Smith Island Cake Is Maryland’s Official State Dessert
Today in 2008, the state of Maryland formally recognized Smith Island Cake as its official state dessert. It’s yellow cake and chocolate frosting in layers and layers and layers.
Mitchelville Was The First US Town Led By Formerly Enslaved People
This month in 1863, the founding of a town that made history: Mitchelville was the first town in the United States to be governed by formerly enslaved people.
This year’s cookies
Each year I bake up a few cookies for our neighbors, so I can try out a few recipes and also make up for being socially awkward the rest of the year.
At Age 11, Venetia Burney Named Pluto
Today in 1918, the birthday of Venetia Burney, who at age eleven, did something few people have done: she named a planet!
Beethoven May Have Had Metronome Issues
Judging by metronome marks on his sheet music, Ludwig von Beethoven wanted his compositions played really, really fast. Or did he?
Christmas cookies, part 2
A day later, the cookies are baked!
Christmas cookies part 1
For the first time in Christmas baking history, the old boy is getting his ingredients organized beforehand!
The Fabric With A Built-In Cooling System
Maybe everyone in junior high was right: the clothes you wear really can make you cool! At least if those clothes are the new fabric developed in China with a kind of cooling system embedded inside.
If You’re Making Cookies In Space, Be Patient
Last month, astronauts on the International Space Station baked chocolate chip cookies. But baking cookies in space is a little different than baking them on Earth.
Cakes, Cookies and Doughnuts: This Week’s YouTube Videos To Watch With Your Kids
This week's videos are (very) loosely themed around desserts - fitting that we're all coming down from the Halloween sugar rush.