“I’m not supposed to play favorites with recipes, but honestly, the first time I caught a whiff of these Tender Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Zucchini … Read more
Introduction The neighborhood block party was in less than two hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be showing up with these elaborate multi-layer … Read more
The other afternoon, I was wandering through the grocery store’s fresh produce aisle when the sharp, almost electric scent of jalapeño caught me off guard … Read more
Introduction Last summer, my friend Jesse asked why I couldn’t just skip baking and toss together a peach pie with cream cheese and a simple … Read more
It was 11:37 PM on a sleepy Wednesday, and I was hit with this wild craving for something fresh but not boring—something that felt like … Read more
This was supposed to be just another loaf of zucchini bread—plain, maybe a little too dense, nothing fancy. I grabbed the wrong lemons (the tiny … Read more
Introduction “You wouldn’t believe it, but my taxi driver neighbor started chatting about his secret recipe for fudgy double chocolate zucchini muffins,” I said to … Read more
I was rearranging the shelves in my tiny corner grocery store last Saturday when the sharp scent of cinnamon burst through the air — and … Read more
The neighborhood charity bake sale was in less than two hours and I’d completely blanked on bringing a snack. Everyone else promised homemade cupcakes or … Read more
“You’ve got to try this,” my neighbor said one late August afternoon while I was wrestling with a stubborn jar of peach preserves. She didn’t … Read more
