Tasty Tangents

I was completely intrigued when I stumbled on this recipe, through foodgawker.com, thinking it would be a fantastic alternative to the deep fried delicacy you’d usually pick up at the corner coffee shop.
If you’ve ever had sugar or cinnamon-sugar donuts fresh from a truck at the local fair or at an amusement park, then [...]

You know the recipes. They’re the ones that are handed down through the generations, and every great aunt, grandmother and cousin in a family has a different version, but no one has the darn thing written down.
The recipes are instinctive. How much flour you add depends on the dough’s consistency, the humidity in the air, [...]

I was reading this Toronto Star article about a new book that looks at relationships and baking. The story included a recipe for Erin’s go-to cookie that sounded absolutely delicious and has some of my favourite things, including chocolate, peanut butter, coconut and oatmeal. Okay, so maybe it had all of my favourite things. Anyway, [...]

According to dictionary.com, the definitions of cooking and baking are as follows:
Cooking – the art or practice of preparing food for eating by applying heat
Baking – to cook by dry heat in an oven or on heated metal or stones
But in my opinion the difference between cooking and baking is much more profound than that. [...]