baking

Confessions of an Amatuer Pie Baking Contestant Last week, I, for the first time, entered a pie contest. I found the entry online the weekend before and jumped on the chance to spend a Sunday at the Bethesda farmers’ market and bake pies all weekend. It was a wholesome Read More

Homemade Cheesy Squares I have a friend who LOVES cheese-flavored crackers. And by love, I mean the first time that he offered me food at his apartment, my choices were Cheez-Its and Goldfish. And I must say, that while visiting this friend, I delight in that glorious, cheesy, Read More

Strawberry Rhubarb Pie There are only a few food items that we truly see seasonally. In an ideal world, we’d save our strawberries and blueberries for summer, and bypass the strawberries with the white centers and blueberries that are more green than blue and so tart they Read More