lemon - Half-Size Bakes

One surprise after another

I sometimes think the world is divided into cake people and frosting people. You know what I mean: some people are all about the cake, while others view cake as a means to a sweeter, more frosting-filled end. (All right...I am sure there

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Pi

Pi Day celebrates the mathematical constant π (3.14). It is celebrated in countries that follow the month/day (m/dd) date format, because the digits in the date, March 14 or 3/14, are the first three digits of π (3.14). Pi

gingerbread

Once upon a chilly evening

At this time of year, I find my thoughts turning to gingerbread. The scent of gingerbread, for many of us, evokes the whole holiday season: gingerbread cookies, gingerbread houses, even gingerbread-spice lattes. Gingerbread has been associated with winter celebrations since the Middle Ages, and

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A back number

I have an irrational fascination for old recipes. I love to read them and try to puzzle out what the original authors had in mind. I can spend a lot of time wondering what they might taste like. But often I don't actually try

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Round like a lemon

Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat. – from the folk song "Lemon Tree" by Will HoltWhen I was a kid (a very literal-minded kid, I guess), this lyric used to