Writing
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Chocolate Guinness Cake with Whiskey Caramel
A few weeks ago, I shot a St. Patrick’s Day feature for Kitchen Daily. Have you seen this site? I’m pleased as punch to be shooting seasonal recipes for them…
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Crullers & Cameras
So one morning I woke up and thought, “Hey, how about a class where we make doughnuts and take pictures of them? What could be better than that?” And, what…
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Beignets with Fudgy Chicory Coffee Sauce
I have very fuzzy memories of Mardi Gras. That’s probably a pretty safe bet for most folks indulging in the celebration, but in my case it was less about the…
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Raised Doughnuts, V3.0
It seems that I can never quite be done with a recipe. A recent reader comment prompted me to dig deeper into why homemade doughnuts go stale so quickly, when…
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AMD Visionary Awards
I can’t say I’m too fond of the PR approach that AMD has taken with their new Visionary awards. The email was fine, but the random @StillLifeWith mention was just…
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Pickled Red Onions
We had some amazing pickled red onions at The Swinery’s guest chef night at FareStart a few weeks ago. I’ve been craving them since, so I’m making some using a…
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Today I… had a little pot of comfort
Thank you all for your amazing out pouring of kind words and prayers for my family and me. I am truly touched by your warmth. I am also comforting myself…
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Welcome to Middle Age
I was on the phone with my husband’s step mother the other day, and she welcomed me to middle age. Sounds like kind of a cruel thing to say, right?…
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Storage Apples
Visit any Seattle farmer’s market this time of year and you’ll see apples by the crateful. I mean huge crateful. Anything that comes in that big of a crate tends…
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Doing Your Portfolio Good
Neel from LearnFoodPhotography.com posed an interesting question to me in email a short time ago. He asked “What advice would you give to someone who is just starting to build…
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Chocolate Hazelnut Cookies
I really can’t explain this. I don’t even like hazelnuts. But I do like these cookies. A lot. Think Nutella, if it were a cookie. Not just spread between two…
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Today I… Made Porridge
So, continuing on this whole breakfast theme thing I seem to have going on, how about some rice porridge? This version simply cooks the rice (arborio, but any short grain…