The other day I was feeling nostalgic about the things I used to make at Bluebird, these muffins most of all.

What with holidays and more holidays and birthdays taking precedence, I didn’t get to tell you about this fantastic breakfast I made like three weeks ago. Similar to wheat berries, farro is apparently something you can eat for breakfast. Hearty and satisfying, a little bit sweet, a little bit creamy, a little bit licoricey, this [...]

Don’t be afraid! You’ve come to a happy place. Although I get why you might be wary and confused, because why on earth am I making gluten-free vegan cookies? Well. I have this gig where I test recipes from upcoming cookbooks, which I’ve mentioned before, and when my editor (I love saying that, “my editor”) gave me [...]

In a bout of confidence, I decided to just wing it with these sweet potato latkes, and I must say I, we, were quite pleased with the results. Latkes are a bit of a tricky business. You need to make sure they hold together and aren’t too liquidy and that you’re frying them in the [...]

So you know how a recipe calls for 1 cup pumpkin puree, so you open a can of pumpkin, then you have like almost a cup left over, and so you find another pumpkin recipe so you can use up the leftover pumpkin, but it calls for a whole can of pumpkin, so you have [...]

I had this brief moment of panic yesterday when I realized I hadn’t made anything special for Halloween. I considered ditching my friend’s party last night, sending the husband out by himself to deliver the message that I needed to stay home to make homemade versions of candy bars, like Twix or Whatchamacallits, so I [...]

Turkey sausage! Turkey sausage. I wouldn’t want anyone to think I was cooking treif in my home. But I also don’t want to discourage anyone else from using pork sausage. In fact, I think you should make this with pork sausage and invite me over for dinner tonight. Oh wait, I can’t do it tonight. [...]

In the process of deciding whether or not I liked these cookies, I ate about 30 of them. I asked the husband for help: “What do you think of the cookies?” “They’re good.” “Are they pumpkiny?” “Yeah.” I eventually decided I liked them, the main reason being that they got better as time went on, [...]

Before I give you the backstory on this one, I must gush and rave. This cake is f*ing amazing. It is sooo f*ing good. Good enough to necessitate expletives, Dale? Really? Hell f*ing yes! If I ever write a cookbook or open a restaurant, this cake will surely be featured. It is just so delicious. Nothing fancy, [...]

I never knew it was weird to spread butter on frosted strawberry Pop-Tarts. I don’t know how we got on the subject, we must’ve been talking about what we ate for breakfast as kids, but the husband was like what? You put butter on Pop-Tarts? He seemed shocked and disgusted, and I was suddenly self-conscious. Wasn’t that normal? [...]

It’s granola for your dog! Ha…ha. (That was the husband’s joke.) I am christening this “granola bark” because it is basically one big slab of granola that can and should be broken into jagged pieces because it’s difficult to actually cut into with a knife (although I must say I did a not-too-shabby job of [...]