I wouldn’t ask this question except to a group of foodies, but have you ever developed a strange fixation with a specific food? Well I have, and my strange food fetish is onion jam.  I started buying it years ago, thinking I would make roasted vegetables in a sweet-savory glaze--mmmm, doesn’t that sound tasty?  Well, in the end, the sugar caused the vegetables to over-caramelize (burn), and the idea got scrapped.  But I kept buying the jam.  So you see, my fixation is not actually

For  those who are regular bakers, the idea that bread-baking might need a second chance may seem surprising.  After all  there is nothing like a loaf of hot, yeasty bread pulled steaming from the oven. But truthfully, even though I have baked for forever, there are times when I think, “I just can’t clean the mixer tonight.” That’s when I turn to this easy new approach which is perfect for experienced and novice bread-makers alike! The technique comes from one of my fellow l

Have you read the good press about blueberries?  Loaded with antioxidants, studies have shown that blueberries may improve memory, blood pressure, cholesterol and more.  A while back, I put them on my list of things to eat more often, then made blueberry muffins and bought blueberry jam.  After which my kids announced that they hate blueberry jam. And that is how I came to have a lovely jar of blueberry jam sitting around my refrigerator.  For months.  I wasn’t going to toss anythi

They say that necessity is the mother of invention--and perhaps it’s the mother of reinvention as well.  But when I needed glazed nuts for an upcoming salad recipe, I almost did something bad. It started when I added them to my shopping list.  Never mind that I have a 5 lb box of walnuts in the freezer.  Which was getting old.  Or that I'm in the middle of a Kitchen Cupboard (Spring) Cleaning project. Hold it, wait, I could make my own Sugared Nuts! You see, I’ve collect