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...
(Photo by Kevin Good) It’s spring! Hello flowers! Hello sunshine! Hello fickle spring breezes! And hello Easter brunch. I’m not too excited about Easter hats and frills and ribbons and bonnets, but the brunch — yes please. As a baker and cook, I’ve always found it fun to see what...
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! (or almost!) Despite being named Erin, I don’t actually have an Irish granny. But if I did, I would hope she would bake bread like this–slightly sweet and nutty with toasted Hodgson Mill Steel Cut Oats, with a crisp browned crust hiding a tender buttery biscuit crumb....
This is not exactly the post I had in mind for Valentine’s Day – honestly, I’m pretty much a chocolate-caramel-peanut butter-deep dark flavor kind of girl anytime, and especially on Box-of-Chocolates Day (As I believe it should be named). No, I had big dreams for something with dark baking chocolate,...
