About that Wedding Cake …
[Cake for Leah and Simon, gorgeous photo by Sweet Monday Photography.] A year ago I was obsessing about butter cream — how much, would it …
My New Standard
I have a favorite, reliable, go-to, standard (etc. etc.) cookie recipe that never fails me: an oatmeal-chocolate chip. When I ‘need’ to make cookies and …
Another for the Cake-Baking Files
[Cake for Leah and Simon, April 2011.] So because I have so much free time right now, I just baked a wedding cake. I think …
Weekend Cooking
[Forget-me-nots, April 2011.] So it’s spring now, even if it doesn’t always feel like it every day due to rain in the forecast and the …
Barmbrack for St. Pat’s
The one and only time I went to Ireland I ate (vegetarian) baked beans, cheese toasties, fried eggs, mash. We had glasses of gin and …
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies + Hitting the Road
[On my table right this minute, February 2011.] Today I am working from home and baking cookies and making soup (roasted potato-leek, with spinach and …
Love, Etc.
[Dad’s birthday cake, February 2011.] Oh, St. Valentine. Thank-you for giving me yet another reason to cook, though lord knows I need little excuse. This …
(Will Run for) Banana-Chocolate Muffins
The other night I did something I hadn’t in far too long: I baked banana bread — err, muffins — from a standby recipe. I’ve …
The Perfect Crunch
[Cranberry ‘jellies’, December 2010.] I’m a big fan of homemade gifts. BIG fan (this is lucky for me, because I’ve heard some elves in Maine …