I did my best to resist Pinterest. Truly. Like all of you, Ive got too much on my plate and Im always playing a type of triage game with time and projects. So did I need another att...
The only thing fuzzy about this dish is the picture. I was having such a good time with my friends that I didnt think of photographing anything until Patty said, "This is so pretty, tell m...
Ugh and aarrgh. This is the year I missed the James Beard Awards and this is the year that so many friends won. I would have loved to have been there to hug them all, but because I couldn...
Necessity. Mother of Invention. Etc. I was making dinner for six in Paris the other night and, in an effort, to streamline the amount of time I’d have to spend in the ki...
WINNERS: Thank you all so much for your sweet, sweet cupcake comments. The contest closed last night at midnight and the three winners (selected using a random-number generator) are...
I just got back to Connecticut where, in the few weeks I was gone, spring seems to have swept through, waved her magic wand and brought everything into bloom. Its beautiful, but Im not sure Im ...
A few random pictures from the past week ...Hello Kitty comes to Laduree and the crowds go wild! Im not a Hello Kitty fan, but even I couldnt resist the draw of the adorable.While the fashion look of...
Those of us who loved Patricia Wells’s Food Lover’s Guide to Paris loved it so much that, chubby as it was, we’d pack and re-pack our carry-on bags just to make sure there was...
I had lunch yesterday with my friend Julia at Septime. Correction: I had an absolutely lovely lunch with Julia at Septime. We opted for the 5-course tasting menu -- an option I wouldnt ha...
THIS JUST IN FROM NEW YORK CITY: My friend, Tony Fortuna, owner of TBAR (1278 Third Avenue), wrote to say that hes got Sheep Dip and Pigs Nose whiskies at the bar. Cheers!My friends, Juan ...
If you think this guy looks happy, you should have seen the grin on the photographer’s face. “The guy” is Joe Yonan, a man who put his urban life on hold to homeste...
NOTE: Judy Mayer, commenting on my Facebook Page, just pointed out that this recipe, because it doesnt contain wheat, is perfect for Passover, which is coming up soon. Judy, youre right. ...
Were thinking about making some changes in CookieBars baking rings and so Ive been experimenting. Funny, for someone with little scientific bent (my physics teacher would chuckle and...
I’ve always had an inkling that when the oven light turned off, telling you that the oven had reached the temperature you’d set it to, you weren’t supposed to slide your cake ...
AND THE WINNER IS: The contest closed March1 at midnight ET and the random number generator came up with 167, which makes Samantha the winner. Congratulations Samantha and THANK YOU...
I cook about five times a week, sometimes more, and I rarely follow a recipe. This is sad, because I love following recipes, especially other people’s recipes, but most often ...
Those of you who visit often know how much I love Ashlawn Farm. Its the home of one of my favorite Farmers Markets (oh, for the farmers market season to begin ... ) and its where Ca...
AND THE WINNER IS ... The contest ended at midnight last night and the random-number generator spun out #18. BETS left comment number 18 and so shell be getting a copy of The Newlywed Cookbook....
Im running off to man the CookieBar Pop-Up, but I just wanted to make sure that you know that today the Tuesdays with Dorie Group is posting its first recipe from Baking with Julia:...
Thank goodness for Twitter. Without Twitter -- and given that Ive had (and will continue to have) my head in oven baking CookieBar treats -- I might have missed this global celebration. A...
As many of you know, Im a curator on Open Sky, where I get to share lots of my favorite things, lots of them French. This weeks a bonanza -- what Ive got is not just French, its sweet: Honey! &...
If its February, it must be time for our annual CookieBar Pop-Up at Mizu ... and it is! Here are the basics:February 6 to February 10At Mizu: 505 Park Avenue, NYC (between 58 and 59 Stree...
If I ever passed a bake sale without buying something, it could only been because I didn’t see it. I love bake sales and I love them pretty much indiscriminately, although I love th...
While the Tuesdays with Dorie bakers have finished every recipe in Baking From My Home to Yours, news of their accomplishments goes on. First, there was the story in the Washington Post, a...
January 6, Epiphany, was the official day for the French Galette des Rois, or King’s Cake, but Parisian pastry shops and bakeries (this picture was taken at Gerard Mulot) had been offering vers...
As I was sitting down to write this, my husband walked through the kitchen and said, “Do you realize that it took you four years to write Baking From My Home to Yours and just the same amount o...
Wishing all of you, and your families and those you hold dear a sparkling, joyous, sweet and delicious Christmas!
I was walking through Le Bon Marche, the only real department store on Pariss Left Bank, and was struck by the crazy number of books on the shelf about whoopie pies. Yes, yes, there are m...
I was beating myself up for being so late on this list, thinking it would have been so much more helpful to you if Id gotten this up earlier. And then my husband chimed in: "You hav...
Thank you for joining with so many other people to vote for Gretchen Holt. Because of you, Gretchen, the founder of Cookies For Kids Cancer and the author of The Best Bakesale Cookb...
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