They say a picture is worth a thousand words. I don’t know exactly who “they” are and I certainly don’t have a thousand words to say about this picture. What the pictures in this post do say is that a) olive oil lemon cake is a highly underrated cake and b) I had a difficult time removing this cake from it springform pan. Don’t judge. Normally when I see the words “springform pan” in a recipe I assume it’s a complicated…
When my alarm went off at seven a.m. today, my instinct was to shut it off; it’s Saturday, so I must have set it by accident. It’s a good thing I thought twice because this morning I was a guest on NBC Chicago’s morning show to promote the food blogger bake sale that I host in Chicago every year. Despite my near-miss at oversleeping I was able to function properly on live television, thanks in part to the coffee that…
90 percent of the time, when someone asks you if you want white wine, they mean Chardonnay or Sauvignon Blanc. I don’t know if that’s true, but 90 seemed like a good percent. Sauvignon Blancs are crisp, dry, easy to drink, and one of my own personal favorite things to drink on a patio during the months between May and September. And this is a Sauvignon Blanc worth saying yes to.…









