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After the banana cake of awesomeness , I was on an everyday-cake kick—plus I had an open container of buttermilk to use up—so it seemed like...

The only food I remember liking at my college’s cafeteria (besides the always-available salad bar, breakfast cereal, and ice cream, which ma...

Banana makes baked goods so tasty and moist, but I never quite know what I’m supposed to do with its usual manifestation, banana bread. It s...

It started so innocently , with vinaigrettes . Then there was a soup , some BBQ chicke n , a quesadilla , and a bread pudding . And now ...

Toasting coconut before you put it in a cookie would not have occurred to me, but it’s a genius idea; not only do you get that toasty flavor...

When I saw this recipe at Annie’s Eats , my first thought was Hey, I don’t have a broccoli pizza in my repertoire yet! My second thought wa...

I’ve never had Hamburger Helper or any other chili mac in my life, but as soon as I stumbled upon this gussied-up homemade version (after fo...

I first made this recipe from The Kitchn about a year ago, but for some inexplicable reason I never posted it (even though I remember takin...

I just realized that my last three posts have featured brown foods. It’s that time of year. But thank goodness for carrots, without which wi...

Every time winter rolls around (Ha! See what I did there?), I resolve to bake more bread. It seems like such a cozy, domestically capable th...

Even though mushrooms and sausage are my favorite traditional pizza toppings, and mushroom-sausage-onion is my go-to order at Pizza Hut (I ...

I’m not usually gaga for lentils, but every now and then I want them. Aaaand I just realized that I started my two previous lentil entr...

Many people are intimidated by making and canning jam, but it appeals to my methodical side. To me, the only difficult part is obtaining fru...

This photo was taken in their natural habitat, the Christmas Eve cookie tray, so the caramel has been slightly rumpled by interstate travel....

Neglectful blogger returns! Sorry for the nearly two months of silence. The holiday travel-and-gift-making/buying season hit me like a hurri...

I’m not going to beat around the bush here: The salsa in this recipe (from Tyler Florence at the Food Network site , via My Husband Hates Ve...

I can’t believe that at the ripe old age of 33, I’m still learning mind-blowing new facts such as this: It’s possible to roast the seeds of ...

This is fall wrapped in a tortilla, baby. Sharp mustard, creamy Brie, sweet crisp apple, and peppery arugula are a match made in heaven. (By...

Aw yeah. Now, I’m not one of those people who goes gaga for pumpkin-flavored things every October. In fact, this was the first time in my li...

Hmm. Instead of “Recipes I Was Too Lame or Indecisive to Post the First Time Around,” how about we place this in the more-adventuresome-soun...