I always start to go a little zucchini-crazy this time of year. Last year around this time, I made an outstanding Zucchini and Ricotta Galette and a Chocolate Zucchini Cake, then finished the summer with Zucchini Cornbread. Did I need another zucchini recipe on this blog? Absolutely. I may be an experienced zucchini-baker, but this is… Read More Zucchini Olive Oil Cake
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
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
When it comes to dried fruits, raisins are my least favorite. Remember when we were kids, how our parents would give us raisins as a “healthy” snack? Lame. I will eat raisins, but I’ll only eat them 2 ways: covered in chocolate, and baked into oatmeal cookies. And sure, oatmeal raisin cookies sound like a healthier… Read More Oatmeal Raisin Cookies (or, “The Greatest Low-Fat Cookies in the World”)