Vegan Gluten Free Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cocoa Nib Walnut Cookies
When I was in culinary school, I ate a lot of refined flours and sugars. Croissants. Cakes. Cookies. Bread. Tarts. Pastries galore. By the time I was through with my first semester, I had gained 10 pounds and I didn’t feel so great. I decided from that moment on that I was going to try […]
Elegant Gingerbread Cookies
Inspired by a recipe for Chewy Molasses Cookies from Bon Appetit Magazine 2 cups all purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking soda 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger 1/2 teaspoon ground all spice 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 1 large egg 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature 1/3 cup granulated white sugar 1/4 […]
Pumpkin Pie
Pumpkin. Pie. Two words that go together like sugar and spice and everything nice. Pumpkin puree has been infiltrating grocery store shelves for weeks now, and you can no longer resist the inevitable: it’s time to break out those spices, crack those eggs, roll out that dough, and make you some pie! Step into my […]
GF Brownies, Pressed Juicery and the Makings of a Bakesale.
Last Saturday morning started like most other Saturdays do: Ted springs out of bed at 6:30am, bright eyed and bushy tailed. I curse him through clenched teeth and closed eyes. 6:30am? Really? Where does the energy come from? My bitterness is exactly what you think it is: jealousy. Would that I could have so much […]
Gluten Free Chocolate Mint Chip Ice Cream Cake
A few weeks ago, my friend Greg asked me to make him a gluten free ice cream cake for his upcoming birthday. I’ve never made an ice cream cake before…hm… Never one to turn down a challenge, I accepted my mission and got to researching. After watching many home-made how-to videos on the net, and […]
The Sprinkles ATM
As I walked up to the Sprinkles location in Beverly Hills a few weeks ago (I just happened to be in the area, and I just happened to have checked my twitter account for the secret word of the day that would give the first 50 people to whisper it a free cupcake – yup […]
Breton Brittle, a Cookie Exchange and a Partridge in a Pear Tree
There are some pretty tell tale signs that the holidays are upon us. I’m sitting here at the computer, propped up against the coffee table, basking in the sparkling multicolored lights of the Christmas tree, accented by the white lights that line the entire window behind the tree. The Christmas carols are ringing out from the […]
Feels Like a Sunday…
If you ask me (and, for the purpose of this entry, I’m assuming you are), there are some unmistakable signs that fall is here and that the holidays are just around the corner: The crispness in the air that causes you to reach for a sweater once the sun goes down (yes, this happens in […]
Charm City Cakes West and a Broken Birthday Cake!
Happy Canadian Thanksgiving, everyone! I know – it’s been a while since you’ve heard from me. So let me bring you up to speed. First off, last week, I made my very first flourless chocolate cake for my beautiful friend Amy on her birthday. I went for my morning workout at the Santa Monica stairs, […]
