A couple of weeks ago, a reader, Wendy, asked me on Facebook if I had ever made Zingerman’s Black Magic Brownies. I had to admit that I’d never heard of them! They are apparently...
I absolutely, positively love malt flavor in my baked goods. I first used malted milk powder in my own kitchen a few years ago when I made chocolate Whopper cookies, a malted vanilla milkshake,...
A few summers ago, I dipped my toes in the canning and preserving waters with some blueberry jam. I’ve also made canned dill pickles, refrigerator bread and butter pickles, and zucchini pickles. I absolutely...
Over the past couple of weeks, I have eaten at a number of places that have great burgers and milkshakes. I’ve gone all-in on the burgers, but have been way too full to even...
I just realized that this is the third of my last five recipes that include peanut butter as some sort of primary ingredient. If you hadn’t figured it out yet, the secret is out…...
Do teenagers still write notes, or exchange notes during school? Or has texting and social media totally replaced that? This has nothing to do with the recipe, but I was on my way home...
I conducted a very scientific experiment this week. You may remember me mentioning that I have not been feeling the chocolate love lately. I haven’t been craving it and feel kind of sick when I...
I have been savings tons of noodle-based salads on Pinterest, even though I rarely eat salads at home and I eat noodle salads even less frequently. However, I’ve been totally smitten with the idea...
It’s been a solid six weeks since I made a new dippity dip, which is exactly five weeks and six days too long. If there’s one thing that I love almost as much as dessert,...
So, I was going to make banana cream pie. A regular, traditional banana cream pie. Then, I lost my mind. I decided it needed to have peanut butter. Then, I decided it needed to...
My grandma knew how to rock leftovers. That woman would not waste one ounce of food. Not one ounce. She was the stereotypical example of someone who grew up during the depression. She did...
