Tag: baking

Is there anything more wholesome than pie? The very word brings a smile to one's face, and it's associated with all sorts of pleasant things -- someone who is sweet as pie (or a …

I am woefully behind in posting my Daring Baker's challenge this month, and I am woefully behind in doing it as well. But this weekend I finally screwed my courage to the sticking point …

I'm not much of a summer cook. I like to cook the foods of cooler weather -- spicy gingerbreads, hearty stews, root vegetables that stick to your ribs. Summer, at least in Los …

It's become fashionable or a mark of pride to eschew recipes. You'll hear many cooks boasting of how they never use a recipe, or they just use techniques they know on whatever they have …

Have I ever mentioned that I am a raging Anglophile? I jealously hoard Colman's mustard, studied abroad in London, wrote my undergraduate thesis on franchise reform in Parliament, and pepper my speech with phrases like …

They say you are either a cake person or a pie person. While I think that this is a somewhat loaded dichotomy, and the "cool" answer is nearly always to be a pie person, …

<img SRC="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2443/3572379378_59a435668f.jpg?v=1244236810" /> <br /> I have a lovely and patient husband, who, although he is wise beyond his years, sometimes gets some funny ideas. One of these is that I only like “fancy” food.  …