“Do you know how difficult it is to make a good pie? . . . God himself can only guess at such things. . . . It's quite hard. Making pies, I mean. You wouldn't think it, but there's quite a lot to process. Bread is easy. Soup is easy. Pudding is easy. But pie is complicated. It's something you never realize until you try it for yourself.”
November 8, 2022
Ingredients Cake 360 grams all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon Diamond kosher salt 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves 113 grams unsalted butter, room temperature 250 grams light brown sugar 200 grams white sugar 15 ounces canned pumpkin 3 large eggs, room temperature 1/2 cup sour cream 1/2 […]
April 15, 2022
I'm a big fan of citrus, whether on its own or in baked goods - and it's always a bit of a disappointment when citrus season ends each year. The best time for many types of oranges and grapefruits ends in February or March, but I'm writing this in April - and luckily, blood oranges […]
April 7, 2022
This lavender violet simple syrup is herbal and floral. It adds a unique flavor to anything it's added to - I like to use it in iced tea brewed with Harney and Sons Paris Tea. It's the perfect addition to any beverage or dessert. Ingredients 1 cup granulated white sugar 1 cup filtered water 2 tablespoons dried culinary […]
March 24, 2022
I started reading Legends & Lattes because it combines my two favorite things: fantasy and food. I figured the book may lead me to some ideas for recipes, and I was pleasantly surprised by quite how much I adored Thimble - a humanoid mouse who does most of the baking throughout the book. I've rarely […]
March 1, 2022
"Though dinner was to be served soon, Alis had a cup of molten chocolate brought up and refused to do anything until I had a few sips. It was the best thing I'd ever tasted." Ingredients Molten chocolate 6.4 ounces 70% dark chocolate, chopped 2 cups whole milk 3 tablespoons white sugar Instructions Step 1 Warm […]
February 18, 2022
I made an 18th-century hedgehog-shaped dessert so you don't have to. The original recipe was published in English cookbook author Hannah Glasse's The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy in 1747: "Take two pounds of fweet almonds blanched, beat them well in a mortar, with a little canary and orange-flower water, to keep them […]
December 10, 2021
I created this Iced Oatmeal Christmas Cookie recipe last year when I was thinking about starting this blog. These cookie are so delicious, and I'm very proud of this recipe. I packed every Christmas flavor I could think of into these cookies. The warm spices go perfectly with the chewy oatmeal base, pecans, and brandy-soaked cranberries. These […]
September 9, 2021
This Honeyplum Pie recipe is inspired by an item I found while exploring Adrenweald in the World of Warcraft Shadowlands expansion. I was stoked to see Lemonseed, a vendor in the Heart of the Forest, selling Honeyplum Pie - pie is one of my favorite things to make. Although honeyplums don't exist in the real world, […]
April 15, 2021
This Post Contains Spoilers From The Wise Man’s Fear This strawberry pastry recipe was inspired by a scene from chapter sixty-six of The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss. When I was on my second readthrough of The Kingkiller Chronicle, I was excited to see the food descriptions at the end of this very plot-heavy […]
February 9, 2021
Actor Sam Heughan released a bottle of blended scotch whisky called “Sassenach.” I'm an enormous Outlander Stan, so I obviously had to buy it. I was enjoying a wee dram of Sassenach when it occurred to me that it would be perfect for butterscotch pudding. In late January, I made a delicious butterscotch pie with […]
