Still here with offerings of Cherry Pie Tart Squares

October 3rd, 2010  |  30 Comments

Jeez, did she forget she has a blog? Did she come down with a case of perma-flu? Did she exhaust her whole baking repertoir already? Alas, nothing monumental happened that kept me away from all the keyboards in the world. I simply never realized how much actual WORK blogging is. When I first started, I […]


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Linzer Cookies

January 23rd, 2010  |  36 Comments

Consider today the beginning of a cookie revolution. This cookie will raise the bar on all other cookies in a way that will make you wish you never met this cookie. All others will be poor stepchildren of this cookie. You will look upon your old favorites with a whistful expression that will say “I […]


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Farmer’s Bread

January 13th, 2010  |  27 Comments

Bread seems to be a category of its own. True, it falls under the “baking” umbrella, but artisan bread bakers snatched up the craft and dragged it to their own specialty bake shops. These people are bread whisperers. They can speak to the dough, smell its needs, and anticipate its every gurgle. They “feed” it […]


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Gingerbread New Year

December 30th, 2009  |  18 Comments

Have you ever tried to edit your blog photos during the day? A sunny day? I’m sitting in front of my computer, which is situated on my desk in front of a bank of windows, wishing they made visors for laptops. The glare is burning my retinas, not to mention I can barely see the […]


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Cherry Pistachio Biscotti

November 25th, 2009  |  13 Comments

After the mountain of a post from last week, I had just enough pep to knock out an easy one. Biscotti are one of the first things I’ve ever learned to make — a beginner’s recipe, to be sure. Essentially, you stir it all up, form dubious looking logs, and bake. You can make it […]


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