and we did do that! But because we're so passionate about pie, ...
4 Okt 20241h 33min
More Work for Cake
The ratio of historical context to baking content in this extra-long episode is approximately 75/25 because we feel that's appropriate! Angel food cake is so much more than a dry ring of fatless spong...
20 Sep 20241h 51min
Getting Silly with Long Breads
The story of the baguette involves Napoleonic military garb, microbes, (alleged) knife fights on underground construction sites, and ultimately a very tasty bread. Come get your crouquissant on with u...
30 Aug 20241h 43min
