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Dreaming of Lemon Olive Oil Ricotta Cake I think about cake a lot. Not necessarily eating it. Baking it. I love to think up new styles and flavors and imagine what works well together. The other night I was in bed stress watching a DVRed …
An Old-Fashioned Treat: Stamped Spice Cookies Ever since I was a little girl, I have been trying to transform my life into the setting of a 19th century novel. It is not surprising then, that I enjoy baking “old-fashioned” treats and desserts suitable for a …
An Accidental Dessert: Pear Tarts The other day I poached some pears. I was trying to recreate a savory tart – pears with cheese – that I saw on the internet. The tart was not a big success. It was fine but it had a …
Old Fashioned Baking: Oatmeal Raisin Cookies I am often torn between wanting to bake “fancy” things and wanting to bake comfort foods from my childhood. Fancy things include macarons, French pastries, croissants. Comfort foods include brownies, layer cakes, and cookies – the old-fashioned kind like …
Cozy Up to Winter with Chewy Molasses Ginger Cookies I always think it’s kind of weird the way people put up their holiday decorations the day after Halloween and then take them down the day after Christmas. This is the hard part of the year, …
A New and More Delicious Tradition: Apple Mini Pies It is mid November so my mind has naturally turned to Thanksgiving. Growing up, Thanksgiving was all about “tradition,” basically, eating the same foods every year. Because I was a kid in the early 70s, that …
A Perfect Fall Treat: Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies Like a lot of people, autumn is my absolutely favorite season. I love the weather and the beautiful leaves. I love Halloween and Thanksgiving. Most of all, I love an excuse to be inside and be cozy. …
Pumpkin and Spice and Everything Nice: Pumpkin Snickerdoodles I think the first time I ever heard of snickerdoodles was when I was out of chocolate chips and looking for a recipe that didn’t involve chocolate. I guess I didn’t like what I read, because that …
Pumpkin Streusel Muffins: An Invitation to Autumn Fall is in the air, friends! Well, not really. It is actually hot on Long Island this weekend. It is fall in spirit, however, and we must celebrate accordingly. These pumpkin streusel muffins are my first autumn bake …
Pate à choux: the building block of a town My mother-in-law has a house in the middle of nowhere France. It is beautiful, but there is nothing. A train station, a tiny grocery store, a bakery, and two hairdressers – TWO! – make up the …
