Whenever I have felt just a mite constricted about being known as a “gluten-free blogger,” instead of someone who loves food and the chance to write about it, I have tended to say, Yeah, like all people want is a gluten-free English muffin recipe. The rest doesn’t matter … [read more]
Sometimes I think I do a lot of planning but time never allows me to complete those plans. I have to wear so many hats in a day that often blogging takes a back seat. Three sets of pictures waiting for me to get posted with their recipes. In Ramadan specially, time runs and it gets a bit tricky to keep up with the routine plans … [read more]
From Bake Fresh
One night, I posted on Twitter:
“Dinner: Homemade bread, toasted, with butter and a Paso Robles Zinfandel. Yep that’s it. Nothin’ wrong with that is there?”
A friend of mine quickly replied that it sounded good to her, and I suggested I show her and some other friends how easy it is to bake one’s own bread … [read more]
From Former Chef
This morning I woke up to Tilly and Otis. They were both sitting on top of me. Otis was staring at my bedroom window, eyes locked on a fly buzzing on the glass, and Tilly was lying on my stomach and gazing intently at me. Ever since we got Tilly back, I appreciate every moment with her more than ever and she seems to appreciate it too … [read more]
From 17 and Baking
This banana bread recipe was one of the first things I learned to bake on my own way back in high school. My mom kept a yellowed handwritten recipe of my grandmother’s tacked to her bulletin board in the kitchen. I was instructed not to lose it. Only later did I realize it was one of the few things she had left in my grandmother’s handwriting … [read more]
From Butter & Sugar
I fell in love with food around the same time I was falling in love with my husband.
I lived in Italy for six months and thought there was something wrong with me. While all the other students were buying leather boots and shopping for the perfect Italian apparel souvenir, all my money was spent on food. Instead of going home with the quintessential pair of Italian red shoes I returned with a 30 pound souvenir around the hips, thighs and waist … [read more]
From Not Without Salt
When we bought our house many years ago it was stained a nasty dark, dark brown. It hadn’t had any treatment in 15 years and you could scrape a nail over the siding and get to bare wood. Something had to be done. My husband sanded the entire house with a hand-held orbital sander (that’s what he had and it worked, but it took a loooong time), we brushed primer over the whole thing. Twice. And then we painted it a lovely light blue with a greyish undertone. New Zealand Lake, the color was called … [read more]
From Cookie Baker Lynn
Foodshots 