This index is a listing of the many cooking and food articles, which you may find helpful, that I have written about over the past several years. Please click on a letter below to search alphabetically.

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Baba, Baba Au Rhum, Baba Au Savarin, Savarin - French, the word baba meaning, "falling over or dizzy." These are small cakes made from yeast dough containing raisins or currants. Read about this cake.

Baked Alaska - History of Baked Alaska. Alaska is ice cream encased in some sort of hot casing (pastry crust or meringue).


 

Baking Dish and Pan Sizes - How to substitute different pans sizes
 

Baking Corner - Cooking tutorials, with photos, of making your own beautiful cakes, cookies, frostings, and even cookie cutters by Peggy Weaver.

4th of July Top Hat Cake
Baptismal/Christening Cake
Chocolate Amaretto Snowball Cake
Crop Circle Cake
Ear of Corn Cupcakes
Dogwood Cake
Easter Egg Cake
Father's Day Tie Cake
Gingerbread Cookies
Make your own Cookie Cutters and Gumpaste Cutters
Mother's Day Triangle Cake
Ski Slope Cake
Snowflake Cookies
Sunflower Cupcakes
Valentine's Day Cake

Baking Powder - Learn about the history of baking powder.

 

Balsamic Vinegar - All Balsamic Vinegars are not created equal!

Bananas - Learn about the banana


 

Basic Rules for Baking - Your are not born with baking skills, baking skills are made.
 

Basil - Learn about basil, how to store it, and preserve it.
 

Beans (dried) - Cooking with dried beans.
 

Beauty Articles:

A Lot of New Wrinkles In the Anti-Aging Segment - Demand for cosmeceuticals will increase 8.1% a year to $6.4 billion by 2010. Gains will be  propelled by a stream of new and technologically advanced product introductions offering age-defying and other appearance- enhancing  benefits for an aging population.

Facelift alternatives rid patients of neck 'wattle' without the downtime of surgery - As people age, they often loose definition in their chin and jaw line due to fatty deposits, weakening muscles and loose skin where the neck and chin once made a right angle. By improving the neck region, patients' profiles look years younger and clothes and fashion accessories such as ties, turtlenecks, and necklaces are worn more comfortably.

I Admit It, I'm Vain! - I admit it, I'm vain!  Guilty as charged! I think every women is vain to some degree. Face it, the face is the first mark of aging, as aging is an irreversible process. I care what I look like and how my skin looks.

Lip Balm Recipe - How To Make Your Own Lip Balm - Making your own lip balm and/or gloss is simple, very economical, and it is truly rewarding. By making your own lip balm, you know what products are going into it, and that you are using safe ingredients. I have made my own lip balms for a couple of years now. They also make great gifts.

Teeth Whitening - Teeth Bleaching - One of the first things people notice when they meet someone new is their smile. Teeth Whitening has become an accessible and relatively easy way to instantly improve appearance, create a positive first impression, and achieve a more youthful and radiant appearance.

Understanding Cosmetic Labeling – Decoding the Cosmetic Label - As we are learn more about our skin, the public is becoming more ingredient conscious. Understanding what substances make up a product can be helpful. This is not meant to be a complete list of every ingredient used in the industry, but will attempt to cover the most popular individual ingredients and categories that have gained recognition as of late.

Younger Looking Hands - Keeping Hands Beautiful As We Age - A lot of us take care of our faces, but forget about our aging hands. Next to your face, your hands are probably the most visible parts of your body. Knowing how to maintain your hands as you age is the best way to make sure they look your best and that you, in turn, look your youngest.

Beef - Cooking the Perfect Steak

Prime Rib - Cooking perfect prime rib, Chart for roasting prime rib
 

Beef On Weck Sandwich - This sandwich is a unique staple of Buffalo, New York’s bars and taverns. Few, if any, restaurants outside of the Buffalo area serve this sandwich or even know what it is.

 

Beignets - All about the famous New Orleans beignets. Also includes a beignet recipe.

Bermuda Fish Chowder - This chowder is considered to be Bermuda's national dish, differs from American versions by its dark, rich color and the finely minced quality of the ingredients. Learn about the national dish of Bermuda.
 

Bialys- History of Bialys, Bialystok Kuchen. Also includes a recipe for bialys. Outside of New York City, the bialy is little known. Bialys came to the United States from Bialystok, Poland, and they are sometimes known as Bialystok Kuchen.

 

Birthday Cake - Have you ever wondered how the birthday cake came about? Learn all about the birthday cake.
 

Blackberries
 

Black Forest Cake - The origin of this cake in unknown, but historians believes it originated in the late 16^th century. Read about this cake.
 

Blueberries - Did You Know?  Wild bears will eat nothing except the succulent, juicy blueberries when they are in season. Learn all about blueberries.
 

Body Mass Index (BMI) - Your Body Mass Index (BMI) is a tool that can help adults determine whether you are at risk for a weight-related illness by correlating the ratio between your height and weight with body fat.  The body mass index (BMI) is an index number (a ratio of weight/height) that has been used in nutrition research to determine which height/weight relationship are safer, and which numbers correspond to greater risk.
 

Boiled Peanuts - Boiled peanuts are a traditional snack in South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, northern Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi.

Boiling Points of Water - Learn about the various boiling points of water using different ingredients, with climate changes, different pan size, & altitude.

Boston Cream Pie - It is really a cake, not a pie. Two layers of sponge cake are filled with thick vanilla custard and topped with a chocolate glaze or a sprinkling of confectioners' sugar. It is cut in wedges like a pie.

Brazilian Pink Peppers - What are Brazilaian Pink Peppers?
 

Breads:

Secrets to Using the Bread Machine

About Yeast in Bread Making

Dough Relaxer - The Dough Relaxer is a combination of all-natural gluten-relaxing ingredients. Learn how and when to use a dough relaxer.

Making Homemade Bread Crumbs

Sourdough Starter

Quick Breads

Brining:

Brining Pork - Have you had it with tasteless, juiceless pork chops? Guidelines for brining pork.

Brining Poultry - The secret to juicy chicken breasts is simple - brine them before grilling or baking! Guidelines for brining poultry.

Brining Shrimp - Brining is a process to be used if you want to put a little more "snap" to shrimp. Brining draws extra moisture out of the shrimp flesh, thus firming it's texture.  Brining turns potentially mushy shrimp into shrimp with a chewy texture similar to lobster tail. 

British Equivalents vs. American Measurements - Learn to change amounts in your recipes.

British Cooking Terms vs. American Cooking Terms -
 

Broccoli - How to select, buy, and cook broccoli.
 

Broccoli Raab/Rapini - It is truly a vegetable with many names around the world. Learn about this vegetable.
 

Bubble Tea - Finally there's a drink that's fun to eat! Learn all about bubble tea.

Buffet and Party Safety - Learn how to how a safe and healthy party.