Category: desserts & drinks
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Best Vegan Coconut Bread or Muffins & Custom Recipes
One friend wanted a coconut bread recipe. Another wanted a dairy-free coconut “dessert thing.” Oldest son, now 14 and able to devour entire continents of food daily, especially post-soccer, pleaded for “a giant coconut thing filled with coconut topped with more coconut.” And my old friend, Cris, came to visit from her goat farm Central… Read more
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Whole Wheat Lemon Poppy Seed Cake with Lemon Glaze
Given his druthers, one of my kids would have all manner of bread and cheese – grilled cheese, quesadillas, pizza – at all meals. And snacks. So it’s odd (to me) that his favorite muffin is lemon poppy seed. Crunchy, tangy, sweet and sour. I made this cake for him because who doesn’t want cake… Read more
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Galley Cookies (thin, chewy, crispy cookies with chocolate, pretzels, and candy) aka Leftover Candy Cookies
Do you have miniature ghosts or Taylor Swifts or zombies coming to your door tomorrow? Do you end up with four leftover bags of candy or go through your child’s bag for their rejects (pretzels? Who gave me pretzels?). If so, these cookies will help. Eve if it’s not Halloween and you have bits of… Read more
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Chocolate Crunch Bars (aka Homemade Gourmet Kit-Kats)
Sometimes I see a recipe and immediately know it’s something I have to try. Only, most of the time when I get around to making it, I wind up deciding to change a few things here and there or swap out one item for another based on what I have on hand or what’s in… Read more
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Boozy Preserved Fruit (Apricots in Vodka, Cointreau Peaches, Cherries in Cinnamon Rum)
One part of cooking that I find very satisfying is figuring out what to do to avoid food waste. Soups, sauces, bread puddings, tarts – all great ways to use up odds and ends. This time of year we still have great fruit available, but with school lunches packed and snacks at the soccer field… Read more
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English All-Seasons Trifle & UK Adventures
English All-Seasons Trifle & UK Adventures “Did it hurt getting your ears pierced?” asks Julia, 9. “Yes.” “A lot?” “A bit,” I tell her and wait for the follow up. When can she get her ears pierced (12), would I get anything else pierced (no), why do people get anything pierced (cultural fashion, trends, expression).… Read more
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Apple & Honey Sponge Cake with Crumb Topping
Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year. For a sweet New Year we eat apples and dip them in honey. This recipe is inspired by that tradition. I made individual sponge-crumb cakes because they are fun for a big dinner and there’s no slicing required, which means less mess and fewer cake bits consumed by the… Read more
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Classic Raspberry Jam
Deep ruby, sweet, and utterly enjoyable with a slice of buttery brown bread or alongside crackers. Read more
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Quick Apricot Jam without Pectin
Small batch, ruby apricot jam in glass Weck jars. Phenomenal alone or pressed into a grilled cheese sandwich. Or slathered on cornbread and topped with fresh whipped cream for dessert. Read more
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Quick, Single-Batch Blueberry Jam
Classically addictive. Wild blueberries, with hints of vanilla & cinnamon. Buy blueberries in season if you can and freeze them – almost all blueberry desserts work just as well with frozen fruit and this jam does, too. Read more
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Seville Orange Marmalade
Seville oranges have a high pectic content which makes these preserves have a good set – AKA it isn’t runny. Now, not everyone likes marmalade – it’s deceptively pretty and a bit bitter. I like to keep a few pots of it around to slather on thick toast or to mix with Greek yogurt and… Read more
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Italian Apple Tart with Salted Caramel Sauce & The Circle
The Youngest: When will I be a baby again? Me: You won’t. You only get to be each age once. Him: Right. Unless you be a circle. Then you just keep coming back. L’chaim! Read more
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Honey Cake & Things You Don’t Want to Fall out of Your Pants
I’m not a shopper. I’m the kind of person who runs into a store as though under time clock pressure, grabs the item in question, tries on twelv pairs, likes one, buys it, and leaves. And yet when it came time to try on jeans, I still found myself pondering… -When did we all decide… Read more
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Best Noodle Pudding (Kugel) & Welcome Back (Rosh Hashana, School, Fall)
Were we on a break? I didn’t intend for us to part. And yet…summer passed with nary a recipe. Why? Because I was too busy listening to the just-turned-5-year-old breathlessly tell me he has a new pet. “What is it?” “A worm.” He is young enough that he still pronounces it “warhm”. “Quick – come… Read more
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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake & How Recipes Work on This Site
Perhaps you’ve wondered about the timing of recipes, how I get the photographs, if I plan everything out. Perhaps not. But if you’re wondering why this photograph showcases 1/2 of a Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake I can tell you it is because we ate the other half. Last night. For dinner.* So that’s all… Read more