Please excuse my absence from blogging – I know, two weeks away is a long time, but I did have a darn good excuse. I spent an extended Memorial Day Weekend with some good friends in Napa, eating and drinking my way through California wine country. The Napa/Sonoma area is now officially my favorite part… Read More Napa and Sonoma + Bing Cherry and Almond Tart
This month there has been lots and lots of baking in my life. I just returned from a weekend at King Arthur Flour in Vermont, where I took a class with the amazing and talented Gesine Bullock-Prado. She recently published a new cookbook called Pie It Forward, which is all about pies, tarts, galettes, and other delicious… Read More Almond Cornmeal Biscotti
Did I ever tell you the story of the best dessert I had in my entire life? No? Last summer during my trip to California wine country, a friend and I stopped in for lunch at Chez Panisse, the famous Alice Waters restaurant in Berkley, CA. We sipped Ms. Waters’ favorite rosé while working our… Read More A Simple Almond Cake
I haven’t played much with yeast on this blog. I love making English muffins, last year’s Easter treat was Hot Cross Buns, and occasionally I whip up a quick-rise pizza crust, but that’s about it. I promise one day I will get more into yeast breads – one of my New Year’s Resolutions was to… Read More Brown Sugar Carrot Bread
I have a confession to make: I’ve never been big on Valentine’s Day. More often than not, it puts stress on people to do something great for a significant other (or pay dearly if they fail!), while also stressing out people who don’t have a significant other at all. It’s a lot of unnecessary stress,… Read More Hazelnut Linzer Cookies