Hello, my name is Leslie and I am a quick bread addict. Pumpkin bread, banana bread, blueberry bread—I am helpless against them all. As soon as I pop a loaf out of the pan it starts calling to me. Every time I pass by the kitchen, I steal a slice. This is a recipe for...
I lived for three years on a vegetarian diet before slowly moving back into eating meat. I now consider myself a “grateful carnivore”. What does that mean? Well, I don’t eat meat every day. I don’t believe in a meat-heavy diet. Then, when I do eat meat, I try...
Sketches of a New England Holiday Season I have a tradition; every year around December 1st I take a long weekend and go stay at a historic inn in New England. Sometimes I venture to Concord, Massachusetts to stay at Concord’s Colonial Inn, walk Walden Pond,...
Who doesn’t have memories of making Thanksgiving dinner? Some people dread the day-long cooking event—planning for it a week in advance. Personally, I love an excuse to be in the kitchen all day. Of course, having worked as a baker for many years, I have...
I have found that yeast dough can intimate a lot of people. I will admit that making bread can be a bit tricky. When I was a child, my mother tried to make a loaf of white bread from scratch using a recipe from an old Betty Crocker cookbook. I remember the...
Snickerdoodles are by far my favorite cookie. There is something homey and comforting about cinnamon and sugar. For me, these cookies are inherently New England. They hearken back to my childhood days spent roaming the grounds of the Mystic Seaport in my...
