Blue Ridge Baker

Over the last few weeks - months, really - I've missed several TWD recipes that I was really looking forward to making. As I get the cha...

It has taken considerably longer to get back into some sort of baking/blogging routine than I had expected. My life will still be in a bit o...

The longest I've ever lived in one place was the first four years of my life; spent in a house that my mom lived in as a small child, an...

Not be be repetitive or anything, but I have another one for you from Good to the Grain . I can't help it, I love this book. This was ac...

Ever since I got the book Good to the Grain - from which I baked these cookies last week - I haven't been able to get this cake out of...

I was lucky enough to receive Claudia Fleming's The Last Course for Christmas. It is an incredibly beautiful book that is only available...

I wasn't allowed to eat candy growing up. I mean, there were the occasional indulgences on Easter and Halloween, but even then they were...

It is so exciting to discover delicious new treats. Until recently, my only frame of reference for a babka was a vague recollection of a Sei...

While I haven't been here as much as I've wanted to lately, I can hardly believe that this is my 200th post! I have always been the...

A couple of weeks ago, Tastespotting sent out a tweet on Twitter that said to contact them if interested in an opportunity that involved ba...

It's about time, isn't it?! I can't believe I haven't posted in so long. And here I am with another chocolate chip cookie......