This summer, I will be returning to my homeland and teaching a food styling and photography workshop in the French Basque Country, only a short drive away from where I grew up. I taught here last year and it was a really incredible experience to be in my surroundings with people from all over the ...
This summer I have been creating some recipes for KitchenAid, which I will be sharing on their blog in the next few Fall months. The first recipe is live on the KitchenAid blog now. This plum crumb cake that is perfect to use up the last bit of the summer fruit. Really moist. Hope you ...
Here is the second baking video I created for ChefSteps. Chocolate and olive oil cake. Super simple. The trick is in the whipping of the egg whites and the gentle melting of the chocolate. You can see the video on ChefSteps. Final video on Friday. Puff pastry! Video by Common Thread Creative. Photo by me.
I am back in Seattle after a month in the Basque Country (did you see the photos on Instagram?). The first cake I made after we returned was this apricot and olive oil cake that we ate for breakfast. The simplest cake that you can make with any fruit, really. Here is how. Apricot and Olive Oil ...
Fall has set into Seattle. Ochre-colored sunsets begin earlier and earlier. I spy pumpkins and gourds on stoops and their smell in my oven. I have been roasting them with olive oil, seeds, smashed garlic and branches of crinkled herbs. And then pear and apple tarts. It is just how it goes around here. This is ...