When I was kid, every year just before Labor Day my dad and I were among the first people to visit The Franklin Cider Mill when it opened for the season. We would gorge ourselves on fresh apple cider (you could even watch the wheel crush the apples!)...

The kind folks at Sasquatch Books have given me an advance copy of Flying Apron’s Gluten-Free & Vegan Baking Book. Even better, they’re giving a copy to one of my lucky readers as well! The cookbook is filled with all kinds of yummy recipes–muffins,...

Every now and then someone tries something I’ve baked and finds it so good that they ask me to make it and they’ll pay me for it. This is one of those recipes. Earlier today we had a huge Thanksgiving lunch at work, and when the sign up sheet went...

I discovered these mini Reese’s Pieces at the market last week and immediately decided I had to buy them. I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with them though, so when I noticed the recipe on the bag I figured I’d give it a try. I’m glad I did–these are...

I’ve been wanting to write a series of posts about my favorite kitchen items for some time now but never got around to it. Then the other day I was approached by the nice people at Challenge Butter (the butter with the elk on the box) asking if I’d...