Dilly Beans (finally)!

I know, I know. I’ve been waving this one around for months now, making references to how I’ll eventually get it together and post about those glorious little snacks, the dilly beans. It’s not that I wanted you to suffer, not that I have some sort of sneaky deal with the bean growers – they’re…

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Croissant Bread Pudding

It is not hard to get your hands on day-old pastries. What’s hard, sometimes, ARE the pastries. But here’s your chance to make them ol’ croissants shine like new! Croissant bread pudding! There’s really not much to it. Which is good, what with how busy I’ve been this week. Fortunately, there’s always room (er, I…

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Huckleberry Lemon Sauce

I love huckleberry season. Why, you ask (as if you don’t love them too, be honest, now)? First off, huckleberries, while small, are not plagued with the standard onslaught of unpleasantries that often come with wild foraging: no brambles, thorns/spines, no awkward crawls under bushes or 3 mile hikes through the rain, no damaged clothes,…

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Lemon Blueberry Scones

I’m a morning person. Always have been, since I was a little girl. Once the sun was up, so was I – tearing around the house like a maniac (or a herd of elephants, as my parents liked to describe it), and impatiently awaiting… …well, SOMETHING. I was sure something was about to happen. And…

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Stuffed Zucchini

I suppose I should actually title this post “What to Do with Too Much of a Good Thing”, but I don’t think that’ll fit in the title box. Still, it’s an appropriate title. Zucchini is delicious. It’s one of the first “summer” veggies that come up in our climate (San Francisco/Bay Area), and I’m always…

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Russian Tea Cakes

I love desserts. I always have. I love making desserts. Big batches of cookies, galettes, biscotti…you name it. Usually I’m even pretty good at making a big batch of sweets and then feeding them to OTHER people. Big pans of brownies? No problem: take ’em to the office, or send them off with the boyfriend…

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Sourdough Cinnamon Rolls

You know you want them. Look at them. They’re perfect, right? Right. Oh man, if you could smell what the house smells like right now…well, actually, it’s probably better that you can’t (I hear drool is really bad for the keyboard). But let me just say that there are few smells in the world that…

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Too Many Carrots!!!

(note: I’m away at music camp this week. I’ll be back soon, though). It’s finally happened. I never thought it would. I’ve heard other people talk about it, but somehow I never truly believed we’d have TOO MUCH produce. Namely, right now we have too many carrots, and I’m running out of ideas. Carrot cake?…

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