Cookbook Author
My book, The Sweet Book of Candy Making, is available now! This candy cookbook will show you how to create your own delicious, gorgeous, and professional-quality candies in your home kitchen. Inside, you’ll find:
- Candy-making essentials: all you need to know about equipment, ingredients, and techniques, including step-by-step lessons on pulling taffy, rolling truffles, filling peanut butter cups, and more
- More than 50 recipes for sugar candies, fondant, caramels, toffee, fudge, truffles, chocolates, marshmallows, and fruit and nut candies
- Troubleshooting tips and photo tutorials for each type of candy
- Techniques to create beautiful, edible candy decorations
Visit my Book page for a more in-depth look inside this cookbook! The Sweet Book of Candy Making can be ordered from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, IndieBound, or QBookshop.
About.com Candy
Since 2006 I have been the Candy Guide at About.com, an online division of the New York Times Company. As the Guide to Candy, I am the sole writer and producer of all of the content at www.candy.about.com. I grew the site from scratch into a top-rate candy recipe site visited by millions of people a year. Some of my specialties and responsibilities include:
- Developing and writing original recipes [sample recipe: Banana Split Truffles]
- Composing blog entries [sample blog post: Don't Fear the Chocolate Tasting]
- Writing informational articles [sample article: All About Chocolate]
- Producing step-by-step recipe tutorials [sample tutorial: How to Make Chocolate Roses]
- Writing a weekly newsletter with thousands of subscribers [sample newsletter: Flower Power]
SugarHero!
When I’m not writing recipes for other people, I’m usually posting on my personal dessert blog, SugarHero! This blog is a lighthearted celebration of sugar and the sweet things in life. It’s a little more casual, a little more goofy, and a lot more ME. Please stop by, check it out, and join me in eating reckless amounts of sugar. Some of my favorite recent posts include:
- Kettle Corn Cookies
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Pie
- M&M Skillet Cookie
- Blue “Crystal Meth” Rock Candy
- Easter Egg Doughnuts
Freelance Food Writing
In addition to my work with About.com, I also create recipes and write blog posts for individuals, companies and corporate blogs. An example of my corporate blog work can be found on the Oh Nuts blog. On this site, I create original recipes that feature Oh Nuts products, and write weekly blog posts with step-by-step photo tutorials featuring the recipes. Recipe specialties include:
- Savory recipes [samples: Pecan-Crusted Fish, Basil Pesto]
- Pastry & dessert recipes [samples: Homemade Nutella, Lemon Poppy Seed Scones]
- Candy recipes [samples: Resolution Breaker Candy Bars, Almond Coconut Candy Bars]
- Food-related tutorials [samples: How to Make A Halloween Candy Buffet, How to Make Jordan Almond Wedding Favors]
Contact Me!
I am always open to new food writing opportunities, so if you are looking for someone to contribute recipes, articles, blog posts, or food reviews to your publication or website, please don’t hesitate to contact me at writing@elizabethlabau.com.