I’ve finally discovered the secret to amazingly good brownies: vigorous beating. Many recipes mention it, but in the past I’ve been lazy and skimped on any extended batter beating. I recently decided to be wild and spend an extra 8 minutes making brownies. That (and using spelt flour) is the key to light, fluffy, gooey […]
Recipes (All)
Spelt Banana Bread (Recipe)
Banana bread has carried me through the first weeks of being a new mom. I first made this particular recipe just before the Christmas holidays, but hadn’t ventured into using only spelt flour. I combined 1/2 cup all-purpose white with 1/4 cup spelt, and poured the batter into muffin tins. The banana muffins were a […]
Ode to Oatmeal
Autumn is well on its way here in Paris. Most of the trees have turned yellow and winter veggies like squash, pumpkin, cabbage and Brussels sprouts have taken over the markets. That means oatmeal season has come to our house and I’ve been making lots of it lately. I tend to reserve it for calm, […]
Roasted Red Pepper Tapenade (Recipe)
Since September, it’s been just plain busy around here: back to Paris, back to work, back to Sunday morning market (and all the colorful autumn veggies), back to self-imposed projects (like learning to print digital photographs – not as easy as I thought it would be – hanging new curtains and re-organizing our office space)… […]
Ratatouille (Recipe)
Even before moving to France, I began making ratatouille. For a while just out of college I worked with a young French woman from Provence. She had long blonde hair and wore tie-dyed skirts that nearly reached the ground. She’d only been in Santa Fe for a few months when we met and, like me, […]
Homemade Granola (Recipe)
One of the best parts of summer is breakfast outdoors. On a patio, a deck, a balcony, in a back yard, near a beach, under elms. Wherever you are in the world and whatever your outside, breakfast in morning air is simply liberating, naughty even – if you stay in pajamas. I’m sitting out in […]