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In Anthology Magazine
Twix Cake
Santa Cruz on film
Red Velvet Roulade
Blood Orange Bars
Pinata Cake for A Subtle Revelry
field trip in Monterey
sweetheart macarons from Sucre
Baked Sunday Mornings: Bananas Foster Fritters with Rum Dipping Sauce
RVing in California
Baked Sunday Mornings: Classic Shortbread with Fleur de Sel
baby, baby
Tuesdays with Dorie: Gingerbread Baby Cakes
Tuesdays with Dorie: Best-Ever Brownies
Twinkie Cake and Smitten Kitchen book signing
Baked Sunday Mornings: Buttermilk Pie
Tuesdays with Dorie: White Loaves
Everett Family Farm
cookies and cookbooks
Baked Sunday Mornings: Joe Froggers
Tuesdays with Dorie: Bagels
Baked Sunday Mornings: Oatmeal Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Scones
October happenings
Baked Sunday Mornings: Burnt Sugar Bundt Cake
Tuesdays with Dorie: Cranberry Walnut Pumpkin Loaf
Baked Sunday Mornings: Whole Wheat Cinnamon Sugar Pretzels
Pumpkin-Chocolate Swirl Cake
Baked Sunday Mornings: Brooksters
Tuesdays with Dorie: Nectarine Upside-Down Chiffon Cake
an abundance of cake
Tuesdays with Dorie: Popovers
mostly Paris
Butterscotch Cream Roll-up Cake
Loire Valley
Jeni's Goat Cheese Ice Cream with Roasted Cherries
9 of the Eiffel Tower
Rouen and Mont Saint-Michel
a sunday in july
a rainy day at Angelina
Chateau de Chaumont-sur-Loire
pound cake makes everything better
summer treats
update
Provence Bakery
Mom's Olive Oil Bundt
banana pancakes with macadamia nut sauce
Hearst Castle - Part 2
Hearst Castle - Part 1
4 years and a Strawberry Charlotte
Monthly Miettes #3: Buttermilk Panna Cotta
oh nuts. (peanut butter mini donuts & pistachio cupcakes)
Big Sur Bakery
Happy Mother's Day
Yosemite
rhubarb, a puppy, and breakfast in bed
something different (Yosemite, August 2011)
Monthly Miettes #2: Fresh Fruit Tarts with Pastry Cream
Kiwi picking in December, Fruit Cobbler in April
Scones and Madeleines
Monthly Miettes: Tomboy Cake
Happy Macaron Day! A Hunger Games-inspired macaron and a green birthday cake.
Happy St. Patrick's Day
Tomato Soup Cake with Mascarpone Frosting
In "Styled."
honey butter and yeast rolls (almost)
Adventures in Baking, February Edition
Macaron Class with Chez Pim and Blood Orange Macarons
Aptos Farmers Market in February
Lemon orchard adventures and Herby Lemon Cookies
Butter Cupcakes with Browned Butter Frosting on a Butter Dish
Happy World Nutella Day (Nutella Ravioli)
Baked Alaska
Cranberry Cardamom Bread
Dulce de Leche Banana Cake with Vanilla Bean Buttercream Frosting
Creamy Cauliflower Soup - Donna Hay Challenge #5
Minny's Chocolate Pie
Brown Butter and Fleur de Sel Chocolate Chip Cookies
Double-Chocolate Loaf with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Spread
Strawberry Cake, inspired by The Help
Santa Cruz Mission, Old Fisherman's Wharf, & chowder in a bread bowl
Happy 2012!
satsuma mandarin and vanilla bean upside-down cake
more cookies! and pics from Scharffen Berger bakery crawl in San Francisco
quince cheese (membrillo) & manchego
The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap: Hazelnut Linzer Cookies
candy cane cookies and a brief Turkey Day recap
a love for homecomings and cookies
quiet mornings and hot cocoa dippers
Gizdich Ranch, Moss Landing market, and my first apple pie
banana espresso chocolate chip bread
cheddar, bacon & scallion scones
Donna Hay Challenge #2: Lemon Sour Bundt Cake
a market trip, overcoming pastry dough fears, and a good read
lemon cake with passionfruit syrup
candy corn pops
happy monday
Monterey Farmers' Market
chocolate lava cake
S. Family (portraits)
Knott's Berry Farm
pears in caramel
pumpkin muffins with cream cheese filling
pumpkin cheesecake
banana cake with nutella buttercream and peanut butter frosting
pumpkin whoopie pie
malasadas
panettone french toast
fig tarts with brown sugar mascarpone
guinness chocolate cake
choco chip cookies with scharffen berger dark chocolate bits
potato soup and a giveaway
red velvet cheesecake/"Dr. Seuss" cake
11 candles
mango cake
scenes from a moving car
breaking away
strawberry, banana, mango smoothies
Carmel Mission
funnel cakes
macaroni and cheese with sourdough breadcrumb topping
peanut butter pie
cheeseburger birthday cake
cherry clafoutis
cheesecake x 3
eat.
gilroy garlic festival
jake's chili
brooksters!
mint oreo milkshakes
danielle tsi food photography workshop
berry mini cupcakes and leche flan
recent and random (my pic in dwell-blurb book)
grilled peaches
fresh fig cake
minty watermelon salad
obon festival
caramel-hazelnut banana bread
dyeing, naturally
the color purple
macarons from trader joe's
red raspberry jam
caprese salad
honey apricots
strawberry jam and beer bread
mini cherry pies
shrimp dumplings
"corny cupcakes"