The Tuesday Treat: Earl Grey Chocolate Cake w. Lemon-Cream Cheese Frosting
For an explanation of The Tuesday Treat, see here. Earl Grey Chocolate Cake with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting, adapted from shutterbean.com I’ll be honest: this …
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, …
The Tuesday Treat: Chocolate Cupcakes with Strawberry Buttercream
For an explanation of The Tuesday Treat, see here. Chocolate Cupcakes with Strawberry Buttercream Frosting When you have a surfeit of strawberries, and you’ve made …
The Tuesday Treat: Busy-Day Cake or Sweet Bread
For an explanation of The Tuesday Treat, see here. Busy-Day Cake or Sweet Bread, adapted from Edna Lewis’ “The Taste of Country Cooking” From the …
(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 …
The Tuesday Treat: Chocolate Chip Cookies with Brown Sugar
In the spirit of my new attempt at chronicling my Sunday Dinners, I’ve decided to start a new ‘series’ I’m calling “The Tuesday Treat.” Explanation …
Honey-Lemon Cake
[Easter table, April 2012.] UPDATED TO ADD ON 4/19: Oops, I forgot that honey isn’t technically considered ‘vegan’. Still, ‘non-egg, non-dairy honey lemon cake’ doesn’t …
As a Follow-Up … (+Vegan Chocolate Cake)
[Sebastopol, March 2012.] to Friday, I’m here to report I pushed through a fairly successful 6-miler on Sunday afternoon – see photo above – along …
Running, Revisited (+ Greek Yogurt + Granola)
[Once I ran across this bridge; I will again.] Up early this morning (6:20 or so) to lace up my running shoes in the quiet …