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Falling for a New Flour, Why I'm Loving Janie's Mill
You already know I love a good small business. I also love local or as close to me as possible to reduce transportation. Moving to Saint...
Chef Harry
Mar 30, 20215 min read


Spring Sodas: Perfect Ferment to Start the Season, a Ginger Bug!
It’s time for more fermenting! Geeze I’m so in love with micro life. This time I made one of the easiest ferments to do at home, ginger...
Chef Harry
Mar 29, 20215 min read


Pi Day Pie! Using My New Favorite Herb, Mace!
Oh pi day. I love pie. I was a cake decorator as a teenager and quickly lost the desire to have cake, but then pie filled that place. If...
Chef Harry
Mar 21, 20216 min read


Caramel Turtle Brownies, Easier than Candy But Just as Good
As a baker, winter gets pretty hard for me. Not exactly for the normal reasons but when the temperature drops and it’s starting to snow,...
Chef Harry
Mar 5, 20214 min read


Spring is Coming and I Can't Wait, Here's Some Small Cakes to Celebrate! (rhyme not intended)
It’s starting to get warmer and feel more like spring. The other day I was just in the mood for something cute to make and since I had...
Chef Harry
Mar 4, 20214 min read


Let's Talk about Yeast, My Favorite Microorganism
Oh yeast. One of my favorite things to exist in this universe. In college there was a joke that any baking students that loved bread...
Chef Harry
Mar 3, 20218 min read


Winter Fermenting with Cranberries and Honey!
Who else just loves cranberries? I find many are indifferent about them. “They taste good in some recipes but not on their own.” “I don’t...
Chef Harry
Feb 19, 20215 min read


Perfect Treat for a Winter Day at Home: Chocolate Bundt Cake with Fudgy Ganache Center
Oh the life when you know how to bake. Again I had the craving for a specific dessert and could not get it out of my head. I actually...
Chef Harry
Feb 16, 20216 min read


Another Day, Another Lacto-Ferment
Another lacto ferment in the books. This time I had a little fun and played with the ingredients. I didn’t like having to pick the...
Chef Harry
Feb 10, 20212 min read


Oh Boston Cream Donuts, How I've Come to Love You
Oh Boston cream. They are such a good donut. One that I didn’t like until I was older but I have learned to love them. Did that happen...
Chef Harry
Feb 9, 20217 min read


Don't Let Them Go! Save That Zest and Juice!
Living through this pandemic has been interesting. Typically I go out to grocery shop once or twice a week depending on what I need and...
Chef Harry
Feb 2, 20212 min read


Fun with Fermenting: Learning More about Lacto Fermentation
It's not hard to figure out that I love fermentation. Bread is one of the most common ferments in my life, been doing it for years, and I...
Chef Harry
Feb 1, 20218 min read


Mead Making Trial 1, Part 1: Just the Beginning
Clearly honey is an obsession of mine. I have used it in many, many ways. From substituting sugar in recipes, cooking with it, add in tea...
Chef Harry
Jan 26, 20216 min read


Canadian Butter Tarts: How I Make Recipes and Discover Delicious New Pasties
Have you ever heard of a butter tart? I came across an article a couple months ago about this great Canadian pastry that everyone up...
Chef Harry
Jan 26, 20215 min read


Simpler Ferments: Fermented Pomegranates and Honey
Using honey to ferment is one of the simplest, easiest, and my favorites to do. I did one in the past with fermented garlic in honey and...
Chef Harry
Jan 18, 20213 min read


Ring in the New Year with some Homemade Fortune Cookies!
Who doesn't love fortune cookies? They are simple in flavor, nice and crunchy, and growing up I always collected and kept those little...
Chef Harry
Dec 30, 20204 min read


Trial and Error with My Least Favorite Bundt Pan: A Tale of Chinese Five Spice-Chocolate Citrus Cake
A few posts ago I made a bunch of spice blends. (check it out here) One of those blends was Chinese 5-Spice. Really beautiful blend and...
Chef Harry
Dec 22, 20203 min read


Whiskey Pecan Sticky Buns, Perfect for the Holidays at Home
Oh sticky buns... What a delicious and wonderful thing. I have seen so many versions out there. From laminated doughs like puff and...
Chef Harry
Dec 21, 20203 min read


Sticky and Sweet and So Good to Eat! Let's Talk About Honey!
Oh honey. If you know me, you know I have an obsession with honey. It's always been a nice sweetener to use growing up, then in college...
Chef Harry
Dec 16, 20205 min read


You Get a Panettone!! Easy Homemade Panettone for Everyone!
I love panettone. I feel like it mostly get's a bad reputation because of the prepackaged ones that come out during the holidays but when...
Chef Harry
Dec 14, 20207 min read
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