beckyAs an artist and designer, I especially love cake and cookie decorating. While bread baking and pizza making are fun (and delicious!), I’ll always have a special affinity for pastry-related projects which allow me to …
Latest Recipes
Puff Pastry Anchovy Recipe
This easy puff pastry anchovy recipe features salty, briny, umami anchovies layered between sheets of puff pastry, garnished with sesame seeds, and baked until golden brown. These easy anchovy sticks make a fantastic addition to …
Candy Cane Christmas Truffle Recipe
This Christmas truffle recipe offers the perfect solution for using up excess candy canes or starlight peppermint hard candies. Made with dark chocolate, peppermint oil, and crushed candy cane pieces, these candy cane truffles are …
Macaron Tools I Love
If you follow me on Instagram, you probably know how much I love to make macarons. (Weirdly, they aren’t my top choice when it comes to eating pastries, but I do love making them!) Macarons …
How to Make a Gingerbread House
If you’ve been following my baking adventures for awhile now, you’ll know that I absolutely love working with gingerbread, so I thought I’d share my tried-and-tested tips for how to make a gingerbread house and …
Peppermint Marshmallow Recipe
Made with peppermint oil and green gel coloring, this peppermint marshmallow recipe is perfect for gifting Christmas cheer! Why Make This Peppermint Marshmallow Recipe? I love baking with peppermint. At Christmastime, I usually gravitate toward …
Rebecca Frey is a freelance recipe developer, food writer, photographer, stylist, and pastry chef. She earned the Diplôme de Pâtisserie (French Pastry Techniques Diploma) from Le Cordon Bleu London in 2020 and an MSc in Culinary Innovation from Birkbeck, University of London in 2022, where she focused her dissertation research on Pennsylvania Dutch recipes. She also holds a Professional Chocolatier’s Certificate from Ecole Chocolat. Rebecca has developed recipes for websites including Serious Eats, The Spruce Eats, Wine Enthusiast, and others. Follow her on Instagram @bastecutfold.