Welcome to the fresh and springy April 2018 issue of Betterbaking.com! This newsletter should be reach you just after the spring holidays of Passover and Easter, the reason being I knew most of you would be preoccupied in one way of another with the festive meals at the beginning of April. So I decided to […]
A Note from Marcy January 2018
Happy New Year Fellow Bakers and Friends, The weather outside is frightful! With temperatures (at least in Montreal and on Mars), hovering at -20 Celsius (that minus five on a Fahrenheit thermometer), Betterbaking.com is the place to be. Hot biscuits, warm bread, simmering soup, chewy, oven-fresh cookies and flaky pies or whatever else you […]
A Note from Marcy July 2018
Dear Bakers and Friends, Welcome to the July 2018 issue of Betterbaking.com! I have a habit that gets triggered each time I find a new passion, whether it be hobby or work related. My habit is called gathering. Depending on the endeavour, I gather research materials, tools and equipment as if I’m writing a Ph.D. […]
A Note from Marcy November 2018
Dear Fellow Bakers and Friends, Welcome to the November 2018 Issue of Betterbaking.com! For a Canadian who hosts (primarily) American readers, I’m having my annual editorial déjà vu. Didn’t I just chat up pumpkins and harvest last month? I thought so! But that was Canadian Thanksgiving. Frankly, one could do worse than a Thanksgiving rematch […]
A Note from Marcy October 2018
Dear Bakers and Friends, Welcome to the October 2018 Issue of Betterbaking.com! If September was a balmy goodbye to summer, then October offers the unmistakable vibe of a new and cozy season that has the word bake written all over it! October is indelibly harvest time, fragrant with the perfume of Demeter, the grainy goddess […]
A Note from Marcy September 2018
Dear Bakers and Friends, Ah, September 1st – the bittersweet day of summer’s end and fall’s promise! The air might feel like July but it definitely smells like September and a heat wave would do little to stop the leaves from their first tumble. Labour Day is that twilight holiday, linking what was with what’s […]
A Note from Marcy, December 2018
Dear Bakers and Friends, Welcome to the December Issue of Betterbaking.com! From the gathering time of October, to feelings of gratitude in November, we tumble into the final month of the year, December. And what is December’s theme? I would say sugar and spice of course but also: stillness. Despite the harried pace of holiday […]
A Note from Marcy: Jan 2016
Dear Bakers and Friends, Welcome to the sweetest month on the baking calendar! Valentine’s Day is on the 14th but I start the holiday early. I bake, pick small gifts and do my own girl shopping. There are three times of year where I buy a new perfume: my birthday, when a new event in […]
August 2018 A Note from Marcy
Dear Bakers and Friends, Welcome to the August 2018 Issue of Betterbaking.com! I always think July is seriously summer but this unusually hot August along with no a/c (it bust) has me convinced that we’re still in the heart of it. It reminds me of a basic baker’s credo, which is how do you know […]
Baker’s Tip #1
Double Up Your Baking Sheets! Why? Because when you stack two baking sheets together (my recipes will alway indicate when to do this), your baking comes out that much better. Cookie bottoms don’t burn, pastries come out golden and everything bakes beautifully and evenly. https://www.betterbaking.com/recipe-items/italian-nutella-cookies/