The first cookbook in my mass collection was not actually a cookbook, but a booklet. It only measures 4-by-5-inches with 10 tiny pages, but as a 5th grader, I thought it was cool. My dad was transferred to the San Francisco Bay Area, and I was very upset to leave our home in suburban Chicago where […]
Yes, Virginia, There Really Is A Culinary Cellar!
I have received emails from people asking if I really have an old cellar filled with cookbooks and all other sorts of culinary delights. The answer is yes, it’s really a cellar, not some fancy fixed-up basement with carpet and a television. It’s just a cement cellar with crawlspaces, and it has been known to […]
Blast from the Past: Old Photos from Bake-Off 32, 34, 35, & 39
I have written so much about the delight of the Bake-Off contest held this week, I thought I would end the fun with some old photos from my first and second Bake-Off, and my daughter Kristina’s first and second Bake-Off, and my Mom’s one and only Bake-Off (So far! Come on Mom – do it again!) This was my […]
Dining with the Disney Chefs at the Pillsbury Bake-Off
On our first night with the Pillsbury Bake-Off, the media was treated to a divine evening with the Disney chefs. We actually had dinner right in the kitchens. There were stations set up around the kitchen so we could observe the chefs at work. There were delicacies such as Lamb Sliders with Tomato Marmalade; Smoked Duck […]
A Million Dollar Experience: From Contestant to Blogger at the Pillsbury Bake-Off
I love the Pillsbury Bake-Off. Pure and simple. It has been a part of my family’s life for many years and has given us priceless memories. We are one of the few families of three-generation Bake-Off contestants. My mother, Pat Bradley, has been a contestant once, my oldest daughter, Kristina, has been twice, and I have been […]
The Bake-Off Million Dollar Winner!!!
Here it is!!! The Million Dollar Bake-Off Winning Recipe! Sue Compton of Delanco, New Jersey is the proud winner with her “Mini Ice Cream Cookie Cups.” Sue said she spent an entire weekend experimenting with the eligible Pillsbury products before she was inspired by a container of ice cream in her freezer. She wanted to make […]
It’s Almost Time for the Big Announcement!!
Come back to my blog in a couple hours after Oprah announces the $1million Pillsbury Bake-Off recipe!! For the next couple days, I will also be reporting on what it was like to be there on the Bake-Off floor in Orlando. There is so much to tell you!!
The Full Collection of Pillsbury Bake-Off Books
Yes, isn’t this amazing!? It is every Bake-Off book since the first one in 1949. The only one missing is the new one which will have the $1 million prize-winning recipe! You can find out who wins tomorrow on Oprah. Then I will have to go take another photo! P.S. See the 3rd book from […]
