Happy Saint Patrick's Day! Admittedly, I've never much been into celebrating Saint Patrick's Day in the past. However, this year I just happened to have an Irish food cookbook sitting on my shelf begging for attention (Real Irish Food by David Bowers), and I found an absolutely amazing pair of green Coach flats on clearance...
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Cranberry Nut Bread
This Cranberry Pecan Bread was an unplanned treat at our cabin this weekend. As I enthusiastically marked recipe after recipe that I want to try from my new cookbook, Cook's Illustrated Baking Book by America's Test Kitchen (which, by the way, is a thing of beauty in all its black-and-white splendor), I got the itch...
Banana Poppyseed Bread
Banana bread is one of my favorite things to have for breakfast, or a snack. I always love when my basket of fruit on my kitchen counter has some bananas that are getting good and ready to be baked into some delicious bread. I've tried many many recipes and I finally combined several and found...