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,...

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...

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...

Never Too Busy by Chef Deb Traylor It’s an exciting time here at Ginger and Baker with so much going on! The building is getting closer and closer to completion...

Being the underdog… and the humble radish by Chef Deb Traylor Today I’d like to talk about the produce aisle’s most overlooked vegetable, the humble radish, and the beauty of...

Apricots for Days and Days By Chef Deb Traylor In a previous post I mentioned I received fifteen pounds of apricots as a gift. On it’s own it was a...

Summer Spice By Chef Deb Traylor Faced with an entire cooler full of apricots, we decided to use a pound or two to make a simple little Apricot Pico De...

Love and Apricots By Chef Deb Traylor I wanted to start this post with how much I adore apricots, but then I realized I use the words “love/adore/favorite” in every...

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...

Diamond in the Rough by Chef Deb Traylor I think every one of us can relate to a time or place when we began some sort of endeavor or adventure...

Pie’s Favorite Beverage by Chef Deb Traylor When Ginger and I first began dreaming of a pie shop, we didn’t spend much time thinking about the beverages we wanted to...

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...

By Ginger Graham and Miranda Guettlein We have begun a grand adventure! In 2024, we had over 250,000 guests at Ginger and Baker – that’s a lot of plates, forks,...

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?...