Posted in bread, breakfast, freezer friendly, fruit, quick bread, spring on Jun 3rd, 2009
Scones get a seriously bad rap. People think they’re bland, dense, and/or crumbly. People think you can only enjoy them if you have a mug of coffee or tea with them. Branny told me that her husband thinks they taste like chalk. And these people aren’t completely wrong – some scones are pretty terrible. As [...]
Posted in citrus, dessert, freezer friendly, fruit, gluten free, healthy, spring on May 21st, 2009
I think I’ve developed a warped sense of nutrition. For the most part, I maximize fruits and vegetables, minimize carbs, focus on lean, usually vegetarian proteins, and avoid alcohol. But this all gets thrown out the window on the weekends, when all I do is try not to overeat and hopefully get some fiber at [...]
Posted in bread, breakfast, freezer friendly, fruit, quick bread, spring on May 10th, 2009
What’s fun about going through phases with certain foods, like my recent scone phase, is that it gives you a chance to really explore that category. I’ve made all sorts of scones in the past few months – cream scones, scones made with lighter dairy but more butter, scones filled with fresh fruit and with [...]
Posted in breakfast, dessert, french, fruit, quick bread, spring, summer on Apr 18th, 2009
When I scoped out the fresh blueberry selection while shopping for the blueberry crumb cake a few weeks ago, I caught a strong scent of strawberries. Yay! I hadn’t seen them there, hadn’t even though to look for them yet, but I definitely wasn’t passing them up. After months of apples and pumpkin, I am [...]
Posted in gluten free, healthy, side dish, spring, vegetables on Apr 16th, 2009
Asparagus was part of one of my worst eating experiences. I was spending a few weeks traveling, working with one of the top researchers in my field. She’s an intimidating woman, known for her arrogance and her temper. Fortunately, what little contact I had with her was generally pleasant. She even invited me to her [...]
Posted in cake, dessert, fruit, spring, summer, tuesdays with dorie on Jan 21st, 2009
I’ve been a member of Tuesdays with Dorie for ten months, and I haven’t missed even one week. I’ve posted through holidays, vacations, and…I’m trying to come up with a third thing to round out this sentence, but honestly, I have no life. Hence it’s been easy to stay on track with TWD. But this [...]
Posted in dessert, fruit, spring, summer, tuesdays with dorie, whole grains on Jul 22nd, 2008
Amanda chose possibly the healthiest recipe in the TWD cookbook. A portion of the flour in the biscuits is whole wheat and there’s <gasp> less than a tablespoon of butter per serving. Combining rhubarb and cherries is a little unusual – Dorie does it because they have contrasting and complimentary flavors. Fair enough, but they [...]
Posted in dessert, french, fruit, pie, spring, tuesdays with dorie on Jun 10th, 2008
I joined TWD right at the beginning of strawberry season – when the first flavorless strawberries started showing up in stores, and I bought them just because I was excited about warmer weather and everything that goes along with it. I was eager to make one strawberry dessert after another during their short season, but [...]
