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Cake
 Websites presented in alphabetical order About Mardi Gras: History of King Cakes 
 This cake baked with a toy baby in it is a staple of New Orleans cuisine. King cakes are typically served from the Feast of the Epiphany (Twelfth Night) through Mardi Gras, the pre-Lenten celebration. Includes two king cake recipes. From NOLA.com. http://www.nola.com/mardigras/food/?kingcake.html Topics: Holiday Foods, Beverages, and Recipes, Holidays and Observances Individually, Snacks and Baked Goods Last updated Dec 31, 2005 Alaska Seafood Recipes
Features recipes using crab, cod, halibut, salmon, scallops, shrimp and prawns, sole, and other Alaska seafood. Includes tips and short instructional videos on plank cooking, grilling, seasoning seafood, smoking seafood, and how to tell when a fish is done. From the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute. http://www.alaskaseafood.org/recipes/ Topics: Fish, Meat, & Dairy, Fish, Reptiles, & Amphibians, Snacks and Baked Goods Last updated Jan 15, 2006 All About Cupcakes
This presentation about cupcakes covers the history of cupcakes, cupcakes today (including cupcake culture and the cupcake "internet craze"), and cupcake designs and recipes. Includes links to related sources. Part of a project for the Interactive Media Lab at the University of Florida. http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Spring07/Ayers/index.html Topics: Snacks and Baked Goods Last updated Sep 16, 2008 Baking911.com
Provides "detailed information, tips, [and] techniques" for the home baker, as well as recipes for breads, cookies, pies, cakes, and other desserts. The website features practical information such as how best to freeze freshly baked cookies and homemade cookie dough or how to melt chocolate (found in the "how to" section). Also covers the chemistry of cooking. From a professional baker. http://www.baking911.com/ Topics: Food & Cooking, Recipes & Food Preparation, Snacks and Baked Goods, Sweets and Sweeteners Last updated Dec 2, 2005 Cupcakes Take the Cake
This long-running blog written by cupcake enthusiasts features extensive news and reports about everything related to cupcakes, such as cupcake bakeries, recipes, decorating, trends, events, and contests. Includes many links to related websites for cupcake shops, blogs, and recipes sites. Archives go back to late 2004. http://cupcakestakethecake.blogspot.com/ Topics: Snacks and Baked Goods Last updated Sep 16, 2008 Diana's Desserts
San Francisco native Diana Woodall, now a resident of Sonoma, California, credits her Bay Area background with her passion for food. The site features recipes for cakes, tortes, pies, tarts, cookies, breads, pastries, cheesecakes, and candies, as well as international and holiday dessert recipes. Also includes photos, a discussion forum, baking tips, and a table of equivalent measures and weights and oven temperatures equivalents. Searchable. http://www.dianasdesserts.com Topics: Holiday Foods, Beverages, and Recipes, Recipes & Food Preparation, Snacks and Baked Goods, Sweets and Sweeteners Last updated Nov 4, 2004 Feast of the Hungry Ghosts
Article about the festival held during the seventh month of the lunar calendar (around August) in Buddhist and Taoist communities in China, Malaysia, and Vietnam. Includes recipes for dishes such as ginger date wontons, green onion cakes, and noodle dumplings and cabbage. From a food columnist and cookbook author. http://www.globalgourmet.com/food/kgk/1099/kgk103099.html Topics: Agriculture, Faiths, Food & Cooking, Holidays and Observances Individually, Recipes & Food Preparation, Recipes by Region, Recreation, Recreation, Snacks and Baked Goods, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Jul 28, 2005 Gingerbread Heaven
A collection of links to sites about making gingerbread cookies and cakes, gingerbread houses, and related crafts. Includes sites with photos, recipes, and instructions for making gingerbread and faux gingerbread houses made from materials such as cardboard, graham crackers, and sugar cubes. http://www.creativeladiesministry.com/gingerbread.html Topics: Christmas, Holiday Foods, Beverages, and Recipes, Snacks and Baked Goods, Sweets and Sweeteners Last updated Nov 21, 2005 Godiva Chocolatier: Recipes
Includes recipes for breads, brownies, cakes and tortes, cheesecake, cookies, drinks, frozen desserts, mousses, and more. The about page has some chocolate trivia and terminology. http://www.godiva.com/recipes/ Topics: Beverages, Herbs, Spices, Condiments, and Flavorings, Recipes & Food Preparation, Snacks and Baked Goods, Sweets and Sweeteners Last updated Feb 22, 2009 Hershey's Kitchens
