The Flexitarian Cook

A few years ago, I found a recipe for a blueberry coffee cake on Chocolate & Zucchini that I absolutely loved. For a long time, it was my son Adam’s request for his birthday, and it was always perfect. However, this is the thing about perfection: it doesn’t last forever. A little reinvention is what’s [...]

I’ve said before that I am not a baker. Give me any kind of soup, or savory sauce, or vegetable concoction, and I am happy and comfortable making those. Cookies and cakes, however, I find more challenging. So why is it that I’ve found myself baking tarts, cakes and cookies so often lately, when, on [...]

It’s midsummer, and it’s fruit season. Luscious, juicy, ripe, sugary fruit. Right now, peaches and blueberries are everywhere, and other than eating them by the bowl- or handful, we can also turn them into the most decadent desserts. The two flavors pair up wonderfully well. I happened to have had some peaches at home from [...]