I was on the fence about whether to make Thanksgiving dinner this year, but we bought the turkey this weekend so I’m locked in. I should be focusing on prep work, but chocolate helps me focus so I made a quick batch of brownies. Inspired by...

I couldn’t find any Corn Chex the other day and had to the store’s house brand “Corn Squares” which weren’t half bad. In fact, they were (are) quite good and I can’t stop eating them. Since I’m already addicted to the dry cereal, I...

November isn’t cherry season, but you can still serve cherry pie in the fall. The trick is finding a recipe that makes good use of the alternatives – canned and frozen. Mixing cherries with raspberries is one way of making a canned cherry pie...

This week I’ve been practicing my pie crust making technique. Even though I know the basic rules of tender crust – use cold ingredients and don’t over work the dough, I still run into problems. My dough usually sticks because I don’t use...

I’m in the midst of more pie baking and hope to have a good one for you tomorrow. For today, here’s a cookie adapted from the current issue of Every Day Food. This recipe was excellent and the bittersweet chocolate and tangy cranberry combo hit the...