Cooks Illustrated Blondies
This quick and fool proof recipe for Blondies has become my go-to hostess gift this summer. Very few people are able resist these buttery bite-sized squares especially as every last...
Homemade Nutter Butters
As an unabashed peanut butter addict who frequently can be caught eating spoonfuls of the sweet and salty goop directly from the jar I am by default also a fan...
Strawberry Whoopie Pies
I have a thing for pink. Which is a little odd since pink isn’t officially my favorite color. In reality my favorite color is purple. Growing up my love for...
Strawberry Popovers
I found this recipe several months ago and wanted to wait to try it when strawberries were actually in season in Massachusetts. Lately though it appears that everyone has been...
Too Many Cooks and Sublime Coconut Cake
Last week we had terrible weather in Boston. It was dark, dreary, and downright depressing. Not even the alliteration in those words could bring a smile to my face. So...
KitchenAid Sixty-Minute Dinner Rolls
I keep my MacBook on the island in our kitchen a lot and unfortunately it has caused me to develop a really bad habit of starting dinner and then getting...
I loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti (and Hot Pink Cake)
I first read about I loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti while browsing through an article online in The New York Times Home & Garden section about the author Giulia...
Rosemary and Olive Oil Crackers & The Jam It, Pickle It, Cure It Winner
First of all we have a little business to attend to. There were 162 entries in the Jam It, Pickle It, Cure It contest and the “magical” random number generator...