National Historical Baking Society

[Ed Note: Diana reflects on her dreaded nut allergy - and yet, she still manages to make our Turtle Thumbprint Cookie from Baked Elements. Thanks Diana, I promise to make you a nut-free version soon...maybe with pulverized and whole malted milk balls?] I wasn’t surprised that I couldn’t eat the flourless chocolate cake that my [...]

[ed note: We'd like to thank Diana for bringing up the dirty subject of the Fluffernutter for us. True, it might have absolutely zero nutritional qualities, but it deserves some love all the same. Speaking of which have you seen this book?] Apparently not everyone is familiar with the brilliant Fluffernutter.  That needs to change. [...]

Salty caramel is everywhere. It went from trendy to pantry staple (and near ubiquity) in a mere flash and we are okay with that. When deployed correctly (as in our Sweet and Salty Cake or Sweet and Salty Brownie) and with restraint, salted caramel can add color and meaning to life (dramatic but true) and [...]

[Ed Note: For this post Diana made the Cheesy Focaccia from our third cookbook, Baked Elements. This recipe requires more a little extra effort than most, but it is well worth it. Enjoy!] I love hosting dinner parties.  From the menu planning, grocery shopping, and food preparation, to the cooking and eating with my friends [...]

[Ed Note: The cake referenced in this post, The Triple Rum Black Pepper Cake, is from our third cookbook, Baked Elements. It's a pretty cool book if I do say so myself.] While pursuing my undergraduate degree at university, I spent a semester studying abroad in Paris.  From mid-January to June, the end of my [...]

Nine times out of ten, I intentionally forget my iPod when I leave my apartment.  I’m not one of those isolated earbud-plugged blokes — rather, I like listening to New York and, to be frank, I love eavesdropping.  One of the best parts of living in a city is that people are everywhere.  Always.  To [...]

[Ed note: The recipe for the Baked Banana Whoopie Pie - in the post below - appears in Baked Elements. And now one of my favorite posts from Diana...] I can be a very particular, habitual person.  I have methods for eating almost anything, especially the foods that I eat regularly.  Some of my food-eating [...]

  I have never been fond of cake — most likely because I had one too many birthday party/birthday cake-induced sugar tummy aches at a young age.  The root of the problem, I believe, is that these celebratory cakes that I ate were rarely homemade.  As opposed to being moist, fresh, well-balanced cakes,  they were [...]

  There was once a time when I dabbled in dieting. After quitting competitive swimming halfway through my senior year of high school, my body began to change.  Once incredibly muscular and incredibly lean, it took on a different shape as my competitive swimmer eating habits remained the same.  I was naive.  I still ate [...]

I’ve never been good at picking favorites.  Don’t ask me my favorite movie, book, or color – when forced to choose, I can’t promise anything more than a weak answer.  I can, however, guarantee a strong headache.  When I was younger, I could spend hours filling out chain e-mail surveys sent to me by my [...]