The April 2009 challenge is hosted by Jenny from Jenny Bakes. She has chosen Abbey’s Infamous Cheesecake as the challenge.This post is bare-bones for now… alls I can say is WOW was this cheesecake easy,…

This post comes after a weekend of holiday cooking, first for Passover and then for Easter. I love both holidays, and will share with you one of my favorite recipes.Lemon-Dill Deviled Eggs:This recipe…

The March 2009 challenge is hosted by Mary of Beans and Caviar, Melinda of Melbourne Larder and Enza of Io Da Grande. They have chosen Lasagne of Emilia-Romagna from The Splendid Table by Lynne Rossetto…

The time has come to say goodbye to Tuesdays with Dorrie, the weekly baking group that makes recipes from Dorrie Greenspan’s book Baking, From my Home to Yours. I loved you well, with your cakes and cookies…

Imagine a chocolate cake that’s rich, fluffy, and dark as all get-out. Then put a dollop of tart-sweet strawberries in the middle… yum! Every month, food bloggers around the world participate in the…

This month’s Daring Bakers Challenge involved a lot of… equipment.We made “tuiles” and no, I don’t have a good grasp on how to pronounce that, though the French teacher said “Tool” was accurate….

These muffins were tasty… but nothin’ to write home about. I made them with black bean chili flavored with chipotle and smoked paprika, topped with local cheddar. The chili was amazing, though! …

This pie was the perfect winter dessert: tart, creamy, sweet filling, and crumbly, rich, pecan and graham cracker crust. Yum.But tangelos are very seedy; be prepared to pick them out! (Or just use clementines…

I’ve had a rather busy few days… school starting up again, and several incidents involving fighting, injured, and visiting pets. Now that these have passed, I will share with you my Tuesdays with Dorrie…

Happy New Year! This post is long, so here’s the setup:1. introduction to my experience making the Yule Log2. Explanation of the Yule Log challenge from Daring Bakers Website, with a few additions in…