De-licious-cember 23rd: Last Minute Baking Fixes
Its De-licious-cember 23rd and we’re down to the wire. I’m sure you are a seasoned baker, but just in case you forget a few things at the market or have no desire to venture out into the cold, I’ve...
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The old saying about “an apple a day” doesn’t really seem to be as effective during the winter months. When the thermometer is reading single digits and the ground is covered in snow, what you really...
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Rain and gloom and foggy afternoons that pair perfectly with a cup of tea and a stack of food magazines. These are a few of my favorite New England things. Add to this list a bevy of other little...
View ArticlePOPPY SEED PUMPKIN BREAD
Sometimes things don’t really seem to go together. Black belt with brown shoes. Avocado and toast. Cats and hot showers. PhD research and recipe writing. But to all you naysayers, I just want to point...
View ArticleTHANKSGIVING SWEET POTATOES 4 – WAYS
My dear Aunt Elaine, fondly known as Miss Elaine which must be pronounced in a single slur of affection, has been the center of Thanksgiving jokes for longer than I can remember. It all started, many...
View ArticleICED CROCHET GINGERSNAPS
I hope people don’t come here looking for doily instructions. And I hope crochet purists don’t harangue me for soiling one of their detailed labors of love. But these doilies that’ve been passed down...
View ArticleNO-KNEAD COLLARD BREAD
Biscuits, collards, RC Cola, repeat. A summery of our schedule and our goals for last weekend while we toured Chapel Hill, North Carolina. I was there on a campus visit and was lucky to attend the...
View ArticlePUMPKIN PAN DULCE
There are officially 14 days left until my due date. While that means essentially nothing since the little one could arrive any time she pleases, I’m focused, prepared, and feeling like the boyscout I...
View ArticleCRANBERRY NEWTONS
Early one autumn morning, before the sun was even awake, we dragged ourselves out of our respective warm beds, bundled up in the car, and headed west away from the winking dawn light. Around curves and...
View ArticleBEET + COCONUT SNACK CAKE
Back in Texas, I grew up eating this bright pink coconut candy (cocada), purchased from candy vendors on the streets in the border towns of Mexico. You could find it stateside, but it was, in my young...
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