Posts Tagged Baked Goods

The Appeal of The Great British Bake Off

Besides a week-long stretch when I was sick and lay on the couch watching the entire first season of Grey’s Anatomy, The Great British Bake Off is the closest I’ve ever come to obsessively binge-watching a tv show.

Creating Cozy

Ever since returning from our October trip to Venice and Slovenia, I’ve been unable to stop baking.

Crash-Free Baking

If you walked into my kitchen one afternoon, the winter light reflecting off of cabinets and counters like a blue-ish laser beam, and saw this cake sitting on one of those counters, delicate and decadent, you might feel your shock crowding out your hunger.

Plums + Buckwheat

We were once again gifted a box of plums from our neighbors’ plum tree.

My Maui Food Memory

Along with visiting the Haleakala Crater and driving The Road to Hana, I planned another must-do for our trip to Maui: eating as much banana bread as possible.

Baking to Focus

I'm selective about the recipes I share on this site.

Embracing Change in the Form of a Cookie

Certain things change when you get married.

An Energy Boost

I've come to rely on afternoon snack breaks.

Six Pints of Strawberries: Strawberry Bread

When I brought home six pints of strawberries, my vague ideas about what to do with them consisted mostly of what I didn't want to do with them.

Welcoming Fall Flavors

While my closet moves confidently into Fall, my palate is less gung-ho.

The Best Blueberry Muffins?

I have a recipe binder that I'm slowly filling with interesting recipes I've clipped from magazines and newspapers.

Pistachio Biscotti

It shouldn’t be a secret that I have a fondness for pistachios.

A New Appreciation

My husband loves scones.

Practice Means Wanting a Bigger Slice of the Cake

I will humbly admit that I loved how my first cake came out.

Cooking it Fresh: Bosc Pears

Each time I write a Fresh from the Market product post, I'll follow that post with a recipe I've tested.

Canned Pumpkin Problem

This past Fall, I acted like (some) people do before a big snowstorm and stocked up like I wouldn't be able to leave the apartment all winter.

Birthday (Polenta) Cake

This is actually a dish I was hoping to make the day before Thanksgiving, for all of us to munch on while we were cooking Thanksgiving dinner.

A Harvest Pie

My favorite kind of baking doesn't involve icing cupcakes, decorating cookies, or layering a cake.

The best way to eat plums

Last weekend I realized that it had been weeks since I had made anything fruit related.

Pistachio Obsessed

My love for pistachios is practically predestined.

Earl Grey Biscotti

I love the idea of cooking with tea and, in fact, own a different tea cookbook, Tea Cuisine.