
Graham Crackers
These graham crackers are adapted from the bakery, Miette, published in Miette: Recipes from San Francisco's Most Charming Pastry Shop,...

Slow Cooker Oatmeal with Apple
Set this pot of oatmeal to cook before you go to bed and in the morning, hot breakfast! Just what you need for these winter days. I like...

Montana Chicken Soup
This soup has been on repeat in our house ever since I tried Joshua McFadden's recipe, "Quinoa and Chicken Soup with Lentils and Lots of...

Pumpkin Cookies
I based these pumpkin cookies on my favorite cookie recipe of all time: Caitlin Freeman's Saffron Snickerdoodle she created for Blue...

Big Pot of Apples for Applesauce/Compote de Pommes
All you need to make applesauce are apples, a little water, and some sweetener, it's so easy! When I'm processing lots of little apples...

Garden Tomato Soup
Tomato soup and grilled cheese...comfort food doesn't get much better! And tomato soup doesn't get much better than that made with garden...

Big Pot of Tomatoes
It's tomato season and more tomatoes ripen each day. This is a great thing, but what do you do with all of them, especially if you don't...

Sesame Spinach
I love the sesame spinach served at some Japanese restaurants. Here's a homemade version that tastes great with a bowl of rice and a side...

Fresh Spearmint Stracciatella Ice Cream
Making ice cream at home is not as difficult as you may think. I use a simple Cuisinart machine with an insert you put in the freezer,...

Bouchons for High-Altitude
Bouchon Bakery's signature treat, made in the shape of a cork, is really just a brownie—but a very delicious one. Another distinguishing...

Tomatoes and Mozzarella
Tomato season has taken it's sweet time getting here this year, but now that we are in the last days of August, the garden is ripening...

Summer Rolls
These summer rolls make for a cool and refreshing dinner and if you get all the options set up on a platter, you can recruit everyone to...

Chinese Chicken Salad
This sweet heat dressing pulls together all the farmers market vegetables and shredded rotisserie chicken into a cool and refreshing...

Hummus
Hummus is easy to make at home and great to have on hand for when you need a quick lunch or snack plate. Homemade lets you customize the...

Blue Bottle Coffee’s Saffron Snickerdoodles
When I lived on the SF Peninsula I would get to the city as frequently as possible to enjoy time at my favorite bakeries and coffee...

Sourdough Bagels
Sometimes I wonder if the upkeep of my sourdough starter is worth it. But then I'll bake something, usually with a recipe from Maurizio,...

White Chocolate Strawberry Cashew Bars
I've been experimenting with cacao butter recently, and after making the Sunbutter Bars, I wanted to create a non-chocolate, cashew...

Overnight Oats
Thanks to Joshua McFadden and his book Grains for Every Season for getting me going on these. Make a big jar of the dry base mix and then...

Sugar Cookies
There are three factors to making bakery-style sugar cookies at home. You know what you want—cookies that hold their clean edge and shape...

SunButter Bars (Urban Remedy Knockoff)
When you live a thousand miles from an Urban Remedy shop and are addicted to their products, you either have to submit to shipping (which...

Broccoli Beef
My son and I adapted this recipe from a Cook's Illustrated page I had ripped from the September & October 2003 issue—before he was...

Farro or Sprouted Spelt Salad
This salad is very satisfying on its own, but sometimes I use it to justify salami for a meal—either on a piece of fresh baguette or...

Mocha Maca Budino with Silken Tofu
Dense and chocolatey, yet lighter than a full-dairy budino or pot de crème and way easier to make! If you're having a chocolate pudding...

How to Cook Beans
A no-recipe, recipe for cooking beans. Dried beans are simple to cook, they just take a little time—about 90 minutes on the stovetop or...

Amy’s Perfect Pie Dough (the easy way)
I turned a few apples into filling and wanted to make hand pies, but I didn't want to deal with making pie dough. Oh no! It almost...

Zingerman’s Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Thanks to the Zingerman's Bakehouse cookbook, I finally have a favorite oatmeal raisin cookie recipe. These cookies don't spread out too...

Farro with Chestnuts and Butternut Squash
Joyce Goldstein cooked with farro long before ancient grains became a thing. Â Hailing from the early days of Chez Panisse, she went on to...

Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
This is my favorite carrot cake now, exceptionally moist but way less sweet than typical because the cake is sweetened with maple syrup....

Chive and Caper Cream Cheese
This is an easy appetizer to keep in mind for Thanksgiving and holiday get togethers. Add smoked trout and some plain crackers (I like the...

Dry Fried Green Beans
It's late summer and green bean season here in Bozeman Montana. Try these dry fried green beans with some Amaltheia pork and serve it up...