If you were to walk by the Chicago Tonight green room last night you would have seen what appeared to be three very different women nervously making conversation over a basket of peanut butter cookies. Had you come inside with us, though, you would have met three people on a similar mission – to de-stigmatize [...]

 
 
 
 
I wasn’t going to pester you guys with any more Cupcake Wars posts – at least not until Food Network called me to say they loved the show and want to bring it back as Natalie Slater’s Cupcake Wars Starring Natalie Slater. But as I was live-Tweeting the show last night I realized you guys [...]

Way back before there was a Teno – or a Bake and Destroy – Tony and I were watching Sugar Rush, a short-lived Food Network show that I’m guessing would do much better these days than it did then. They covered an adorable place called Angel Food Bakery that did quirky wedding cakes, cute cupcakes [...]

vegan potato pizza
Originally uploaded by Bake & Destroy!

When I worked at Letizia’s Natural Bakery I was vegan. Tragic, I know, but Letizia always made sure to have homemade vegan soups for me, and sometimes she made this amazing potato rosemary pizza rustica. Tony and I saw Toni Fiore make this pizza on Delicious [...]

Pizza Margherita
Originally uploaded by Bake & Destroy!

Tony and I have taken to watching Delicious TV lately. I love Toni Fiore, she’s like a vegetarian Carmella Soprano. We watched the pizza special the other day and couldn’t wait until the week end to make pizza margherita. Our Aerogarden supplied us with fresh basil and [...]

blueberry muffins
Originally uploaded by Bake & Destroy!
I never really post muffin recipes, even though I bake them pretty often because they aren’t as sweet and cute as cupcakes or cookies. But they are tasty, and really if you think about it, they’re cupcakes that you’re allowed to eat in the morning without anyone [...]

For Jessy
Originally uploaded by Bake & Destroy!
I have the same taste in cupcakes as your average four-year-old. I like yellow, as buttery as I can get, with vanilla buttercream and sprinkles. Basic, cute and sweet. This recipe might be the best-reviewed cupcake recipe of all time. Every baking blog raves about it, [...]

Word up, cookie.
Originally uploaded by CannibalCupcake
Far be it for me to criticize Martha Stewart. I mean, some people have Jesus, some people have Oprah, I have Martha. But I have to say, Martha…these cookies might have a bit too much butter in them. I mean… I love a buttery cookie. I love a [...]