bread – Fork Vs Spoon

Sourdough Bread

I am here to beg of you to begin a life long journey with a sourdough starter or at least try a summer romance. Try it on for size and if you feel that you aren’t made for one another – it’s me not you sort of deal – then you can end the relationshipContinue reading “Sourdough Bread”

Zucchini Bread

Zucchini Bread…. It is a basic. A summer staple. Late summer. That time period that we are inching closer and closer to with the dawn of August upon us. Zucchini will be overwhelming our gardens and CSA bags for weeks to come. We will be gifting zucchini in the coming weeks to neighbors, coworkers, strangersContinue reading “Zucchini Bread”

Browned Butter Vanilla Rum Snacking Cake

Corduroys, grayish black and cozy as all get out. A flannel shirt with snaps. Snaps. Wool running socks. Large snow flakes. Cold crisp air. A Large Americano. A scarf that matches nothing and clashes with everything but makes me insanely happy for no good reason. Gray skies and a frozen lake. Saturday morning marketContinue reading “Browned Butter Vanilla Rum Snacking Cake”

Caramelized Apple and Goat Cheese Tartine

I broke/exhausted a paper shredder. A borrowed shredder, the kind that just sits over a trashcan and only shreds two pieces of paper at a time. Not heavy duty by any means. I went three pieces thick one too many times and it died mid-shred. The pay stubs from 2004 were just too much. Which leads meContinue reading “Caramelized Apple and Goat Cheese Tartine”

Pizza Strata

Or personal pan pizza strata. Or pepperoni, mushroom, and caramelized onion strata with roasted tomatoes and extra cheese. A bit wordy, no? I read a gazillion books in third grade to earn a personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut. Hundreds of pages for a 4 inch pizza made just for me that was delivered toContinue reading “Pizza Strata”

Caprese Salad Grilled Cheese

I have this bad habit of adding too much garlic to the pesto. It ends up being this process that much resembles when one (me) cuts her own bangs. Too much trimmed from the left side (too much garlic) causes a bit more to be taken (more basil, walnuts, cheese, and olive oil added) offContinue reading “Caprese Salad Grilled Cheese”

Banana Walnut Bread

Some days…don’t ya just need a down to earth, basic, no bells and whistles recipe where all the ingredients are more than likely in your pantry and doesn’t involve Googling one of the ingredients, because seriously you live in a podunk town in middle Ohio and extra virgin coconut oil or cookie butter just hasn’tContinue reading “Banana Walnut Bread”

Cinnamon Sugar Popovers

Real life…I brought TUMS with me on a bachelorette wine tasting tour this past weekend. At one point this weekend, there was both a roll of half eaten TUMS and a penis straw in my purse. I can’t make this up if I tried. Sweet sips have my esophagues angry and screaming. And myself wishingContinue reading “Cinnamon Sugar Popovers”

English Muffin Bread

Toast reminds me of my grandpa. I never saw him eat a piece of bread that wasn’t, well, toasted. Toasted toasted. Crunchy toasted. On the brink of too toasted. Toasted. My grandma was so used to toasting his bread, that I never had a tuna sandwich from that kitchen on soft bread. Or a bolognaContinue reading “English Muffin Bread”

Irish Brown Bread

I feel like I am phoning it in a bit with a simple loaf of bread as my St. Patrick’s Day celebratory post…truth be told, I can’t believe it is March already and the mere thought of St Patrick’s day being just next week seems quite impossible to me, so this bread was mixed andContinue reading “Irish Brown Bread”