Pizza dough is edible canvas in its purest form. My big sister graciously passed along this simple Classic Pizza Dough recipe! It inspired me to attempt a switch up of ingredients involving honey and whole wheat flour. Both crusts are pleasantly thin and chewy, sans sogginess, and with a crisp edge. Neither is superior, as each…
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Shadow Cookies
AKA Oatmeal Chocolate Chip What these cookies lack in thickness, they make up for in an immersive textural experience. Crisp edges, craggy oatmeal, and a softy chewy center rounded out with smooth chocolate… these wispy cookies are as seemingly simple yet actually complex as a shadow. While baking often requires precision, I often prefer to…
Go FIGure
Leaves rough as a cat’s tongue cover the wispy silver trunk of our new fig tree friend, Miss Figgy. As this fig tree grows, her unusual shape will fit perfectly in our less than uniform garden. She now sits no taller than two beer cans on top of a short wooden crate. We celebrated a…
I’m about to Butter your Blondie
Brown Butter Blondies with Salted Chocolate Caramel Swirl Indulge in some abstract edible artwork that is all about butter, salt, and swirl. 2 Sticks Butter 2 Cups Brown Sugar 2 Eggs, Room Temperature 2 Tsp. Vanilla 2 Cups AP Flour ½ Tsp. Baking Soda ¼ Tsp. Baking Powder ½ Tsp. Kosher Salt Jar of Salted…
Basil for Your Thoughts
A new herb box joined the backyard to frolic with our other attempts at gardening. These additions to the family include cinnamon basil (yet to be used) and purple basil, with deep red violet leaves not usually associated with this generally verdant herb. The perfume from a flower can’t be beat, unless it is competing…
Wheat Your Appetite
Whole Wheat Skillet Loaf Bake this bread. An intoxicating fragrance will gently yet deliberately glide into your nostrils and fill your soul with lightness and contentment that is instant and gratifying. 4 Cups Whole Wheat Flour 1½ Tsp. Pink Salt + A Couple of Pinches for Later 2¼ Tsp. Active Dry Yeast (One little packet…
Let’s Curry
Treat yourself to a midweek meal that will give you the best food hangover of your life. This curry is irresistible heartburn in a bowl that delivers a delectable creamy spice to overpower your senses in the best way possible. Totally worth it. Keep the apple cider vinegar ready. Red Curry Paste, Mae Ploy is…
Parsley Paradise
Emerald leaves sway with energy beneath a cerulean sky. They stand out verdantly against the black of the soil and the brown of their box. Delicate plants that heighten a dish, taking the flavor from mild to robust. Herbs are magical members within an arsenal of ingredients. This vegetable soup is one of about a…
An exPEARiment – Carmen Pear Cupcakes
Six Carmen Pears came home with me on a Wednesday and found a home in a large bowl, resting in the sunlight that warms my dining room table, and the moonlight that cools it. ANYWAYS…A few days went by and one was chosen at random to be sliced and consumed with cheese, an Irish Dubliner…
I’m a little ‘Chai’…
Vanilla Chai Banana Muffins I existed in a state of complete ignorance regarding National Pi Day on 3/14 and instead opted to make it a Muffin Monday. I replaced ‘Pi’ with ‘Chai’ because that is the natural nonconformist I just happen to be. The presence of two overripe bananas on the cusp of the compost…
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