Lina on April 6th, 2010

I love fresh bread.  Not that that makes me unique in any way, I think people have been loving fresh bread since its creation.  I’m not great at planning ahead of time, so one of my favorite ways to get fresh bread on the table is this recipe.  It takes just under 1 hour from [...]

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Lina on March 30th, 2010

I’ve been cooking a lot lately and I’ve been really enjoying it more than I ever have before.  Its totally fun.  My grandfather’s birthday was last weekend and David and I made this Lemon Curd Mousse Cake from Martha Stewart Living for the dessert.  David is an excellent crepe maker and I really like using [...]

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Lina on March 2nd, 2010

I’ve been writing a lot about food lately.  I have a post over at the Green Phone Booth today about CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture) and it made me realize just how much I’ve been focusing on food lately.  But its just so good, even when you’re not an expert at making it.  I’m lucky enough [...]

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Lina on February 14th, 2010

So despite the debate raging about nuts in brownies, most people not allergic to nuts can agree that peanut butter and chocolate are really yummy together.  My sister makes an incredible chocolate peanut butter cup so I snagged her recipe to make David some treats for Valentine’s Day. Kate is so fancy and includes lovely [...]

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Lina on February 12th, 2010

Okay, so I made 4 batches of brownies in 6 days.  Yes, that’s a little extreme but we had so much snow, I had to do something.  And besides, brownies are the perfect food.  Chocolate and bread,  yum! Anyway, this was all part of an experiment and one that I thank my husband for suffering [...]

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