Posted in cookies, guest posts on Jul 31st, 2009
While we wind up (or down) our vacation, I’m pleased to bring you one last guest post, a little gem from Culinerapy’s Sara Reddy Coyne. This California girl has a knack for sweet depth in the kitchen, her writing like a comfortably noisy screen door, nearly always leading to something good. I’m glad she stepped [...]
Posted in marriage, pie, tarts, cobblers & crisps, recipes on Jan 21st, 2009
At the coffee shop the other day, Greg was looking for a slice of banana bread, like he always does. I glanced through the tiered pastry baskets – on top, pumpkin bread, zucchini bread. Bottom, sugar cookies. “No banana.” I checked one more basket, and held something up. “Banana muffin?” Greg took the muffin. Locally [...]
Posted in cookies, jewish cooking, recipes on Aug 27th, 2008
Mandelbread – or mandelbrodt, literally, almond bread – was my first solo cookie. Eight years old and alone with cousin Dana’s 3 x 5 card, the mess should have meant disaster. But they came out well, happy and fragrant, a miracle. I kept baking. Mandelbread are the Jewish biscotti – maybe a little sweeter, crisp [...]
With a houseful of guests and grandparents coming out of my ears, I’ve truly neglected my tasty friends over here at Simmer. Josie graduated from 6th grade last night, and though it’s a big deal, it’s remarkable what a big deal they make out of it these days. There has been so much eating and [...]
Posted in cookies on Apr 23rd, 2008
I only wish I’d picked this cup and saucer up at some of the guessed locations – Canberra, Maldives, Dublin, oh, if only! But no, they were from a roadside restaurant in Des Moines, Iowa, and both Carol and Jenni uttered the phrase “Cracker Barrel,” which means those lucky girls will be getting recipe-imprinted postcards [...]
