Posted in kitchen, moving, new old house on Apr 21st, 2008
Yesterday the new kitchen officially became my kitchen. We had drawn every detail, every door and knob and pull, but it took months of living to make it mine. I would like to say it was the perfect batch of brownies or the waft of blueberry pie, but it was a pool of dirty water. [...]
Posted in Chicagoland, recipes, scones & muffins on Mar 28th, 2008
Sometimes I like to roll up my sleeves, fire up a different oven and put this show on the road. So I’ve been doing a little visiting baker-in-residence act in my mom’s Chicago kitchen. It’s day three of my visit, and the counter resembles a carb paradise: flaky cinnamon twists, apple danish braid, apricot rugelach [...]
Posted in cookies, Holiday, jewish cooking on Mar 20th, 2008
I recently baked some hamantaschen – an eastern European cookie and the popular treat of Purim, the Jewish holiday that falls this weekend. Purim is a party holiday, and one of the unlikely few that do not remind us to be miserable. There is drinking and dancing and noise, all celebrating the ancient triumph over [...]
Posted in pie, tarts, cobblers & crisps, summer on Feb 27th, 2008
Please come back, summer. I didn’t really mean all those things I said about winter. It’s not prettier than you. You look really good in white, and white is just making winter look fat. Honestly. You’re definitely the prettiest, summer! You’re not all bleak and old and miserably dried up, like that winter. So…do you [...]
Now there’s a sexy name for a post, eh? Flour Sack Friday. What’s next? Sad Sack Saturday? The above bag is not vintage – it’s full of flour and I bought it just a few days ago at Dillon’s. I don’t know if I adore Hudson Cream flour more for their happiness-inducing cow illustration or [...]
