Warning: these cupcakes are for true chocoholics only. I’m talking liking your chocolate with a side of more chocolate, with chocolate sauce on top for good measure. Because with a devil’s food cake base and a rich chocolate ganache frosting, these cupcakes are not playing around.
Potato Chip Cookies
Who knew potato chips and cookies make such a heavenly combination? These potato chip cookies taste like shortbread but with a saltier, crunchier bite, and they’re my new favorite addiction. This is vintage baking at its best: finding a decades-old recipe in a community cookbook that puts a seemingly crazy ingredient in a standard recipe…
Baba Ganoush
There were lots of things I missed about Michigan when we lived on the west coast, but I think I missed Middle Eastern food the most. You know, besides family and friends. Baba ganoush, a dip made of smoky roasted eggplants, is one of my very favorite things to order, along with grape leaves and…
Cheddar Cream Biscuits and Tomato Jam
Welcome to the last few days of August, when Michigan parents everywhere are filled with a combination of joy and dread that their kids are finally about to go back to school. We have an odd rule in this state that most schools can’t start before Labor Day, which means that right about now families…
Everything Banana Bread
Everything banana bread is for when you have three overripe bananas, a bunch of random ingredients in your pantry, and a burst of creativity. Throw everything together, bake for an hour, and voila! You have a deliciously moist banana bread with a little crunch, a hint of sweetness, and enough variety to have you coming…
