As a young child  my family spent our winter evenings reading the Little House on the Prairie books. My mom would read and my sisters would make faces at each other, trying to get one another to crack up. I don’t remember much of the books, but one story is often brought to the front of my memory this time [...]

If you’ve been reading my blog for awhile you may have noticed I like to use whole foods in my recipes, staying away from overly-processed vegan substitutes. But sometimes there are exceptions. This Orange Poppy Seed Pound Cake is a veganized version of Martha Stewart’s Lemon Poppy Seed Pound Cake because sometimes a buttery, sweet, and moist slice of pound cake, exactly how [...]

This is a revision to one of my first recipes I wrote for The Sweet Life, long before I knew how to make good food photography. So when I whipped up a batch of caramel corn this morning in preparation for a very special baby shower this weekend, I figured it would be a good time to take some pictures [...]

I’ve worked in a range of bakeries over the years, everything from Whole Foods to fine dinning. Although the experiences and menus of each bakery were incredibly different, there was one thing I made in every single one: Challah, the egg bread. The aroma that filled the bakery as these slightly sweet and decadent loafs baked tantalized me as a [...]

It’s been a squash filled week in our home as we enjoyed the vegetables of the season. To wrap up Squash Week I bring you a squash round-up: from Acorn to Zucchini and everything in between.