Oh, my gosh! It’s spring! I think it’s really here! I’ve felt for a week or two now (despite a few doubtful days) that it’s time to give my trusty jar of cinnamon a rest, as it’s become considerably depleted from all my winter baking. I think it’s time to...
I will make no apologies for the decadence of this recipe. Sometimes, baking needs to be an out-and-out splurge – even gluten-free baking. (Calories don’t count on Valentine’s Day, right?) I just adore the combination of hazelnut and chocolate.: chocolate hazelnut spreads, Baci® chocolates, anything that combines the sweet nuttiness...
I have a produce problem. This time of year, I can’t resist buying as many fresh vegetables off of farmers’ market tables as I have biceps to tote them home. Peaches, apples, beets, cabbages, tomatoes, eggplants and kale. . . . my crisper is full to bursting. Polenta to the...
Hello summer! To me, summer has always meant lots of time spent laying around a pool or lake, and cookouts. And cookouts usually mean boring store-bought buns. Not anymore. Not for me. Over Memorial Day weekend, my family had the chance to hang out around our cousin’s pool, swim, and...
I’d really like to call this “Piña Colada Pineapple Upside Down Cake”, but I feel like it already has such a long, unwieldy name . . . how else can I describe the moist, springy cake softly scented with coconut, with the tangy-sweet fruit on top and the rich dark...
