Baking
One of my earliest and fondest memories of being in the kitchen is of when I was barely tall enough to reach the counter top in the kitchen, and I had to sit on the counter in order to help my mom. She used to bake these wonderful peanut butter cookies which were light and [...]
When I was a child, I always loved the little jam tarts that you could buy in the cookies section of the supermarket. Small, crumbly with very jammy jam, I could never manage more than 2 or 3 due to the intense sweetness, but I enjoyed every bite.I got this recipe from a book that [...]
So, let me declare that Nigella is my desserts goddess. She really, truly is. Every recipe that I’ve dared to create from her “How to be a domestic goddess” book has turned out simply and magnificently (can any other Nigella fans vouch for any of her other books? It’s been awhile since I’ve been on [...]
So, for mother’s day I volunteered to make dinner, as mom said she was planning on getting take-out pizza. I’m sorry, but take out pizza is a bit ick and oily, so I decided to try my hand at making pizzas.
One slight problem - you see, I’d never actually MADE pizzas before. Actually, I’d never [...]
This is for Lisa at La Mia Cucina, a fantastic food blog that I check every day for tasty recipes and oh-so-yummy photos!
This recipe came from Clotilde over at Chocolate & Zucchini. The original recipe I used to use came from Stephanie Alexander’s “The Cooks Companion”, but unfortunately my food processor was never up to [...]

















