Breads & Breakfast

Meyer Lemon Peasant Boule for #Baketogether

After months of sweets and other indulgences, our wise #Baketogether leader Abby Dodge decided a simple bread would be something all of us might be craving. She was so right. When she said simple I couldn’t imagine any bread THIS simple. I’ve seen bread novices and talented aficionados alike claim the ease and never-ending possibilities [...]

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Sage and Caramelized Shallot Brown Butter on Pumpkin and Sage Biscuits

I’ve mentioned to a couple of friends that I was developing some compound butters for Kerrygold, my favorite butter for baking. They were unfamiliar with that phrase and though I could explain it easily enough the fact is that I think what’s come from this effort deserves a new name. I can’t help but think [...]

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Maple Bacon Cornbread Cupcakes with Maple Frosting Garnished with Bacon

Happy Birthday! No, not mine, but it’s the one year anniversary of the Recipe Swap, a group put together by Christianna Burwell. Started as a way to build community and create a challenge for all of us, we are assigned a recipe from an old cookbook that Christianna found at the Tanque Verde Swap Meet. [...]

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French Toast with Toasted Walnut, Orange, Cranberry and Brown Sugar Compound Butter

Christmas seems to have come early for me this year. A ring of the bell, no one there but luckily I spy a package on the stoop. As I bent to retrieve the box and noticed it was from the Irish Dairy Board, I quickly looked up and down the street for Santa or even [...]

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Caramel Apple and Walnut Streusel Coffee Cake for #Baketogether

That name is a mouthful isn’t it. And this cake is too. When our fearless leader Abby Dodge, she of Bon Appetit, numerous cookbooks and now #baketogether fame posted that we would be doing coffee cake this month, it seemed destined from the start for me that I would be mixing it up with some [...]

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Hot Slaw, Bacon and Cheese Sandwich for #Recipe Swap

I was afraid tonight I was going to have to change my name completely. I have long had intentions of changing my last name but I’ve kept my ex-husband’s name to make it easier for our kids. OK, enough is enough, right? Lauren just turned 28 and is on her own (there might be a [...]

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Strawberry and Lemon Cake with Lemon Glaze for #BakeTogether

This was a good week for baking. The past couple of weekends have seen me on the road to Snowmass and wrapping up the Goaterie challenge I did with La Fuji Mama at the same time so I absolutely craved something simple from my kitchen. No real deadline, no interviews, just bake something with my [...]

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How does Sfeeha on Pita end up with Tripping on Goat?

Well, after quite a journey, that’s how! Believe it or not, it all started with my contribution to the Peko Peko Charity Cookbook. I was asked to contribute a dish, something simple that most of us could actually make for our families and I had recently seen something I thought perfect; some Sweet Potato French [...]

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White Pizza with Walnuts, Pears and Balsamic Glazed Figs – and a Secret!

The deed is done and here I am with secrets to share. If you’ve been a reader of my website that was located at VinoLuciStyle.com and have come here from there; you know I’ve made a change; a huge leap of faith. This is my new home and I hope you come and join me [...]

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