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Spring
Join us for The Cache Wine Club! As a member, every month you’ll receive two bottles carefully selected by our somms (one white and one red) that you can pick...
These fun little treats are perfect to make with kids, to add to Easter baskets or for great spring dessert. Happy Spring! Marshmallow Peeps 6 egg whites1 cup + 1½...
Team Cake? Team Pie? Everyone wins! by Chef Deb Traylor We spend a fair amount of time talking (and dreaming) about pie here at Ginger and Baker. It is, after...
Summer
The heat of late summer inevitably welcomes the same conversations every year. First, it’s all about the weather: “Is it hot enough for you?” or “Oh my goodness, it’s soooo...
Savoring the Tomato Harvest Whether you’re loving the abundance of tomatoes at your farmers market, or you’ve been watering and weeding and fighting the critters all summer and have a...
Family size Frito Pie! Childhood Home and Frito Pie by Chef Deb Traylor I’ve always been a Texas girl, a proud seventh generation Texan, and I’ve loved my state and...
FAll
Preserving Summer for Winter Now that the frost is on the pumpkin, we’re working on canning the final yield from this year’s harvest. We started in September with peaches (Ginger...
One of the things that many cooks and chefs do when they have time off is reach out to other restaurants and ask to do a brief ‘stage’, or internship...
By Ginger Graham We have a huge pumpkin patch at the farm. I love growing every variety I can find, and then letting grandkids and friends’ kids come find their...
Holidays
We love getting recipe requests from guests. It gives us a chance to shine a light on our culinary team’s work and it gets people cooking! We received this request...
Fruitcake you’ll love… seriously! By Ginger and Baker (first published on December 13, 2016) When we were coming up with holiday blog ideas, someone mentioned fruitcake. Yep, the perfect holiday...
Growing up, the month of December always meant a lot of time in the kitchen. My mom made endless varieties of candies like divinity and Martha Washington Chocolates, peanut brittle and...
Winter
Join us for The Cache Wine Club! As a member, every month you’ll receive two bottles carefully selected by our somms (one white and one red) that you can pick...
It’s the simple things… by Chef Deb Traylor Since I’m a chef, people tend to ask me a lot of questions about food and, lately, about Ginger and Baker. Some...
Simplicity and a Humble Pie By Chef Deb Traylor Sometimes the uncomplicated, quiet things offer the best surprises. No one can argue that a bouquet of flowers is beautiful, but...
Community
Join us for The Cache Wine Club! As a member, every month you’ll receive two bottles carefully selected by our somms (one white and one red) that you can pick...
You’ll find Forevergreen Farm’s beautiful microgreens throughout Ginger and Baker, garnishing The Cache steaks, chops and seafood and making event dishes look and taste extra-special. Not only lovely, these delicate,...
Remember the time the Teaching Kitchen team skated into the kitchen with the Colorado Eagles hockey team and dropped the puck on an afternoon of fun? The goal? To learn...
History
Feeders Supply at night. Photo by George Hendrix Celebrating Our Roots The Northern Colorado Feeders Supply building has been a part of the fabric of Fort Collins since the turn...
I admit it, I’m a sucker for before and after pictures. Just the title “before and after” creates a sense of anticipation. Before and after creates a way to peek...
Video: Join Ginger Graham in The Cache at Ginger and Baker as she shares how Fort Collins’ history influenced the restaurant’s design and how NoCo farmers and ranchers influence the...
Pie Stories
We live ‘full time” in Fredericksburg, VA, but two years ago we bought a cabin in the Poudre River Valley. We discovered Ginger and Baker the first month we were...
When I was 11 or 12, I told my grandfather one time that I liked German Chocolate Pie from Marie Callender’s. Every single event for the next ten years (including...
My grandfather made a trunk for my mother for her to start collecting items to take with her when she moved off their farm in North Dakota. In 1917, she...
All Recipes
The Great Colorado Peach Dilemma: How I Became a Peach Hoarder by Chef Deb Traylor Oh, Colorado peaches – those juicy, sun-kissed orbs of pure fruity perfection! Every year, like...
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been fascinated with using aromatic blossoms in ways that preserve their essence and fragrance. (Of course, I always do my research to...
Spring and summer are the best seasons for gathering edible flowers and herbs for your soups, salads and desserts! We used edible flowers and herbs courtesy of Woolly Goat Farm...
