Treat a Week Recipes

Makes 3 dozen These treats are perfect for those with limited time and talent for complicated holiday baking.  Th...

Biscotti are twice-baked cookies that originated in the Italian town of Prato .  They are sometimes referred to as biscotti di Prato or ...

I had planned on making sugar cookies for Valentine’s Day . However, the thought of dirtying my countertops, rolling out dough, baking multi...

After a very busy spring, this weekend I finally had the chance to experiment in the kitchen. I produced another oatmeal cookie recipe for t...

Pistachios are native to Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan and the first archeological record of their consumption dates to 6760BC...

A couple of weeks ago I celebrated the one year anniversary of my friends Josh and Claire. A group of us had been at their wedding last sum...

In the last couple of decades, oatmeal has experienced a renaissance. Studies that linked oatmeal consumption with lower blood cholesterol c...

The thought of filling Aly’s chef hat for three weeks is daunting so I’ve needed to reframe. My goal will be to complement his diverse reper...

This is a recipe from my father’s childhood. It comes from the Nanwalla Mithai shop , a store that sold Indian sweets in Dar es Salaam, Tanz...

I love peanut butter. I eat it on toast, celery, crackers, crumpets , apples and chocolate. I eat peanut butter sandwiches several times ...

“An I had but one penny in the world, thou shouldst have it to buy gingerbread...” William Shakespeare Love’s Labours Lost (Act V, Scene 1) ...

This was my second year celebrating Hanukkah with my boyfriend’s family. The occasion involved abundant food including Laura’s lovely latke...

When I moved to Oxford I brought many baking supplies with me, including several essential American ingredients – chocolate chips, flaked c...

I can’t believe that I haven’t written about ginger before. It is truly one of my favorite flavors. As a child I remember my mom buying grea...

I was in the grocery store the other day and saw tahini on sale. I had always wanted to make hummus from scratch, so I bought a tub of tahi...