Contains hundreds of recipes featuring chocolate (beverages, breads, muffins, brownies, bars, cakes, desserts, and more). Includes baking hints and tips, and recipes for holidays. http://www.hersheys.com/recipes/ Topics: Herbs, Spices, Condiments, and Flavorings, Holiday Foods, Beverages, and Recipes, Recipes & Food Preparation, Snacks and Baked Goods, Sweets and Sweeteners Last updated Feb 22, 2009 Joey Green's Wacky Uses
This site explores alternative uses of brand-name products, such as using hair conditioner to soften your feet, prevent paint from sticking to your hair, or shine a horse's hooves. Includes a section of product histories and weird facts. Lots of fun mixed with practical suggestions from a former ad copywriter who quit advertising and started experimenting. http://wackyuses.com/ Topics: Home & Housing, Mammals, Snacks and Baked Goods Last updated Feb 20, 2008 Joyofbaking.com
Recipes of course, but this site also provides hows and whys of home baking, notes on ingredients, measurement conversions, techniques, and inspiring photos of pies, tarts, cakes, tortes, cookies, and breakfast treats. There are videos about baking a few standards--biscotti, scones, chocolate chip cookies, and a coffee cake--with variations. Caterer and baking teacher Stephanie Jaworski carefully notes sources when she has adapted recipes, and includes a bibliography. http://www.joyofbaking.com/ Topics: Recipes & Food Preparation, Snacks and Baked Goods, Sweets and Sweeteners Last updated Nov 20, 2002 Junk Food News
This tasty site features stories and newswires about the junk food industry. Beyond the entertainment value of the latest news about empty calories, this site shrewdly illustrates by example how the junk food industry promotes its product. A well-done hobby site by a professional writer. http://www.junkfoodnews.net/ Topics: Advertising & Marketing, Business, Humor, Industries, Nonfiction by Genre, Nutrition & Food Safety, Snacks and Baked Goods, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Oct 12, 2005 King Arthur Flour Company: Recipes
A collection of recipes featuring the use of wheat flour. Provides recipes for breads, cookies, cakes, muffins, biscuits, and more. Searchable and browsable. From the King Arthur Flour Company. http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes2008/ Topics: Beans, Grains, Nuts, & Seeds, Recipes & Food Preparation, Snacks and Baked Goods, Sweets and Sweeteners Last updated Mar 19, 2009 Lemonflower
The site celebrates this "citrus fruit used to make lemonade and other fabulous recipes such as ... lemon cake and lemon meringue pie." It features dozens of recipes; health, beauty, and cleaning tips using lemons; and "because the term 'lemon' is also used to describe faulty products such as an automobiles," the site also includes links to some lemon law resources. Includes links to related sites. http://www.lemonflower.com Topics: Fruits & Vegetables, Recipes & Food Preparation, Snacks and Baked Goods Last updated Oct 8, 2004 Martha Stewart: Cutest Cupcakes
Image gallery with accompanying recipes for decorated cupcakes, showing designs such as snowballs, bugs, lollipops, clowns, and toadstools. Note: A search of this website yields many additional cupcake recipes. From Martha Stewart Living. http://www.marthastewart.com/photogallery/cutest-cupcakes Topics: Snacks and Baked Goods Last updated Sep 24, 2008 PastryWiz Food Resource Center
Decorating information and recipes for cakes including those for weddings and other special occasions are available on this searchable site. Also how to decorate with a paper cone, a history of chocolate, how to create edible flowers, food storage, safety, and additional information. There are many other recipes, job listings, a discussion group, a conversion chart, and chat. http://www.pastrywiz.com/ Topics: Recipes & Food Preparation, Snacks and Baked Goods, Sweets and Sweeteners Last updated Jun 2, 2001 San Francisco Chinatown: Autumn Moon Festival
The Moon Festival is celebrated annually in Asian communities around the world (in mid-to-late September, on Western calendars). Based on the Chinese lunar calendar, this event is sometimes referred to as the Autumn Festival or Harvest Moon Festival. Find dragon and Moon Goddess legends, a recipe for the traditional moon cakes, and photographs from a local celebration. http://www.moonfestival.org/ Topics: Astronomy, Holiday Foods, Beverages, and Recipes, Holidays & Observances, Holidays and Observances Individually, Holidays by Region, Recipes by Region, Recreation, Snacks and Baked Goods, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated May 16, 2005 Six Persimmon Recipes
Recipes for making cookies, a cake, pudding, and chutney using persimmons. Also includes a link to three ways of preserving persimmons (freezer jam, frozen, and dried). From a site that celebrates locally grown produce. http://www.seasonalchef.com/persimmonrecipes.htm Topics: Snacks and Baked Goods, Sweets and Sweeteners Last updated Aug 23, 2005 |
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