660038 Fri Oct 16 12:43:31 -0700 2009 6 30 Site Talk 0 5108625 In trying to elicit suggestions on a cookie recipe, I thought, hmmm, baking sure is a topic all its own. Surely there are home cooks who don't necessarily bake, and vice versa... Any thoughts, Chowhound team? Fri Oct 16 12:43:31 -0700 2009 186821 16crab 1 5108678 Yes, here's a Site Talk thread on the idea. http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/614550 Fri Oct 16 13:01:38 -0700 2009 5108625 10039 Melanie Wong 2 5108747 Ahhh...I searched Baking board instead of Baker's board to see if it had been suggested. Seems the topic died last May, but here I am with the same suggestion. Wonder how many others have thought it but not suggested it? Certainly if wine AND beer AND spirits can be deemed individualized enough to have their own boards, cooking and baking could be seen the same. I bake much more often than I cook, have much more knowledge there, and would find it especially useful to have a baking board. Fri Oct 16 13:23:21 -0700 2009 5108678 186821 16crab 3 5108877 Here's what I said then: It's one of the better options we've got if we see a need to further subdivide the current Home Cooking board, but it does introduce some levels of confusion like that. It would be seen as sort of a dessert focused board, but of course, many deserts are not baked and many savory things are. Plus, menu-planning threads can prompt great detailed discussions, and would cross the two boards. And that reasoning still holds. There's not an unmet need (anything you might discuss on a baking board is already covered on Home Cooking) nor an easy line for what content would go where. -- Jacquilynne, Community Manager for Chowhound Fri Oct 16 13:59:59 -0700 2009 5108747 10021 Jacquilynne 4 5129293 confusion? To me, baking is a process, not a product. Can be savory or sweet, it's the process that intrigues me. maybe From The Oven would be a better descriptive label. Sun Oct 25 09:16:49 -0700 2009 5108877 11234 toodie jane 3 5108885 I just put BAKING in the "search this board" box above and that thread popped right up. Of course, I knew that it was there and could be found if I tried hard enough. Please note that Jacquilynne is a member of the Chowhound team and made several comments in the other thread. So, the message has been heard by someone who can do something about it. Fri Oct 16 14:02:14 -0700 2009 5108747 10039 Melanie Wong 1 5131599 I see no reason to have a separate baking board. There was discussion about dropping the Dessert Cookbook of the Month feature on the Home Cooking Board and replacing it with a Baking Book of the Month, though nothing came of that. Some people felt they didn't make anough dessert recipes to give a particular cookbook a fair test drive in only one month, whereas baking covers more options. If CH decides to add more boards, geographical ones are needed far more than hair-splitting those appealing to home cooks, and the idea of a Tabletop board to deal with selection, care, and proper usage of tableware covers territory not clearly assignable elsewhere. Mon Oct 26 09:14:17 -0700 2009 5108625 159317 greygarious