baking

Having the proper timing down is an important part of preparing a big meal

Fall had arrived and here comes the "cult of pumpkin spice." They want to pumpkin spice-ify EVERYTHING! The other day I saw a box of pumpkin spice Twinkies. Dear Lord, enough already! Just make it stop. I once wrote a false commercial to play on my radio show, pumpkin spice toilet paper...

I love having a stand mixer in my kitchen. It's great because it makes you feel fancy and it also is perfect for making cookies or bread or cakes! It has way more versatility than your standard hand mixer (though there's certainly something to be said for how easy it is to whip out your hand mixer for cookies or some banana bread. But when you need to mix a cake on medium for a solid eight minutes, standing there with a hand mixer might as well be torture. Maybe that's just me. Anyways, I've put together a short list of best-selling stand mixers with amazing reviews!

If it's named after the state, it has to be the state desert...right?