Sweet Magnolia and Why You Need to Eat this Flower: Vinegar and Syrup Recipe Too!
Did you know magnolias are edible? I love magnolias. They are such a large and beautiful flower, they were actually one of the first I...
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Chef Harry
Apr 27, 20217 min read
Continue to Grow: Gardening In My New State and What's Growing in My 2021 Garden
Let’s talk about plants, and more specifically gardening and what I’m growing this year! Gardening has always been an important activity...
Chef Harry
Apr 15, 20212 min read
Florals for Spring, Groundbreaking.... Rose Cardamom Jam Cookies to Elevate Your Mood
It’s time for another herbal infused cookie and I am so in love with this one! I recently did some juniper and caraway seed cookies and...
Chef Harry
Apr 11, 20213 min read
Making Mead: Trial 1, Part 2
How did I forget to finish this!! Well March was quite a busy month for me with Easter Basket Challenge so this kind of slipped my mind....
Chef Harry
Apr 10, 20217 min read
Let's Talk Chemical Leaveners, Wait CHEMICALS?!
As a chef and focusing on the science of food, big sciencey names don’t scare me at all. Most of the time they are legally required to...
Chef Harry
Apr 9, 20217 min read
Playing with Vegan Substitutes: Experimenting with Flora Plant Based Ingredients
Awhile back, my mom informs me of an ad she saw online about a new plant based butter and cream brand called Flora. They were offering...
Chef Harry
Mar 31, 20215 min read
A Great Digestif! Caraway and Juniper Berry Shortbreads
Getting more plants and herbs into your food isn’t always challenging. As I learn more about herbal studies and the benefits to various...
Chef Harry
Mar 30, 20215 min read
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 29, 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 21, 20216 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 5, 20214 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 4, 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 3, 20218 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
Feb 19, 20215 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 16, 20216 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 10, 20212 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
Kitchenaid Released Their 2021 Color and I'm in LOVE
I love Kitchenaid. I have used their stand mixers for years and they have only once failed me (don't use industry formulas on home...
Chef Harry
Feb 9, 20217 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 2, 20212 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 1, 20218 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...
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