As we find ourselves in the midst of our second month of “staying at home” to protect ourselves and our community from the ravages of the covin-19 virus I, like many of you, have been doing a lot of cooking and baking. For a long time I have wanted to bake a challah. For some reason…
Tag: Bread
Super Duper French Toast
Our friends from LA were visiting this past weekend. Sunday morning I prepared breakfast before we went for a walk at Avila Beach prior to their getting on the road back home. The recipe for this Super Duper French Toast (that really is the name of it) is one I’ve had a long time, and…
Cinnamon Buns
A couple of weeks ago our older son and his wife came up from LA for a weekend visit. When I asked if there was anything special I should make for their visit my daughter-in-law asked about cinnamon buns, and of course, I was happy to oblige. I remembered making an incredible recipe from Maida…
Louisiana Bread Pudding and Whiskey Sauce
As promised, here is the easy recipe for the luscious and so comforting Louisiana Bread Pudding and Whisky Sauce, one of the desserts I offered at our Thanksgiving feast this year. I made it for years every Thanksgiving when we were living in Chicago, but once we moved to Maryland I don’t recall making it for…
Ruth’s Angel Biscuits
Biscuits are not one of my favorite things. However, they are a favorite of my older son, and when I asked if he had any requests for our Thanksgiving dinner this year he suggested biscuits. Accommodating as I tend to be, especially if it is a food request, and even moreso if it is a…
Vegetable Barley Soup with Sausage
October is here, but you wouldn’t know it by our current weather. We have had unusually warm days off and on the last couple of weeks here in San Luis Obispo. It hit 100 degrees today, which is very atypical! Although autumn on the central coast of California is not anything like the fall weather…
Soft Pretzels
A week ago we were invited to our friends’ home for Sunday brunch. When we are together the conversation always seems to come back to food in one way or another. On one occasion my husband and I had shared with them our love of pretzels, especially warm soft pretzels. Growing up in Pennsylvania Dutch…
Ultimate Banana Bread
In the August, 2010 issue of Cook’s Illustrated there was an article mentioned on the cover that caught my eye…Extreme Banana Bread along with a descriptive reading Six Bananas in One Loaf. I quickly skimmed the article, and knew I had to buy the magazine and try it. The author was totally in synch with…
Chicago Style Stuffed Spinach Pizza
One of the best things about having lived in Chicago for fifteen years was being introduced to Chicago pizza. Be it deep dish or stuffed it is not easily forgotten. It’s a pizza with substance, an eat me with a knife and fork kind of pizza, a pizza you will have to sit down and…
Mom’s Challah Stuffing
A reader recently sent me a question asking what was my favorite and most loved holiday recipe, and although I have many to choose from I have to say that my family and I would agree my Mom’s Challah Stuffing takes top billing. This is a bread stuffing made from challah, which is a Jewish…