Category Archives: Comfort Food

Orange Fennel Poppy Seed Cake

Posted on June 20, 2020 by angelamara

Okay, I know I just wrote about lemon pound cake, and even mentioned in that post about substitutions so that you could make this instead… so why am I devoting more time to this? Well, because Millie loves this cake. … Continue reading →

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Lemon Pound Cake

Posted on June 14, 2020 by angelamara

Recently, Millie and I made pound cake. Millie has a group she bakes with once a week. Each week one kid picks a recipe, and teaches everyone how to make it. This last Sunday the recipe was pound cake. I … Continue reading →

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Homemade Pizza

Posted on April 18, 2020 by angelamara

We’ve been having pizza night once a week at our house lately. For a while I was buying the fresh pizza dough from Trader Joe’s, but I started to wonder why I wasn’t just making the pizza dough from scratch. … Continue reading →

Posted in Comfort Food, Fun in the kitchen!, Yeasty Things | 5 Comments

Apple Pie

Posted on March 13, 2020 by angelamara

These are difficult days here in Seattle and all around the world, and in a time of uncertainty, a little comfort food might be just the thing. And I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone say they don’t like apple … Continue reading →

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Curried Chicken Salad

Posted on February 10, 2020 by angelamara

A few days ago we ended up with some leftover rotisserie chicken after dinner, and that night I began to obsess over think about what I could make with it. Then the idea came to me: curried chicken salad. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Comfort Food, Fun in the kitchen!, Gluten-Free | 8 Comments

Classic Waffles

Posted on February 4, 2020 by angelamara

Recently, I decided to make waffles for the girls, but I didn’t have time to get all yeasty about it, so I pulled Marion Cunningham’s “The Breakfast Book” off the shelf. I hadn’t looked at this cookbook in a while, … Continue reading →

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Almond-Anise Biscotti

Posted on January 15, 2020 by angelamara

During the holidays, after a long shopping excursion, Millie and I stopped at our local crêperie/bakery/coffee shop, Cafe Javasti. I can’t remember what Millie got, but I remember exactly what I had: the best decaf cafe latte, and the best … Continue reading →

Posted in Comfort Food, Cookies, Fun in the kitchen! | 7 Comments

Hearty Quiche

Posted on January 11, 2020 by angelamara

I know that quiche is one of the easiest things to make, but I still have to write about this, because I do not like a wimpy quiche. What is a wimpy quiche? It’s a quiche that is not very … Continue reading →

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Turkey Wild Rice Soup

Posted on December 2, 2019 by angelamara

Every year we host Thanksgiving at our house. Our daughters absolutely love this tradition, and we spend two days getting ready. We don’t have a formal dining room, so we transform our living room…. Into a dining room…. Thanksgiving has … Continue reading →

Posted in Comfort Food, Soups | 3 Comments

Flaky All-Butter Pie Crust

Posted on November 28, 2019 by angelamara

Every year as Thanksgiving approaches, I panic. It’s time to start re-teaching myself how to make pie crust. It’s time to look at every blog post and every cookbook I can get my hands on, to see what the magic … Continue reading →

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