brunch
sugar free: honey lemon cake
February 21st, 2013
So the granola’s helping. A little. But it’s definitely “snack-y”. And I’m craving dessert. Specifically, cake. By sheer coincidence, Rebecca of the wonderful blog The Daily Muse posted last week about breaking the dessert habit. Rebecca writes often about healthy eating, and I really like her philosophy – that it’s not about deprival, but more about moderation and making mindful [...]
sugar free: maple granola with dried cherries
February 15th, 2013
Ugh. NOT liking this sugar-free thing. At. All. It’s not that I’m “craving” sugar so much – it’s just that I’m realizing how automatically I reach for a little something sweet after every meal. And now it’s not there. And there definitely feels like something’s….missing. And please, please don’t tell me to just grab a piece [...]
dairy free: carrot bread
January 20th, 2013
Way back when, I found myself with some very pretty carrots from the farmer’s market that I was not planning on using anytime soon. So in my ongoing campaign to get Noah to eat I decided to look for a carrot bread recipe. This was not so easy – carrot cake, no problem. But I [...]
some changes, a final(ish) good-bye, and love on a plate
August 28th, 2012
Hi all! I hope you enjoyed my guest posts last week – I missed you! I have so many exciting things planned for my little blog over the next few months, but for now it’s all about transitions. The last few summers have felt like a revolving door at my house. Chelsea comes home in [...]
d.i.y.: english muffins and butter
August 1st, 2012
Today’s D.I.Y. has been staring me in the face for months. Literally. It’s my breakfast. I eat the same breakfast pretty much every day – a toasted English muffin (with a little butter and honey), a hard boiled egg (with salt and pepper) and a big iced coffee. I don’t know why it never occurred [...]
who knew??
March 9th, 2012
Am I really the last to learn that tomorrow – March 10 – is none other than “National Blueberry Popover Day”??? Please tell me I’m not. I received an e-mail about it today, along with a recipe from Executive Pastry Chef Hugo Reyes from Blue Fin Restaurant in New York City. A quick search on [...]
brunch, part two: winter fruit salad
January 24th, 2012
Remember my brunch menu from a few weeks ago? Here’s the recipe for the fruit salad that was pictured! I am normally not a fan of fruit salad. I find it annoying to make and typically unsatisfying to eat. I always feel obliged to put some on my plate, so as not to feel too [...]
brunch, part one: cinnamon streusel french toast
January 15th, 2012
For almost 20 years we have started New Year’s Day the same way - going out for breakfast with my parents at one of our favorite local restaurants. As you know, I truly love our family traditions – and this one is no exception. But I just wasn’t “feeling it” this year. We had spent the previous week cramming [...]
holiday baking: one pound cake, two ways (lemon poppy)
December 18th, 2011
If the Deluxe Double-Vanilla pound cake from yesterday was too subtle and low-key for you, then you are going to LOVE this version. It’s got it all going on – flecks of lemon zest and black poppy seeds in the batter, and a shiny, lemony glaze on top. This cake is as pretty as it is [...]
holiday baking: one pound cake, two ways (deluxe double-vanilla)
December 17th, 2011
On the list of all sweet things I love, pound cake………..well, takes the cake. Today’s recipe is from a book I’ve talked about before. Rose Levy Beranbaum’s The Cake Bible has truly been my “bible” for much of my cake-baking life. Her pound cake recipe is the best I’ve ever tried (I’ve made it so often that [...]
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