While I’m Gone . . .

please check out the new Daring Bakers Public Forum, which ever so perfectly is in the *kitchen*. I love it! We will not discuss the upcoming challenge in the public forum, but it’s a place to talk about general baking questions, past challenge recipes, and other fun stuff.
Also, you have seen the ‘FoodBuzz [...]

Chocolate Caramel Cookies

As you may have noticed, I really like the combination of chocolate and caramel, especially with pecans. So it’s a no-brainer that I would like these cookies.

This cookie recipe is another Pillsbury Bake-Off recipe, and it won a $2000 prize in 1990! It appears in several different Pillsbury cookbooks, which is just a [...]

Orange Cranberry Scones

When I volunteered to make breakfasty snacks for the men’s retreat last weekend, I made several kinds of muffins (although clearly the bacon muffins were the favorite) and I made orange cranberry scones. I used the same basic recipe from which I made the orange, fig & coconut scones but added dried cranberries rather [...]

Six Families

Six families describe their grocery budgets. I spend a lot on groceries, in part because there are six of us, in part because we entertain, in part because I buy lots of meat, fruits, vegetables, and Lactaid milk (at $7.00/gal it’s a lot more expensive than gas but at least I don’t buy 20-30 [...]

PSA: Influenza

This is a public service announcement. If you have the signs of influenza and you visit your doctor within 48 hrs of the onset of the fever, there are antiviral medications they can give you to shorten the duration of the illness. If, however, you wait until you’ve had the fever for 3-4 days, [...]