Kitchen Tips + Recipes
The more fun we have with making food, the better we fuel our bodies and feast our friends!
As a voracious eater, I make sure my time in the kitchen is as fascinating, engaging, and exciting as possible.
As a recipe tester, gluten-free recipe builder, assistant food stylist, and food writer, my how-to recipe articles, kitchen tips, and calendars aim to make your time in the kitchen fun and fascinating, too.
(And delicious, of course… there’s no point if it’s not delicious!)
Printed Guides + Books
The Kitchen Companion Calendar
by Holly Jolley (Illustrator) and Jacqueline Raposo (author)
“Part personal assistant, part sous chef—and a cheerful addition to any kitchen!”
The practical, week-at-a-glance format with tear-off pages features handy kitchen tips: Learn how to freshen up a stinky kitchen sink. Make an elegant chocolate mousse with only two ingredients. And discover which kitchen staples can help remove the trickiest of clothing stains.
Sugar Rush: Master Tips, Techniques, and Recipes for Sweet Baking
by chef Johnny Iuzzini
James Beard–award-winning pastry chef Johnny Iuzzini returns to basics in this complete baking course in a book with everything a home baker needs to confidently turn out 150+ sweets with sophisticated flavors.
(I contributed a gluten-free cake recipe that Johnny adapted for this book.)
Articles
This Homemade Almond Milk is Magic
I walk you through my process for Extra Crispy
How 3 of NYC’s Top Pastry Chefs Helped Me Make a Wedding Cake
So I can help you make one, for Serious Eats
How to Taste and Fall In Love With Raw Honey
It’s totally worth the learning curve, with Serious Eats.
The Dusty Baker Recipes
Food restrictions because of chronic illness or allergies should not equal a life of boring eats! As someone who was taken off of gluten, dairy, and other basics in the 90s (because of Lyme disease) and got a Celiac diagnosis years later, I was an early adopter and practitioner of allergy-friendly recipes.
Moving past trends to favorite staples, I spent years posting gluten-free adaptations and original recipes on TheDustyBaker.com. I’m in the process of re-testing some greatest hits you’ll soon see here. Until then, go to the old site to explore some of the mouth-watering delights below!
Yes, everything below is gluten-free! Most are dairy-free as well!
Upside-down Spiced Pear Cake
Chef Amanda Cohen’s hush puppies
Walnut Butter Balls
Peanut Butter Krinkles
3 Ginger Snaps
Chef Johnny Iuzzini’s Chipotle Brownies (the best brownie’s I’ve ever made)
Chef Joe Murphy’s Creme Brule (dairy free)
Black-and-White Cookies