Deb Crostini

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...

Peaches, peaches and more peaches! by Chef Deb Traylor Beautiful Colorado peaches are everywhere right now, so we thought we’d better bring you two of our favorite ways to make...

End of Summer and Peach Season by Chef Deb Traylor It’s hard to believe we’re at the end of summer in the Colorado Rockies. This is my favorite time of...

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...

Palisade peaches are peaking and a great way to enjoy their juicy sweetness is in a flash-fried hand pie. Join Chef Deb Traylor in the Ginger and Baker Teaching Kitchen...

Peach season is here! It’s time to visit your local farmers’ market or take a lovely road trip to the Western Slope and buy a case of perfectly ripe, “oh...

Crunchy, sweet and spicy! Join Chef Deb Traylor in the Ginger and Baker Teaching Kitchen as she shares her recipe for quick and easy Bread & Butter Jalapeño Pickles. Great...

It’s the height of summer, which, for many of us, means long days, high temperatures and lighter meals. With that in mind, we’ll be sharing several delicious summer salads that...

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...

I am a self-professed “food pusher.” Early in my career, I used to volunteer at my local farmer’s market in Longmont, Colorado. Every Saturday, I would walk up and...

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...

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! Our latest request comes...

The smell of fresh lilacs is one of the great treats of spring and now that they are starting to fade, why not use those blossoms to make lilac syrup?...

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...

Join Ginger in the Ginger and Baker Teaching Kitchen as she shares one of her mom’s famous recipes – Earlene’s Strawberry Pie – featuring fresh strawberries and loads of whipped...

Learn to make this simple and classic French dessert combining rich custard and sweet summer berries! Summer Berry Clafoutis  Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Add all ingredients, except for berries, to...

Join Chef Deb Traylor in the Teaching Kitchen as she shares one of our most-requested recipes, Ginger and Baker Hot Sauce! It’s simple to make and yields an incredibly zippy...

Sweet and Short: Tart Cherry Season Some of the best July fireworks are tart cherries sparking bright red on our hardy fruit trees here in Colorado. On hot summer days,...

Farmers Markets and Fried Cherry Pies by Chef Deb Traylor Things I love: family, friends, rescue dogs, a newly sharpened knife, an 11” American-made black steel frying pan, early mornings...

Swimming Upstream and Rhubarb Floats For as long as I can remember I’ve always been a bit different. Call it quirky, creative or “marching to a different drummer,” but for...

Early Summer Rhubarb Ramblings Very few things evoke the fresh green promise of early summer like the taste of rhubarb. Most likely, you either crave rhubarb’s brash, tart flavor or,...