Into Summer (+ Nectarine Buttermilk Crumb Cake)
[Sunset, Casablanca, May 2014.] This morning all the coffee in the world can’t clear out the cobwebs. Ramadan began yesterday which meant my early run …
State of Baking (+ A Maple Cake with Caramelized Pears)
[In Essaouira, June 2014.] We went away the weekend before last, to Essaouira, which is a bit south of Casablanca on the water. To get …
A Lemon Yogurt Cake (with Flax Seeds)
[Marrakech rose, May 2014.] June. On Saturday we walked and walked in Rabat just here and there in the Casbah and the medina where I …
Eggless (+ Vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream)
About a month ago we had a slight … incident … with an egg. No-one got sick, no-one swore off eggs completely, but we decided …
Easy Sunday Mornings (+ Glazed Sweet Rolls)
Yesterday morning I was up at 4:30 and couldn’t manage to fall back asleep so I went downstairs through the sleeping and silent house to …
Apple Cake, Revisited (With Maple Syrup + Some Spelt Flour)
Dearest readers, a small confession on this Mondayest of Mondays: I lately have not eaten as well I can and ought to eat. I had …
On Nature (+ Chocolate-Coconut Blondies)
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul …
To March (+ Whole Grain Chocolate Chunk Cookies)
[A California poppy in Morocco, March 2014.] March Dear March, come in! How glad I am! I looked for you before. Put down your hat- …
Even More Sweet Things (+ a Chocolate Brioche Loaf)
I swear I had the best, the very best, intention to post something today involving loads of vegetables. I’ve been roasting them like mad after …