Baking the Best of It

Fiona and Roxie

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Baking the Best of It

A home baking podcast hosted by two best friends and lifelong bakers!

FEB 22

Thank Birds for Savory Pie

Welcome to Season 2!! We're in the last slog of winter, and what could be better to take us through it than savory pie? But first, we test you by presenting the somewhat challenging history of savory pies. Birds do not get enough credit for their role in the history of savory pies. Maybe you're thinking we mean, like, chicken. As an ingredient. While that's true, it's just the tip of the birds-and-savory-pies-iceberg Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bakingthebestofit Follow us on instagram: @bakingbestpod / bluesky: @bakingthebestofit.bsky.social Sources: https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2011/11/17/142460593/for-the-origins-of-pie-look-to-the-humble-magpie#:~:text=Hourly%20News-,For%20The%20Origins%20Of%20Pie%2C%20Look%20To%20The%20Humble%20Magpie,assembled%20ingredients%20for%20their%20pies. https://www.madisoniannews.com/community/cultural-history-pie https://slate.com/human-interest/2015/03/history-of-pie-how-savory-meat-pies-evolved-into-americas-favorite-dessert.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humble_pie https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/d0orqm/why_did_savory_pie_culture_shepherds_pie_chicken/

1h 17m
12/22/2024

Gingerbread: From Armenian Monks to Houses

Happy Holidays and Happy Season 1 Finale! We've officially brought our gingerbread house success rate up from 0% to 50%. In this episode, we share the history of gingerbread with each other and build a festive little house. We hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable winter holiday season, and we'll be back in 2025 for season 2! We've got a bonus episode coming on our patreon all about the Christmassy bakes in our families, and we'll have more bonus content and recipes coming in the new year. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bakingthebestofit Follow us on instagram: @bakingbestpod

1h 21m
12/07/2024

Baking Brian Jacques' Redwall

The food in fantasy fiction is so important, and Brian Jacques was among the most memorable fantasy authors to write great feasts. These books are beloved by Roxie, and Fiona is a newcomer to them, so we compare our perspectives and discuss the series as a whole and the food in particular. We bake one of Redwall Abbey's beloved nut breads and enjoy it with a cheese, apple, and sage terrine!

1h 25m
11/16/2024

Pietatoes and Molasses

If you've been listening for a while, you've probably gathered that we are pie afficionados. So we've finally done The Pie Episode! We also developed a new pie recipe based on Potatoes and Molasses from Over the Garden Wall (yes). This pie episode is truly exhaustive enough that we go above and beyond to make a pie nobody asked for.

1h 38m
10/31/2024

Halloween Food History & Brain Cake

Roxie takes Fiona through some Halloween treat history before they bake a Charlotte Royale together! Come for the brain cake, stay for the hot takes about Halloween baking and style over substance. Happy Halloween!

1h 50m
10/18/2024

How Did The Bánh Mì Come To Be?

The Bánh Mì is a perfect sandwich, a glorious harmony of crunch, acid, fat, freshness, and, of course: the shattery-on-the-outside, fluffy-on-the-inside bread. You may know that France's colonization (derogatory, always derogatory) of Vietnam contributed to the existence of the Bánh Mì, but the exact details of how are quite specific and, we think, fascinating. Fiona takes Roxie through the history before we detail how we made our own Bánh Mì bread and sandwiches!

1h 14m
10/04/2024

An Apple Episode That Is Definitely Not About Pie

This episode might be a little bit about pie. Our intentions here were to cover autumnal apple bakes and recipes that are not apple pie, and we did do that! But because we're so passionate about pie, piessonate, we also talk quite a bit about pie. Plus, a little something called Concord Grape Corner. Cozy up with a mug of tea or mulled cider and enjoy! A good starter pie crust recipe: https://smittenkitchen.com/2008/11/pie-crust-102-all-butter-really-flaky-pie-dough/ Sources: Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets, edited by Darra Goldstein, Oxford University Press, 2015 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Spy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Delicious

1h 33m
09/20/2024

More Work for Cake

The ratio of historical context to baking content in this extra-long episode is approximately 75/25 because we feel that's appropriate! Angel food cake is so much more than a dry ring of fatless sponge found on grocery store shelves across the United States, it's a distillation of the historical role of "housewife" and how it evolved post-Industrial Revolution. Fiona tells Roxie about how domestic labor roles have evolved in Europe and the United States over the last 800 years and how that evolution relates to capitalism, racism, and gender. Plus, Roxie learns to stop worrying and love angel food cake. Patreon / Instagram / Twitter Sources: More Work for Mother by Ruth Schwartz Cowan, Basic Books, 1983 The Farmer's Wife by Helen Rebanks, Harper Horizon, 2023 The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets, Oxford University Press, 2015 https://nonprofitquarterly.org/work-requirements-are-rooted-in-the-history-of-slavery/

1h 52m

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Introduction: Meet Your Bakers

Welcome to Baking the Best of It! Episode one out Friday, June 21 We're lifelong bakers and best friends who love sharing our recipes, baking experiments, and knowledge. Patreon / Instagram / Twitter

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A home baking podcast hosted by two best friends and lifelong bakers!

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Fiona and Roxie
Years Active

2024 - 2025
Episodes

15
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Explicit
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