Weekends in the Kitchen and Beyond
If you lack the time and energy to make up a sweet pastry dough the normal way–by cutting butter into flour, etc, etc–then try out this recipe to make a quick Polish tart. The most time consuming part is preparing the fruit (and washing the dishes afterwards!). The mixer does all the work to make […]
Over the course of my life, I’ve discovered that not everyone likes chocolate. Yikes!! But what really pulls at my heart strings is when someone who loves chocolate develops an allergy to chocolate. What a nightmare that must be! When I tried to research what chemical in chocolate could possibly trigger such a reaction, the […]
In my baking world, nothing spells Spring more than a lemon cake. And when it comes to lemon cakes, few top the rustic charm of the British Lemon Drizzle Cake. I baked a Lemon Drizzle Cranberry Bundt Cake for Christmas, but cheated by using oil instead of butter. This time around, I wanted to make amends […]
It was the second day of Spring when we got hit with a hefty dose of snow. There are a two crucial steps to take in these cases: (1) Go outside and enjoy the snow; and (2) Return to a pot of hot cocoa. I almost thought that making hot cocoa doesn’t call out for […]
I have a stack of food magazines a mile high with so many interesting recipes. While they look fun to try out, what I’ve found is that most people, most of the time prefer food that doesn’t go too far out on a limb. Since cake was on my mind (yet again), I thought I […]