Vanilla Cupcakes with Strawberry Buttercream
It has been a while since I’ve made cupcakes! Two things motivated me to make this batch: Bonnie from Thirsty for Tea when she made some amazing homemade strawberry Pocky …
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French Apple Cake
I experimented with another fall recipe today–Dorie Greenspan’s French Apple Cake via David Lebovitz. The only time I eat apples is when they’re in dessert form, which means I better …
Ginger Molasses Cookies
I was at a conference all last week, and instead of being able to fly home Saturday night, my flight out was so delayed I would have missed my connection …
How to Make Soup | The Ultimate Guide
Soup is a true wonder of alchemy. Together, water, onions and time turn water into broth, bland into savory and thin into thick. But for those results, process is critical: …
Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies
What makes these cookies truly perfect isn’t anything radical; it’s simply an attention to detail. The pastry chef Ravneet Gill was meticulous in developing her recipe, and all of her …
Iced Pumpkin Coffee Cake
My original plan for this post was to make pumpkin apple cream cheese muffins. However, I had zero muffin liners that matched the pumpkin apple cream cheese theme. I was …
Spicy Sweet Potato and Cheddar Croquettes
Sweet potatoes and cheese are flavored with cumin, smoked paprika, black pepper and cayenne for warmth, smokiness and a little bit of a kick. Once these croquettes are breaded and …
Strawberry Shortcake
There’s a kind of magic in a summer recipe that you can make wherever you are, provided that wherever you are has, say, flour, butter, an oven and whatever fruit …
Roast Turkey With Berry-Mint Sauce and Black Walnuts
The flavor of heritage turkey breeds is richer and more pronounced than that of commercial turkeys sold at supermarkets nationwide. Put plainly, heritage breeds taste more like turkey. Heritage birds …
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Vegan Mashed Potatoes
If you think cream and butter are required to make amazing mashed potatoes, then this recipe might surprise you. It calls for Yukon Gold potatoes, which are naturally creamier than …
Vegetarian Mushroom Wellington
Classic beef Wellington is a technical feat in which a tenderloin is topped with foie gras or mushroom duxelles, then wrapped in puff pastry and baked. This vegetarian version is …