A rich vanilla buttermilk layer cake glazed with an amaretto syrup, filled with raspberry jam and topped with a lightly almond-flavored swiss meringue buttercream. I love this cake, so much. It’s rich, and yet delicate. Sweet, but not too sweet. The flavors come together into a soft balance—just a touch of almond…
“We are a cinnamon roll people.” Out of the mouths of babes. That was the proclamation of my four-year-old daughter mid-morning after recently making, and consuming, a large number of these indulgent cinnamon rolls. For some time I have been wondering about putting this recipe up on the blog, since…
A bakery cookie can come as a revelation, or it can be a dud. I once got a chocolate chip cookie at a local bakery that, when I went to split with my 3yo daughter, shattered into a hundred dry and crumbly pieces. That was a dud. Two years ago…
If you’re into food novelties, these are for you. Also, if you like convenient party food, these are for you. I can’t remember when I first spotted pictures of bagel bombs floating around the web…maybe it was during my intensive research on social-media-cult foods (and we very well may have…
An all-time family favorite, this broccoli tuna noodle casserole is comfort food at its best: cheesy, creamy, crunchy, warm. The broccoli adds a bright pop of green, and there’s enough of it to satisfy the veggie-conscious out there, but it’s also disguised enough to be acceptable to picky eaters. (Pro…
Okay so when I was in college, there was this local coffee shop in town that also served breakfast and lunch fare, and the Grilled Chicken Caprese was kind of the sandwich. It had a cult-like status among students. I spent many lunch dates the last semester of my senior…
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Just over a year ago I came across a recipe for a parsley cake while visiting Maria and flipping through her copy of Food52’s Genius Desserts cookbook. It was love at first sight…a crazy vibrant green herb-loaded cake. For months now this concept has been pinging…
That’s right, folks. This is not your grandma’s meatloaf. That’s because it’s our grandma’s meatloaf. And I don’t think I’m prejudiced when I say it’s the best. Okay, maybe just a little bit prejudiced…but that’s to be expected. When I think “childhood,” this is the food that comes to mind.…
So as a mom of two with a third on the way I got to this point of being fed up with buying granola bars. Sure, they are convenient. But do they have any real nutritional value? Not to mention the packaging waste, and the often unnecessary added sugars. As…