This recipe for homemade Cherry-Coconut Bread makes a large, dense loaf from yeast-risen dough. Man up, because it requires a lot of kneading. Cheer up, because it's delicious, makes great toast, and ...Read More
Here's a cute bit of everyday cooking: instant cookies! By simply keeping your dough in the fridge, you can bake up fresh, homemade (chocolate chip, for instance) cookies in any quantity, on a whim. J...Read More
Born Again Sandwiches: an example of how you can turn leftovers into something heavenly. It's a bit of easy, everyday cooking that everyone ought to believe in. ...Read More
Bonjour Cafe Bakery - in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood - bakes up authentically French pastries that are among the best in the city. I was incredibly excited to have them cater the desserts for my ...Read More
Simple, Super-Tangy Lemon Bars. Sounds good, right? What if I told you that the filling uses fresh lemon juice as well as lemon zest, which gives them twice the zing as you usually find the typical ve...Read More
This homemade (from scratch) three-layer (two-layer) Blueberry Eclipse Cake is made from butter, eggs, fresh berries, and sour cream, and it has an extraordinary color. It's whipped cream and lemon cu...Read More
Looking for wedding cake alternatives? How about cheese wheels? Bourbon Belavittano, Bucheron, Brie, Campo de Montalban, and P'tit Basque all come together in a spectacular, Five-Tier Cheese Wheel Wed...Read More
The Short Stack is a pancake-flavored, day-drinking (known in the civilized world as "brunch") cocktail made with maple-flavored whiskey and ginger beer, with a bacon-and-blueberry garnish. ...Read More