Clik here to view.
Focaccia
I try not to get too attached to small appliances. But lately I’ve been gushing a good bit about a certain juicer and blender. It’s been a love fest around here actually, with veggies and fruit piled...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Apricot, Cranberry, and Almond Whipped Cream Scones
Why is it so hard to find a good scone these days? Or even a recipe for a good scone. Maybe because too many of us have never really experienced a properly fluffy, flaky and fabulous scone baked by...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Blueberry Grunt
Breakfast has always been my favorite meal. I could–and often do–eat breakfast for just about any meal (hello, scrambled eggs for lunch today). When I was a kid, my mom set the table for breakfast as...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Forgotten-Nut Shortbread
As kids, one of the favorite family outings for my siblings and me was when our parents piled us into the family wagon for a trip to Bates Nut Farm (my brother called it “Nate’s Butt Farm”). We didn’t...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Parker House Rolls
When I’m in the mood for comfort food (which is pretty much all the time—who knew I needed so much comforting?), it’s not French, Thai, Mexican, or Italian food I long for. I crave good old American...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cinnamon Sugar Monkey Bread
Monkey Bread is one of those treats where the guilt often out-weighs the pleasure. So much sugar! And all those little pull-apart nuggets, like a croquembouche of donuts—once you get started picking...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Chocolate Cake with Strawberry Lava
As April hurtles toward May, all I can think is: graduation season! Every year, as more and more kids I know grew old enough to graduate from something other than kindergarten or fifth grade (graduate?...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Balsamic-Glazed Radicchio, Fennel Sausage, and Mozzarella Pizza {and a...
I love it when widely accepted food myths get busted. Like butter turning out to be a good thing (did we really doubt Julia Child there for awhile?). Or finding out that eggs don’t cause heart disease....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Nutella Cupcakes {and a Cookbook Giveaway!}
When Fran and I first met, our kids were going to a small country school in the south of France. Nutella was a staple in every French kitchen then, and took the place of peanut butter in our lives for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Garlic Cheese Biscuits
I grew up in a Poppin’ Fresh family. My mother was not a baker, and had no desire to be one. On those occasions when biscuits came into play, she bought a roll of Pillsbury dough and asked one of us...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Chocolate Pecan Breakfast Rolls
We all know that the aroma of hot, yeasty, sweet bread just as it comes out of the oven is irresistible. Now imagine the tender, chewy bite of freshly risen buns mingled with a perfectly balanced,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Macadamia Nut Banana Bread {and a Cookbook Giveaway!}
My first trip to Hawaii was more than twenty years ago. It was love at first sight, even if I did have to spend much of my time in the shade. The air just feels different, more oxygenated somehow....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Neapolitan Cakelettes
I was (am) the youngest of three kids. Which meant my older and bossier siblings pretty much called the shots around our house while I consoled myself with thoughts of how the meek would someday...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cast-Iron Skillet Jalapeño Cornbread
I know I whine a lot about not being ready for summer to end and definitely not being ready for cold weather. It’s what I do, and it probably won’t change any time soon. But in my defense, when cold...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Chocolate–Vanilla Bean Pinwheels
While Fran has been hanging on to the last threads of summer with her Whiskey Smash and her S’more Cookies, I’ve been pining for colder weather and a change in the seasons—something California has been...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ukrainian garlic bread ~ Pampushky
This year I’m hosting a modest-sized group for Thanksgiving, and I’m determined to shake things up in the holiday kitchen a bit. It took all of five minutes of soul searching to know I didn’t want to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Apple Cranberry Walnut Lattice Pie
A few years ago, I brought a cranberry-apple pie to a dinner party. It didn’t go well. The pie was fine. It was the same apple-cranberry pie I’d been making for years. In fact, it was so fine that...
View Article
