bread Cinnamon-swirl bread It's been many years since I first came across a recipe for cinnamon-swirl bread. (For the uninitiated, cinnamon-swirl bread is something like raisin bread, but without the raisins. Just a lovely swirl of cinnamon sugar throughout the loaf.) At the time, it struck me
pancake Miss Congeniality Way back in the olden days, when phones had cords, a camera was an expensive piece of equipment. A photographer outfitted for a shoot was weighed down with a giant bag full of lenses, film, flashbulbs, and nameless arcanery. Back in those days, my
breakfast How sweet it is Opinion seems to be that the next phase of the Great Quarantine Bake-Off is going to involve cinnamon rolls. That makes a lot of sense to me. Not only are cinnamon rolls wonderful, but (in my mind, at least) they are pretty firmly linked
muffins A little rustic When I bring up muffins in conversation, the reaction is often lukewarm. (Yeah, I talk about food a lot.) Muffins these days are a coffee-shop staple, but I would argue that if you've only had muffins from coffee shops, you really haven't had muffins
breakfast A Lazy Weekend Morning My ideal weekend starts with a lazy morning: reading, sipping tea and nibbling on a fresh pastry, all while lounging in a warm bathrobe. Recently I discovered clafoutis ...