Dec 23

since we’ve been back in california, i’ve made dozens and dozens of delicious cookies! but i didn’t get it together to take pics of all of them. so i’m sharing just three cookie recipes (even though lots of the pics were taken with the iPhone, and thus a little blurry): chocolate raspberry tarts, nutella cookies, and soft ginger cookies.

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Nov 28

ok, so i didn’t take any pictures of this delicious recipe while making it. but it’s my favorite carrot cake recipe EVER. after making it for mike’s bday last weekend, i decided i had to share the recipe, pictures or no. it’s that good. enjoy!

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Oct 9

eclaire note: this recipe is very dear to my heart – it’s THE birthday cake for me, the one i requested year after year for as long as i can remember and the chocolate cake to which i compare all other chocolate cakes. my lovely mother – the one who shared her olallieberry cobbler with you a few months ago – guest blogs this special family recipe below. enjoy!

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Mar 20

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this month’s vegetarian times included a whole section on making a sourdough starter from scratch. it’s a 72-hour process in which every 12 hours, half of the starter gets discarded and replenished with more lukewarm water and flour.

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Feb 27

ok, so i know i’ve been complaining a lot about chard and all the greens we’ve been getting in our csa box, but we have another csa box problem: pears.

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