Natty bakes Honey Cakes

As the high holidays conclude I thought that I would quickly share a honey cake recipe that I found last year on epicurious and baked again this Rosh Hashanah: the Jew year, i.e. a non-stop food fest for most families.
It is traditional to eat foods like apples, honey, tzimmes, raisin challah, and pomegranates during your [...]

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Natty bakes Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

So, I’ve got a food-girl crush. Actually I’ve had it for quite some time now…it’s Nigella Lawson. I know, not that surprising/original, but seriously, what isn’t there to like about her? For one thing she is beautiful and has a wonderful-sounding voice. But most of all what I love is her warm comfort-based, sensual approach [...]

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Natty (& Devon!) bake Back of the Package Fruit Crumbles

Well, well, well, it’s been quite a while since my last post, hasn’t it? I am glad to be back & maintaining impressively high standards with my stolen package recipe.
I originally baked this in university (hence the frozen fruit back of the package factor) probably for no good reason except for that I was studying [...]

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Natty bakes Amy’s Lumberjack’s Vanishing Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Opening Amy Sedaris’s I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence is entering another universe. This is Amy’s universe of wacky creative kitsch manifested as tasty food, weird crafts and even weirder thoughts. I adore this book and wish that I had thought of it myself. It’s a real treat to look through and what’s more [...]

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Natty bakes a pumpkin loaf…again.

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Natty bakes soft gingerbread cookies

Take a big whiff…nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon, allspice and ginger are wafting through the house…alright, unfortunately there isn’t a way you can scratch and sniff the computer screen or teleport yourself into my kitchen, but try and imagine these scents and the memories and feelings they conjure up. I think these spices evoke a sense of [...]

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