lemon - Half-Size Bakes

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