When I was an assistant cookbook editor at HarperCollins, my boss and I used to put a box of "freebie" cookbooks outside our offices each December, and our coworkers would descend on it like wolves. People love to give and receive cookbooks around the holidays! But it can be difficult to find the ...
Chocolate Espresso Pecan Toffee
Somebody needs to come over and save me from this candy. It's dangerous. Like, deep, dark, and ever so slightly bitter dangerous. We're sort of obsessed with Ben & Jerry's Coffee Toffee Bar Crunch ice cream over here. Only, really what I'm obsessed with is digging out all the insanely ...
Crispy Chocolate Bark with Pumpkin Seeds and Cranberries
Last year was Owen's first time trick-or-treating. It took him all of about three seconds to realize that EVERYONE WAS GIVING AWAY CANDY and he was off and running down the block, his general shyness and fear of strangers forgotten. It really was a joy to experience the holiday again though his ...
Six Ingredient Salted Caramel Granola
I learned something about myself last weekend: I am not above using store-bought caramel sauce. I hope you're not either, because then you would miss out on this insanely easy, incredibly delicious granola. All you do is heat a little coconut oil and caramel sauce, then pour it over rolled oats, ...
Vegan Mocha Swirl Banana Cake
For years, I wrote a column for Serious Eats called the Mixed Review. Each week, I made something from a boxed mix and assessed the results. There were cakes, muffins, donuts, brownies, cookies. The day after testing I would bring all the leftovers into work and deposit them in the office kitchen ...
Lemony Sweet Tea Vodka
(Photo credit: Steve Legato) Happy Friday! And Happy Memorial Day Weekend! Can you believe we made it to the summer after the looong winter we had? I think we all deserve a pat on the back and a fun cocktail for surviving all that snow. We are still in California, so this post will be short ...
Homemade Barbecue Potato Chips
Greetings from the West Coast! We made it in one piece. Highlights from the trip here included changing pull up diapers in the (tiny, turbulent) airplane bathroom, paying for Internet in desperation only to realize you can't watch Netflix (tantrum), and when Owen threw his pacifier behind him like a ...
Whole Wheat Vegan Graham Crackers
Do you guys remember that episode of Friends where Rachel gets called out for saying that her favorite movie is Dangerous Liaisons when it's really Weekend at Bernie's? That's what I'm like with baking cookbooks. When asked, I say that it's Gina DePalma's Dolce Italiano: Desserts from the Babbo ...
Gluten- Dairy- and Oil-Free Chocolate Walnut Cookies
My blog is more than six months old! When I started it back in September, I wasn't sure if I would keep it up, or if it would be something that I posted to once or twice and then let slip away, as the demands of work, motherhood, and life in general took their toll. I have a slight tendency to be ...
Ginger Walnut Granola
Do you guys remember when I used to make jam? Like literally every week? Obviously, that was before I had a kid. Now I barely have time to make Annie's Macaroni & Cheese a nice dinner, let alone tackle a home preserving project. But I miss it! If you are feeling food crafty, and have way more ...
