Toasted Almond & Chocolate Granola
Is this breakfast? Or dessert? Or a salty sweet afternoon snack? I’d argue all of the above. This chocolate granola is sweet, but not too...
Damson Plum & Gin Jam
Finding the elusive Damson plum in the wild (aka the farmers’ market) is like hitting the culinary jackpot. I somehow stumbled across the diminutive fruit...
Moonshine-Glazed Doughnuts
I hereby dub thee: Learning to Fry: Full Moon(shine) Fever Doughnuts. And if you got those references, you get a big high five from Taylor....
Chocolate Malt Ice Cream Sandwiches
The perfect ice cream sandwich is: Soft. Hard crunchy cookies need not apply. Sweet and salty. Keyword: and. Not or. Like the yin and yang...
Jam-Filled Thumbprint Cookies
One caveat of all this canning I’ve been doing is the inevitable excess: the partially-filled and improperly-sealed jars that gather on the top shelf of...
Frozen Black Forest Tart
Hold your horses people, because I have news for you: IT’S STILL SUMMER. Seriously, as long as the days are sticky and humid and 90,...
September Kitchen Challenge: Bacon
Moving right along, from tofu… to bacon (seems like a logical transition to me). We’ve never really explored the art of charcuterie before (mainly due...
White Peach & Vanilla Jam
I’ll be darned if I let peach season slip away without squirreling away at least a few jars of something peachy. Time was running out,...
Cinnamon Churros with Chocolate Dulce de Leche
Honestly, I think one prerequisite of “amusement park fare” is that you look completely ridiculous whilst you eat. I mean, c’mon… cotton candy? Turkey legs?...
Chocolate Peanut Butter Crunch Ice Cream
After making these brownies a few weeks back, I couldn’t stop thinking about them. That topping, like an extra chocolatey, peanut butter rice krispie treat,...
Homemade Tofu (August Kitchen Challenge Results)
Well, it ain’t pretty. But it’s tofu. Mission, accomplished? The whole process was oddly similar to making mozzarella, only a bit more… beany. And you...
Fresh Peach & Lemon Verbena Soda
It’s clearly peach season, but the end is nigh. While I’m not sure if I’ll make it out picking before the last of the fruits...
