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It’s easy to be a great chef or baker.

Just…

  • Follow the best recipe
  • Use the very best ingredients
  • And add your own creativity

But how do you know which recipe is the best and where to get the best ingredients. This blog can help with that.

We post about foods that inspired us while traveling and how we created them back home. But we start by researching the recipes from exceptional chefs and post a link to the ones we choose, so you can learn from the best. Then we knock it up a notch by finding the very best ingredients. Brands matter, so we list exactly what we used. We originally were trying to find sustainable brands instead of the best quality, but happily it turned out that most companies that care about quality also care about sustainability. Sometimes the ingredients cost more, but we save by sourcing them from the grower, the importer, the local farmer’s market, a small business, our own garden, or sometimes we make them, so we get the best quality for less. Stocking the pantry with incredible ingredients makes it all easier.

Thanks for joining us on this journey to make every recipe the best it can be.

STOCKING THE PANTRY

Having a well stocked pantry makes cooking so much easier. We take it to the next level by stocking our pantry with things we have partially made ahead so we will have them on hand at a moments notice. Things you wouldn’t think of as pantry items like bread dough, waffle batter, and browned butter. … Read More

SHOPPING SMALL

Cooking starts with choosing ingredients. The fastest way to improve a recipe is to start with the very best ingredients. Shopping small can help you do that. When you shop at the farmer’s market, a local grower’s stand, a small specialty producer, the neighborhood grocer who specializes in local produce or even your own garden, … Read More

INSPIRED BY NATURE

Henry David Thoreau “Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.”