It’s fig season here in California, which means you *definitely* need a recipe for fig-pistachio cookies. Sure, we know, all of your friends are eating their fresh figs with melon and prosciutto. And that’s great! But what you really want is cookies, right? If you’re like most of us, the answer is yes. During a […]
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Chocolate Zucchini Bread and Summer Zucchini Excess
Chocolate Zucchini Bread is one of the best things we associate with a bumper crop of zucchini. Chocolate and zucchini? Yes, it’s one of summer’s best-kept secrets. You can feed your family zucchini all summer long, as long as there’s chocolate involved. Summer Zucchini Excess Zucchini is one of those garden crops that, if it’s […]
Super-Easy Strawberry Tart Recipe
It’s June, and if you’re not eating strawberries… you must be living in the frozen tundra somewhere. Seriously, June is the month of summer and strawberries… and strawberry tarts are among this month’s most iconic foods. Do you need a better reason to make a strawberry tart? We’ve got you covered, with a super-easy strawberry […]
Vegan Gluten Free Chocolate Cake
Looking for a vegan gluten free chocolate cake that everyone can love? Look no further than this Moist Chocolate Cake from Jill Nussinow’s new cookbook Vegan Under Pressure. (Wait – pressure?!?! That’s right – it’s made in a pressure cooker!) We know that’s a lot of information to process in just a few sentences. So […]
Lemon-Honey Springerle Cookies
Springerle: It’s such a spring-y name for what’s traditionally a winter cookie. But we can make them any time of the year, right? (Spoiler alert: Yes, of course.) Springerle cookies are a type of German biscuit-style cookie that are traditionally embossed with an intricate print. They’re usually made at Christmastime, with Christmas-themed designs. We got […]
Rhubarb Cake, Three Ways
Now that we’ve had a chance to talk about rhubarb, let’s look at one of the most delicious things you can do with it: Make a rhubarb cake. One of our favorite cakes ever, of course, is Mom’s rhubarb küchen, which is a German fruit cake. Basically, you make a crust, top it with […]