Chocolate Beet Cake with Cream Cheese Glaze

After several weeks of unusually warm weather, winter has finally arrived in Pittsburgh. That means it’s time to gear up for some much needed baking. The warmth of the oven offers a sense of comfort that can only be appreciated when a dusting of snow swirls across my front lawn. I had a couple of [...]

Ask Culinary Cory: Unsalted Butter

Why do you prefer to use unsalted butter? For years, I never really cared about the type of butter I used in recipes.  The decision was almost always influenced by what was on sale.  It could have been the bottom-of-the-barrel margarine, and I wouldn’t have flinched for a second.  Now I that my focus has [...]