Baking

I’m an enthusiastic fan of eating seasonally, and support the incoming/outgoing nature of fresh produce as the year progresses. Even my cherished heirloom tomatoes:  I …

I’ve never had rhubarb. Thaaat’s right. Not once. The blushing stalk has escaped my spring produce greedy grabs for many years. Food that needs to …

Tender layers of sandy shortbread surround a schmear of tangerine marmalade to create an irresistible sweet-citrusy treat.

It’s been a weird week. And weird weeks find me contemplative in the kitchen, pondering life, purpose and path. We handed over the keys to …

One of the reasons I joined the baking group Tuesdays with Dorie was to force myself to bake more often. I go through odd stretches …

A double-crusted pizza pie with a rich egg filling, Pizza Rustica is a lovely and unique homemade dish! Every once in a while, life hands …

So you thought you finally escaped all of the posts on Irish Soda Bread recipes, eh? Ha HA! Today, there will be 200-and-some more hitting …

It’s probably not very savvy of a foodie to admit this, but I’ve never tried rugelach before. Never had it, nor baked it. And quite …

Tender Chocolate Chip Brioche Rolls are a decadent treat, chock full of delicious chocolate. Saturday was one of those days when I just needed some …

I will be very sad to see Meyer lemon season end. They’re so bright and cheery — little orange puff balls filled with puckery sweet …

I admit it. I have a hard time leaving well enough alone. I look at a recipe, and the first thing I want to do …

In a moment of serendipitous timing, I heard on Tuesday — with only minutes to spare and scrambling for my headphones — that Dorie Greenspan …

A couple of years back, I wrote a post about making homemade butter. If you’ve never made butter before, you have to try it. Please, …

It’s fascinating how micro-trends pop-up on the interwebs. One day, Trend X is everywhere you look; the next, gone in a flash: Oreos in everything. Saffron in everything. Egg nog in everything.

This week alone, I’ve seen a dozen recipes for chewy, caramel-ly, nutty-somethings, just on the sites I regularly browse.

So I pinky-swear that I made this brittle before the deluge of nut caramels hit the interwebs. In fact, it started out as simple pistachio brittle, but then in subsequent rounds I added dark chocolate because it just seemed to be screaming for chocolate.

Or maybe that was me screaming. I can’t be too sure these days.

But then I scheduled this post for the week of Christmas because I thought no one would be doing a nut brittle just days before Christmas.  Psych!

The interwebs always has a way of showing who’s boss (and it’s rarely me [pout]).

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An irresistible combo of a soft vanilla cookie smothered with a whipped chocolate ganache, this is at the top of my favorite cookies list. Say …

A sweet treat just for grown-ups, Drunken S’mores Bars are a decadent, rum-laced confection perfect for a party or the holidays! Warning. You’ll feel bad …

Hi, Everyone! Just a quickie post today with an even quicker recipe (seriously, it’s taking me longer to write this post than it did to …

Just when you thought you were going to escape SoupAddict without a pumpkin-based dessert this fall — [whipshaw!] — I squeeze one in. I had …