Little Miss Finch is cramping my style in the kitchen big time. These days, I don't care if I use sour cream or yogurt in making banana bread; I'm just happy if I can get it into the oven on the same day that I weigh out the flour. Fresh garlic is...

from Rose Levy Beranbaum's lovely book, The Bread Bible. I think this may be the World's Best Quickbread. In any case, I can't quit eating or baking it. Photo...eventually. Ingredients walnuts 4 ounces 1 cup all-purpose flour 9.5 ounces 2 cups...

The baby arrived three weeks ago. We named her Finch, for no other reason than that we like how it sounds. She gave us quite a start, insisting on being born five weeks early. And since then it's been about sleeping and pooping and — of course —...