Cake for breakfast sounds decadent, but certain cakes are considered acceptable breakfast food, and I believe this is one of them. It’s got whole wheat, and it’s loaded with apples, meaning it’s healthier than most muffins or coffee cakes. Maybe I’m just trying to justify the fact that I’m eating it for breakfast right now, […]
Peppermint Pop Rocks Chocolate Bark
Chocolate and mint is one of those flavor combinations that’s associated with Christmas, but I think it deserves year-round appreciation. Candy canes are mostly to blame, but the seasonal holiday drinks and treats that restaurants only serve after Thanksgiving have strengthened the association. Though this chocolate bark incorporates candy cane, Pop Rocks make it really […]
Lemon Poppyseed Yogurt Loaf
One thing that I enjoyed about living in San Francisco was the abundance of citrus. It was so easy to grow there that a co-worker with a Meyer lemon tree in her yard would bring in big bags of lemons to give away. Given the differences in climate, I figured it wouldn’t be possible to […]
Slow-Roasted Cherry Tomatoes
In the last couple of weeks my tomato plants have been producing tons of cherry tomatoes. Last summer I discovered the best way to use up an excess of cherry tomatoes: slow roast them. Chop them in half, throw them in a baking pan with olive oil, garlic, herbs, and salt, and they shrink up […]
12 Popsicle Recipes to Try Before Summer Ends
I can’t believe how quickly this summer is flying by! It’s almost September, and I haven’t made nearly enough popsicles this year. So I went back through my archives and found twelve recipes for frozen treats in stick form. I’d totally forgotten about some of them, but now I’ve got plenty of ideas for popsicles […]
Salty Sake Greyhound Cocktail
It’s Friday, so it’s time for a drink. And this one’s especially easy–you don’t even need to go to the liquor store. (At least everywhere I’ve lived, sake is sold at the grocery store, near the wine.) For this drink, all you need is some sake, a couple of grapefruits, and margarita salt, if you […]
Strawberry Lime Yogurt Popsicles
Zucchini Corn Pizza
I was one of those kids who adamantly did not like zucchini. Even though I don’t think I had even tried it, and I definitely couldn’t tell you what I didn’t like about it. But if zucchini was in something and I knew about it, I wasn’t eating it. Now I have a strong suspicion […]
Coconut Bourbon Corn Flake Ice Cream
This is a tale of two ice cream failures, which I eventually combined into one ice cream success. When we lived in San Francisco, we liked to go on long, wandering city walks on the weekend, and once in a while we’d end up at the ice cream shop Humphry Slocombe. Although I tried other […]