There are a lot of recipes for cobbler out there, and we've read and considered (and made) quite a few of them. But we keep coming back to a very basic family recipe that is almost no recipe at all. W...
Remember that coconut jam we were wondering about last Friday? Well we didn't waste any time working it into a sweet treat... ...
There's quite a debate going at our earlier post about sweet versus savory cornbread. It seems like many of you feel strongly about the matter! Well, for those of you who love the savory stuff, here's...
It is indeed cherry season here in the Bay Area, a little early but no one’s complaining. Unlike asparagus and strawberries, cherries are hard to find out of season and tend to induce a little fr...
We've been talking consistently this month about learning to cook without recipes. We have a few formulas and basic recipes that let us create free-form dishes on the spur of the moment. When it comes...
From our pie tip earlier and the photo of all those wild blueberries on Friday you might surmise that we dipped into pie-making again. And you would be correct - we made a pie, a very pretty violet pi...
Ready to take your starter for a spin?! This beginner loaf uses straight sourdough starter and a bit of yeast to help with the rising. With this recipe, we're more interested in getting that great so...
Shaker lemon pie - what a pleasure! The virtue of Shaker pies, like their furniture, lies in simplicity and straightforward character. And simplicity is this pie's crowning glory: jammy, tart, sweet, ...
Despite all the legends of sourdough starters being passed for generations of French families, let us assure you that making sourdough starter at home is truly not as scary as it sounds. No expensive ...
Pastry and pie crusts all have roots in one basic recipe, but there are a myriad of tiny variations that bakers argue about endlessly. Butter, shortening, vodka - so many ways to tweak a pie crust! We...
When planning a cocktail party, we always make sure to have one "straight-from-freezer-to-oven" recipe, and we make extra. You can keep refilling the tray as long as you need to, and any leftovers st...
Early summer seems perfect for lemon meringue pie, blowsy with airy meringue and easy to wolf down before a late afternoon nap. But here on the precipice of spring, when it's still cold outside and su...
It's not often that we buy a cookbook for just one recipe, but we confess we did that here. All it took was one photo... ...
For our review of Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day, we tried out a no-knead recipe for challah. The authors of the book have kindly agreed to let us to share this recipe with you. ...
Julie told us that she made this Bittersweet Chocolate Cranberry Shortbread because she loves to eat it, and it doesn't get much air time. She's right - shortbread is less sexy and dramatic than a c...
At the risk of waxing overly rhapsodic, popovers might just be the ideal winter food. In spite of their reputation as fickle and disaster-prone, these quick breads couldn't be simpler to make - and...
We are recent biscotti converts; we didn't realize until lately how wonderful they are, dunked into a cup of afternoon coffee. This recipe for Xocolatl-Cranberry Biscotti from Katie went in our to-...
Oh how we love homemade granola! We've shared our homemade granola formula and our favorite storebought oat crack...err granola. So even though this granola recipe from Spring didn't quite meet ou...
Last week I tried Faith's No-Time Bread. Without a microwave and mixer, it quickly became it's own animal: yet another new version of the many No-Knead breads we've been profiling. We sent out the ...
During Baking Week we talked about tsp spices - a clever line of spices packaged in individual servings. It's a good gift for an occasional or novice baker. tsp spices asked if we would like to se...
The sixth and last finalist in our Bittersweet Baking contest is Janet with her delicious mouthful of a cake: Exquisite, Virtuous Vegan Parisian Chocolate Mousse Cake. We had to put this up there...
The fifth finalist in our Bittersweet Baking contest is Erin with her Double Shot Chocolate Cake. We were just blown away the picture-perfect texture on this flourless chocolate cake, and by th...
The third finalist in our Bittersweet Baking contest is Shelly with her Brownie Cookies. Shelly came out as a strong finalist because of the work she put into this recipe. Shelly had a specific ...
Our second finalist! This was a no-brainer from the huge set of entries in our Bittersweet Baking contest. The sheer amount and variety of chocolate in these brownies (plus our weakness for cocoa...
Our first finalist is in, and it was a unanimous choice from the large, diverse set of entries we received in our Bittersweet Baking contest. Our editorial team was won over by Helen's simple and...
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