Have you ever had a moon pie or a whoopie pie? I haven’t. But if presented with both in the future I’ll be able to make a really educated decision on which one I’d prefer to try.
Let’s explore the difference between moon pies and whoopie pies.
Tag Archives: dessert
Difference between: pastry cream and buttercream
I’m on a (slow-going, years long, I’m-dragging-my-feet) mission to learn more about baking.
Let’s find out the difference between pastry cream and buttercream.
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Difference between: pudding and custard
This week we are examining pudding and custard.
Food history: Christmas cookies
We’re not just going to look into where Christmas cookies come from.
We’re also looking at the specific traditions of leaving cookies for Santa, and cookie swapping.
Food history: Bananas Foster
This food history is almost embarrassingly short and sweet.
Most of the time with Food History posts, it is difficult to decipher the background of a dish, because many meals simply evolve and grow over time. Or, the food item can be traced so far back the precise origin is unclear.
Then there are the biggies like coffee and ketchup, where the history is so expansive it’s impossible to cover it all in one blog post.
But with Bananas Foster, we’ve got the exact, undisputed, quick history right here.
Food history: candied apples
In the history of candied apples we’ll of course also have to check out caramel apples.
Food history: apple pie
Continuing on through apple month, also known as September, let’s find out what the history of apple pie is.
Food history: cotton candy
If you’ve been to a county fair or carnival yet this summer, you may have had this sugar-spun sweet.
Four people are said to have invented cotton candy – and two of them are dentists.
Food history: baked Alaska
Okay, I am not a dessert person. And, I’m not a fire person – as in, sparklers make me nervous.
But this is impressive:
Food history: fruitcake
Within the general history of fruitcake, of course, we must investigate the repulsion behind this unusual, and yet festive, food item.
Perhaps you still have one from over the holidays that you’re using as a doorstop.
