Baking

Dear Germany:  This month marks 10 years since I have taken up residence within your borders. It’s certainly hard to believe how…

The great thing about strudel recipes is the ability to exercise your kitchen creativity to switch up the flavors. There are three…

Aachen, Germany is a lovely European city known for several reasons. Not the least being its spectacular and beloved German Printen cookies.…

At the beginning of the month I promised gingerbears in jeans, a cookie design I made previously and one I was looking…

I never ate pop tarts as a kid. I discovered them in my 20s. Hello Brown Sugar Cinnamon Frosted! Over the years I’ve…

Before I get to the treats, something more important first –  Ruby over at Tomayto Tomaaahto has launched  Foodies Sans Frontiéres. I think…

I came up with this idea when I was looking to make something special for one of Dr. B’s nurses in Baghdad.…

Here in our little corner of Germany Spekulatius are a holiday cookie tradition.  Gilding them is a new Mad Hausfrau tradition which…

Yesterday was my mother-in-law’s birthday. Germans are already following the advent calender and celebrating Christmas. So instead of making her a cake, I…

First I would like to announce the winner of the To Romance, With Love cookbook package is Susan who said: My husband and…

Thanksgiving time often finds me turning into this Heartland cookbook book for inspiration and comfort. In this case, maybe a slight buzz.…

Omg – big luscious chewy chocolatety moistness. This cake could sustain a group of castaways on a deserted island for a month.…

I had planned months before on making orange velvet cupcakes for Halloween and was going to improvise a recipe. Much to my…

Dr. B picked up a baking book for me recently. It was basically a big hint as he loved everything in it. It’s…

These Italian seven layer or rainbow cookies remind me when I lived downtown in NYC. Back then (before Chinatown swallowed parts of…

This tart has many names depending on where in Germany you live. Pflaumenkuchen in some places. In Bavaria, it’s called zwetschgendatschi. Here in…

This was the last thing I was able to make out of my friend Trudi’s orchard in Temecula, CA before I had…

Every time I visit California, it reminds me of how spoiled I was when I lived there from the abundance and varieties…

When I found this recipe on Apartment Therapy’s The Kitchn I knew I had to make it. Then I saw a version on Real…

When I met my husband (crazy story involving scuba) he had a pair of 20 year old scuba fins he was incredibly…