Adventures in cooking and baking.
This Rosemary Lemon Pain de Campagne is a large, naturally leavened loaf flavored with fresh rosemary, lemon zest, and extra virgin olive oil.
The Bread Baking Babes are baking versions of Pain de Campagne. Our host kitchen is My Kitchen in Half Cups. This marks 18 years of baking bread together.
These Chinese Almond Cookies are a tasty take on the traditional Chinese take-out cookie that symbolizes good fortune and good luck, especially for the Lunar New Year.
The round cookies represent coins and the almonds on top represent good luck.
Serve these extra gooey sticky buns for a special breakfast for Valentine's Day for your whole family or for that special someone.
These sticky buns begin with an extra buttery brioche dough that is amazingly soft and tender. The dough is layered with cinnamon sugar and toasted pecans, and then is baked in a spectacular honey and brown sugar caramel sauce and topped with more toasted pecans.
This Spaghetti with Breadcrumbs, Garlic, and Olive Oil is a rustic and wonderful take on the classic dish spaghetti aglio e olio, or spaghetti with garlic and oil, from Naples, Italy.
This pasta dish is pure comfort in a bowl and is wonderful served as a simple and romantic dinner for two along with a salad or a vegetable.
This corn sauté with pancetta, potatoes, and peppers is a hearty side dish that goes perfectly with fried chicken, fish, or a juicy steak.
This sautéed corn is so savory and buttery. You can serve it either hot or at room temperature, making it great for potlucks, picnics, or barbecues. You will definitely not regret making extra.
This pineapple and avocado salsa is so simple to make and wonderful for dipping, adding to tacos and nachos, and totally refreshing for topping grilled fish such as salmon or halibut.
I've tried this pineapple avocado salsa four ways. First, with homemade tortilla chips for dipping, later for topping pan seared cod, and with sourdough toast, like dressed up avocado toast, for breakfast. Finally, I stirred a little into some scrambled eggs. Everything was totally tasty.
Bouchon Bakery Shortbread Cookies - they are so simple, yet they can be so elegant, and they are perfect for a simple dessert, a snack, or for gifting.
These shortbread cookies are a magical combination of flour, butter, sugar, vanilla bean paste, and kosher salt. You can make the dough in advance and refrigerate or freeze it, making baking ahead that much easier. The baked cookies can also be frozen.
