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It still may be too early for comfort food: the days are fairly sunny and warm, and it's still light out at 7pm. But when those cooler, darker days roll around (or if you just want a preview) this quick and easy recipe fits the bill. My favorite part of this dish is the mouthfeel. It's like eating...

When September rolls around, I want apples. I want to go apple picking. I want to drink apple cider. I want to eat caramel apples. I want to bake with apples. I stumbled across this recipe , which combines apples with my favorite spice, cinnamon. It’s very simple to pull together; the most complicated...

When I was very little, I would ride with my parents from Long Island to NYC; my parents would go to work, and I would stay at my grandma's house until they returned. We'd usually stop at a coffee truck pulled over on the side of the road and grab breakfast: for me, a carton of chocolate milk...

Another day, another cake but from the same cookbook: In the Sweet Kitchen by Reagan Daley . Last week, we were invited to a "Thanksgiving dinner in February" at Carolyn's house. She provided the turkey (21 lbs!), mashed potatoes, mashed turnips, stuffing and gravy and all I needed to bring...

To be honest, I was initially disappointed with this cake. The day I made it -- Valentines' Day, a Thursday -- the topping struck me as too bitter, despite all the caramel encapsulating the pineapple. But by Saturday, the bitterness had given way to a gentle tartness, pairing well with the dense...

I am so sick of winter. I'm tired of the snow. I'm tired of being cold. I'm tired of it getting dark before dinner time. And just when I thought that we were out of the woods ("Hey! There are buds on those trees!"), we get hit with a snow storm. The only thing to do is have a casserole...

Photo courtesy of CooksIllustrated.com I really love chicken tikka masala, mainly because my favorite Indian restaurant, Thali of Inda , makes it so well. (But all of their food is amazing -- mmmm.) Admittedly, this version from Cook's Illustrated is not as divine as Thali's. But it's still...

Moist, chewy brownies can be made – and eaten – without throwing one’s healthy diet under an oncoming bus. I made the recipe two ways – first using dutch processed cocoa, and then with traditional baking cocoa. The traditional cocoa yielded a reddish brownie with a detectable coffee flavor, while the...

Photo courtesy of Light & Tasty . As a flavor, lemon has been on my mind a lot lately. Naturally, it took center stage in January's Daring Baker challenge , but I think there's more to it than that. When I was in London, though the calendar said "January," the air felt like early...

Photos TK -- my digital camera is recharging :( This month's DB challenge was hosted by Jen of The Canadian Baker . She asked us to make Lemon Meringue Pies as "it is something [she's] always wanted to try to make and [she] also wanted something lighter after all the holiday treats. "...