You may have heard about the dump of snow that befell the Northeast this past week. It appears as though spring might be staging a comeback this weekend and I needed to help it along with a fruit pie. I wanted to make a Strawberry Rhubarb pie and in my search for a good, interesting [...]

Baker Dorie Greenspan appeared on NPR’s “All Things Considered” last night, talking about chocolate, including a “Tribute to Katherine Hepburn” brownie recipe (the story and recipe can be found near the bottom of the page).
Now, Katherine Hepburn was known as a pretty tough cookie. These brownies are gooey and soft, but they pack a wallop [...]

Snow has FINALLY started to fall and stick around here. I’m sure we will be up to Golden Snowball levels soon, but it has been like spring around here in the past few weeks. I’m glad to see the snow, myself.
I used to shun rice pudding, for some reason. There are a number of things [...]

I happen to prefer pie with just one crust, especially apple pie. Which is not to say that I will reject any offering of pie with a top crust.
This is the go-to apple pie recipe in my family. I left the apples just a tad too chunky this time around. It was tasty, but didn’t [...]