Passover is just around the corner so we’re eating as much chametz as possible. For breakfast today: German apple pancakes with fresh vanilla whipped cream and a sprinkling of ruby raspberries. Isn’t it pretty? As far as this baker is concerned, an entire week without flour or grain products is easier to bear if you have memories of …

“Salt is born of the purest of parents: the sun and the sea.” -Pythagoras
Congratulations to Ann and Sandy who won the “Win a Free Cookbook” raffle and each received a new copy of Beautiful Breads and Fabulous Fillings! One hundred and thirty-five people participated and at 12:01AM on March 24th I put all the email addresses in a hat and …

It’s funny but the older I get the more I realize how I’m turning into my grandmother (my parents too, but that’s another entry). I’ve had a suspicion that this was the case for some time, but it was finally confirmed last week when – just like Nana – I got hooked on a telenovela. “Novela” is the Spanish word …

“When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that’s amore.”
Before I return to the mountain of school work waiting for me I wanted to share with you what we had for dinner this evening: Caramelized Onion & Spinach Pizza Pie. Using a basic pizza dough recipe from “The Bread Bible” and some nifty instructions from “The Cook’s …

“Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the Titanic who waved off the dessert cart.” – Erma Bombeck
Following a strange twist of fate it turns out that I don’t have to go to school today. Hurray! I usually get up at 4:45AM in order to make it to my first class on time, so I should have slept …

“Approach love and baking with equal abandon.” -The Dalai Lama
Of all the goodies I make in my kitchen there are few that smell as good as this bread while baking in the oven. There’s something about the combination of goat cheese, rosemary and sage inside a hot loaf of rising bread that creates a spectacular aroma. Indeed, if you make …