This almost sounds like a joke. I was in a slightly rough spot this week when I found myself with an excess of fresh dill. I honestly never thought that would be something I would say. See dill is just “fine” but it’s not a fresh herb that I look to stock up on or…
Despite my general enthusiasm for cooking and sharing, I tend to avoid cooking for coworkers. By avoid, I mean I think I can honestly say I’ve never done it. I’ve been a working professional since 2005 and I’ve never purposely made anything and left it on the corner of my desk. Ever. Until this week……
It’s Memorial Day weekend… so I’m busy. Today I traipsed around the yard, cut the lawn, took a run, made some pasta salad… and this triple berry breakfast bread. There isn’t really that much to say about this bread … except that you shouldn’t think of it like a cinnamon bun. Because you put an…
I honestly felt like I had already written this up to be honest… but it deserves another post. Last weekend amidst prepping for a couple days in LA, I pumped two loaves of homemade bread out of my kitchen. One was more of a wheat loaf, the other just plain ole white. I had wanted…
This bread should really just be called “Vermont Bread”. Because, when I think of maple syrup I think of my friend Meghan and her family’s house in Vermont. I also think of this picture I once saw of her dad eating a hot dog that he boiled in the maple syrup he was making from…
This is a story of how I killed the yeast and brought it back to life. There is only one picture of the entire thing because I was quite convinced the entire time it was a slow moving car accident. Over the past few weeks, I have been attempting to purge my apartment of things…
I’m a sucker for a good tradition. Especially one that involves heritage and the USPS. Fairly consistently for the last 7 years or so, I’ve been making Irish Soda Bread for friends and loved ones. I’m not quite sure how it got started but I remember making my first few loaves and sending them on…
The ability to braid one’s hair is a skill most people have. The ability to braid one’s bread dough? A completely different story. With the number of times that I’ve rocked a side braid, regular braid, french braid, french pigtails …. you’d think braiding dough was easier. But, it was seriously worth it. I mean,…
I’ve got a few blog posts in the works. There has been a fair amount of cooking in the works that I’m trying to document … but I’m behind schedule. Pretend to be shocked. I’m in the process of writing up some crockpot chicken recipes … BACON JAM … and maybe some roasted brussel sprouts.…
If you’ve ever read this blog before, you know that sometimes it takes me a long time to write things down. I mean to do it but then I get distracted with wine, the ocean, and maybe avoiding doing dishes. But, this particular recipe has been listed as “coming soon” since July 4th …. 2011.…
