I have tentatively named these cookies my Christmas Charm cookies. The cookies’ small size, variety of shapes, and sparkly sprinkles remind me of the charms on a charm’s bracelet. They’re fun, quirky, and delicate. Squeeze a couple of these bright gems onto your tea saucer alongside a piping hot cup of peppermint tea, or pack…
Orange, Mustard, and Sage Roasted Pork Tenderloin
A pork tenderloin that has been coated in a honey, mustard, orange, and garlic glaze, pressed with fresh sage, and roasted on a bed of fresh orange slices. Tangy, sweet, and slightly spicy this is one of the easiest roasts I have ever made. If you are a novice roaster or just don’t feel like…
Fresh Cranberry & Orange Muffins
I can’t think of anything to write for this post other then – I love LOVE love baking with fresh cranberries. Dried berries and canned jellies just don’t do the fruit justice. Not to mention that beautifully bright red color! Talk about festive!! Recipe makes a dozen regular sized muffins or 6 large muffins. Ingredients:…
Butternut Pasta in a Mustard Cream Sauce
Butternut squash pasta with Italian sausage in a sage infused mustard cream sauce. It’s all those things that you love about fall wrapped into a single dish – hearty, spicy, warm, and cozy… but don’t get too excited. It’s been drummed into me from a young age that eating anything with heavy cream in it…
Dark Chocolate Cherry Brownies
Now I’m sure this is not what you were expecting from me for a Thanksgiving week post (if any one expects anything from this blog, because I certainly don’t, that’s part of the fun), but I will be heading out of town for most of the week to spend my Thanksgiving with my family in…
Rosemary Asiago Bagels
My latest foray into bagel baking involves a wonderful hunk of asiago cheese that’s been aged in rosemary – a stellar combination that can only be made better by wrapping it into a chewy circle of dough. If you don’t have a local source of rosemary infused asiago cheese, as it’s not the most common of…
Middle Eastern Chicken Soup
No, this is not an actual Middle Eastern dish. This is the conglomeration of what can I make for dinner with a chicken carcass, the preserved lemons sitting in the back of the fridge, the kale and roasted garden tomatoes stashed in the freezer, and that a small jar of baharat lurking in the back…
Brown Butter Cake with Dulce de Leche, Toasted Hazelnuts, and Figs
In the past I have been forbidden from baking my own Birthday cakes, something about not laboring on your special day and letting others do all the work in preparation for your birthday celebration. Generally I would agree with the sentiment. It’s the one day out of the year where you should automatically get a…
