I can’t remember a time when I didn’t love coffee.
I started on it pretty early, as our household was never without a freshly brewed pot of coffee each morning. My parents took their java pretty seriously and I was raised on Peet’s Arabian Mocha-Java. The first time I tasted Folger’s was at a piano recital [...]
I’ve been making homemade granola for over a year now and it blows any storebought version out of the water!
My original recipe is pretty simple and involves fairly haphazard measurements: 8 cups oats, a bag of sliced almonds, a bag of shredded coconut, 3/4 cup canola oil, 1 1/2 cups honey, a generous spoonful of [...]
I hope you all have a safe and happy holiday, filled with sun, fun, fireworks, and best of all, FOOD!
I love any excuse to make holiday-themed sweets, and the 4th of July is no exception. I’ve been known to buy holiday sprinkles, sugars, cupcake liners, cake pans, cookie cutters, etc. and hoard them in my [...]
Perusing the Easter aisle at Target gave me the baking itch! All those colored peeps and chocolate eggs gave me a hankering to make pretty pastel sugar cookies!
One of my college roommates, Rebecca, was in love with those soft, Lofthouse sugar cookies–you know them well–pale, cakey, and comforting in their sweet simplicity. Since then, [...]
I adore any holiday centered around food, which is why Mardi Gras has a special place in my heart. I made tiny little king cakes for Wine + Market, which I filled with a caramel icing and toasted pecan mixture. They were a hit and inspired me to make a giant king cake to rival [...]
For about a month now, I’ve been baking sweet treats for a local gourmet deli/wine shop/grocer called Wine+Market in downtown Lexington. Located on the corner of 2nd and Jefferson, Wine+Market is reminiscent of a Parisian cornerstore where you can sit at a communal table with a cup of coffee & croissant, browse an affordable and unique wine [...]
