Cherries! (+ Cherry Jam)
Today: bowls and bowls of buttercream. Baking flourless peanut butter chocolate chip cookies and vegan ginger snaps. Filling and frosting three tiers of a wedding …
The Tuesday Treat: Banana Cake w. Chocolate Glaze
For an explanation of The Tuesday Treat, see here. Banana Cake with Almonds and Chocolate Glaze, adapted from A Poetic Appetite, who adapted it from …
The Tuesday Treat: Rhubarb Cake with Honey + Yogurt
For an explanation of The Tuesday Treat, see here. Rhubarb-Yogurt Cake with Honey and Yogurt, adapted from the Spoon River Cookbook, via the Boston Globe …
A New (Favorite) Thing: Rhubarb
[In the kitchen, Sebastopol, May 2012.] The fall after I graduated college I went to hear a lecture by Isabel Allende, who was speaking to …
The Tuesday Treat: Busy-Day Cake with Lemon Curd
For an explanation of The Tuesday Treat, see here. Busy-Day Cake with Lemon Curd I often repeat myself in words, and cooking follows this path, …
(Not-too-Sweet) Strawberry Jam
The good news is that after my expression of teen angst last Friday San Francisco turned on a dime, helping us to forget a soggy …
Winter Busy
[First ever grown up tree, December 2011.] The end of the calendar year is so close I can hear it tip-toeing behind me as it …
How it’s Going
[Blackberries, Sebastopol, September 2011.] This past week or so has involved lots of blackberries. Loads. Some I didn’t pick and many I did, and I …
Summer is for Baking Pie
[4th of July baking, July 2011.] Suddenly, am obsessed with making pie. I’m not sure why this is exactly — maybe because it’s been so …