Last week I took my first cooking class. It was a KCRW fundraiser with Evan Kleiman and Sherry Yard, two very impressive women who are geniuses when it comes to food. They shared their secrets for perfect pie, both savory and sweet, while I watched from the front row, scribbling ...read more
Ever since we went apple picking a couple of weeks back, I've been trying to come up with creative ways to use up the rather excessive amount of fruit we have in our kitchen - in spicy slaws, added into pancakes, and baked into breads. I also decided it was finally time for me ...read more
Ever since I made these (which, I must reiterate, were way harder than they looked), I'd been curious about other variations on the same idea. I decided to try out pie pops this past weekend in the middle of a nearly six-hour-long Mad Men marathon. The process would have been ...read more
I've been on a bit of a pie bender lately, so it felt appropriate to celebrate the end of the peak peach season with a classic dessert. Using the tips from the workshop I attended, I followed this Cook's Illustrated recipe, which turned out one of my better attempts. I served it ...read more