Tag: caramel

So let's talk about bacon. Apologies to my kosher and vegetarian friends, but I'm going to level with you -- Bacon is good stuff. Smoky, salty, a little sweet, with an edge …

<br /><br /> Some of my friends who read this blog seem to be laboring under the delusion that I am a gourmet cook. While I do occasionally go<a href="http://www.thedomesticfront.com/2010/01/04/new-years-eve-thedomesticfront-style/"> a little crazy with some super …

It's the Monday before Christmas. You've baked your fruitcake, braved the mall, passed all the shipping deadlines and if you're anything like me, are more than ready to settle down for a long winter's …

I am not the most precise of cooks. I take shortcuts, measure by eyesight, play fast and loose with recipes. I never use cake flour, rarely sift anything, freely substitute ingredients. And …

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, …

When my daughter was tiny, I looked for any excuse to get out of the house, so my days wouldn’t be an endless cycle of yesterday’s pajamas and sour milk. She was happiest in …