I haven’t made it out to pick apples this fall, but I did recently endeavor to do the next best thing: picking apples from among the mounds of varieties in wooden crates that line the tents just outside the Eastern Market on weekends. The apples — Gala, Jonagold, Golden Delicious, and Fuji – are trucked in [...]
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Iced Apple Coffee Cake
Posted in Baking, Breakfast, Desserts, Farmers Markets, Fruits and Vegetables, Recipes, tagged apples, Baking, Breakfast, coffee cake, dessert, Eastern Market, farmers market, fruit, Recipes on October 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Buttermilk Chocolate Chip Cake
Posted in Baking, Desserts, Recipes, tagged butter, buttermilk, buttermilk chocolate chip cake, cake, chocolate chips, dessert, loaf pan, pound cake on September 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Buttermilk is one of those ingredients that I usually cook with in streaks: It’s sold in quart or half gallon sizes at the grocery store but I usually end up only needing a little bit to add tang or richness to a particular dish, meaning lots leftover for something else. After playing with buttermilk for [...]
Spontaneous Bake: Sticky Biscuits
Posted in Baking, Breakfast, Desserts, tagged Baking, Breakfast, cinnamon, dessert, pecans, raisins, sticky biscuits on September 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I first made these back in January, and tonight I was craving them again. They are as fabulous as I remember them — sweet, sticky oatmeal-pecan-raisin rolls. Nothing like a little weeknight “baking therapy” at the spur of the moment! These hit the sweet spot. Yum.
My Big Fat Greek Feast
Posted in Baking, Mediterranean, Recipes, Recommended Meals, greek, tagged feta, greek, greek salad, ina garten, kebabs, lamb, pita bread, spanikopita, spinach, tzatziki, yogurt on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It all started during my year in New York City — and a failure to fulfill my yearning for spanikopita, tossed tomatoes and olives with feta, and salted, roasted whole fish at one of my favorite Greek restaurants, Elias’ Corner in Astoria, Queens. Then, having moved out of the Big Apple, I began working for [...]
Blueberry Streusel Cake
Posted in Baking, Desserts, Fruits and Vegetables, Recipes, tagged blueberries, cake, dessert, fruit, streusel on July 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of my fondest summer memories is picking wild blueberries on a remote island in Lake Kakabiketchiwan in Ontario, Canada, where my family has a small rustic shoreside cabin. (I can still hear my mom scolding me for eating more than I was putting in the bucket!)
The berries in this treat are not the tiny, [...]
Chocolate Cake with Buttercream Frosting
Posted in Baking, Desserts, Recipes, tagged birthday cake, buttercream frosting, cake, chocolate cake, dessert, ghirardelli, vanilla on June 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Imagine, for a moment, that you are living in ancient Rome and it’s your birthday. According to food historians, your celebratory ‘cake’ would be a flat, flour-based round with some nuts and honey baked in… I don’t know about you, but that sounds pretty unexciting to me! Thankfully, Western culture has refined the art of [...]
Butter Lane Bakery
Posted in Baking, Desserts, tagged bakery, butter lane bakery, cupcakes, east village, frosting, New York, new york city on May 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »
With the abundance of cupcake bakeries in New York City, popular debate continues over who bakes and frosts the “best.” Butter Lane Bakery (123 East Seventh Street in the East Village) claims it makes “the better cupcake.” And, frankly, this fan of Magnolia cupcakes could argue Butter Lane is actually best.
Owned and operated by Pam [...]
