After Eliza, our first daughter, came into our lives, we sort of stopped throwing parties. Gone were the days of the Kung Fu Fondue Bash and Home Brew-Barbecue-Tattoo Night.…
Burnt Sugar Cake — a tasty cake with caramelized sugar mixed into the batter — tastes great with cream cheese frosting or chocolate satin frosting. Try both!
The first time I baked this cake, my husband said, “I can’t believe you like this. It’s so sweet.”…
Ihe universe conspired to ease me into week two of my back-to-school bread baking plan. …
Before I went back to teaching again last year, I used to bake bread several times a week. We ate plenty and shared plenty.…
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My mother stitches my family’s history together one quilt at a time. My childhood bed at my parents’ house — the one my daughter sleeps in now when we visit — is covered with one of the first quilts she made. …
Last summer, my friend Kimi came to visit us for her birthday. She’s spent enough time on the island to know how she wanted to celebrate: dinner at South Beach followed by buttermilk cake with fresh strawberries and cream….
