Poppy seed-studded baked goods are a divisive subject. You’re either a lemon person or an almond person. For most of my life, I’ve been staunchly pro-almond. I’ve only recently come around to citrus in general, but it took me longer still to come around to lemon-flavored sweets. I’d still pick an almond poppy seed muffin [...]
January 10, 2013 // By : amybites //
Apple season is the best season. Did you go apple-picking in the last few weeks and now you have 5 pounds of apples waiting around to be eaten? Well, you’re in luck, because one of the best ways to eat apples (other than out of hand) is in apple cake. I actually have another version [...]
October 21, 2012 // By : amybites //
Whew! I’m feeling super relieved to have nothing to do for the first time in several weeks. This past weekend, I hosted my sister’s bachelorette weekend, which I’d been planning for months. Thankfully, everything went off without a hitch and everyone had agreat time. I also got the chance to cook for more than two [...]
April 11, 2012 // By : amybites //
I’ve been traveling for work for the past couple weeks. The thing about traveling is that it inspires a domino effect of bad eating habits. First, in the days leading up to your trip, you don’t want to go grocery shopping and are stuck eating the weirdo hodgepodge at the back of the freezer—or, eating [...]
March 27, 2012 // By : amybites //
I’m loving citrus right now. This is really the first year I’ve taken advantage of it, because for so long I thought that since I didn’t like eating oranges and grapefruits and such out of hand, it meant that there was no reason to buy them. Not true! There are so many uses for citrus [...]
March 9, 2012 // By : amybites //
