An Expatriate's Culinary Journey from the Argentine Pampas to the Minnesotan Prairie
One of my fondest childhood memories is watching my Danish-Argentine grandmother make homemade bread at her kitchen counter. She made it look so easy! I stood on my tippy-toes to get the best view possible, and watched in awe as the magic of breadmaking happened right before my eyes: the simplest and most timeless of [...]
Have you ever heard of Asian Milk Bread? It just might be the softest, fluffiest, most delicious bread ever! It’s like eating a pillowy cloud of bread because it’s so light and soft. It’s lighter than brioche, but it still has milk, egg, sugar, and butter to enrich it, which gives it a sweet and [...]
Hi, how are you all? I hope everybody is getting ready for a much better summer than last year. Things are slowly reopening in the Twin Cities. Hennepin County still has a lot of cases going on, so the mask mandate is still in effect in Minneapolis, but here and there you can see restaurants [...]
This weekend we had the first day of spring! In Minnesota, the beginning of spring is so slow that I like to call it “The Thaw.” The rim of the frozen lake slowly starts melting and there are patches of open water where the ducks gather. The rest of the lake stays frozen for about [...]
When it comes to chilled desserts and custards, pudding often gets overlooked for its more sophisticated adult versions of custard-type desserts, like pots de crème, ice cream, mousse, and parfait. In comparison to these, pudding may sound too commonplace or humble to merit a blog post. However, blame it on childhood nostalgia, chocolate pudding is [...]
Carol's Baking adventures 