Nancy Baggett

The Simple Peasures of the Spring Perrenial Garden

April 25, 2012 By Nancy Baggett 3 Comments

For me, the simple words “spring garden” bring to mind many impatiently awaited pleasures: Perennials like primroses, jonquils, hostas and ferns ...

Raising Rhubarb, Plus Vanilla Yogurt and Rhubarb-Strawberry Breakfast or Brunch Parfaits

April 19, 2012 By Nancy Baggett 2 Comments

There’s high excitement on my personal gardening front: I just harvested this season’s first rhubarb from my yard! Now those five stalks might not impress ...

A Peek into the Kitchen at Saveur Magazine

April 13, 2012 By Nancy Baggett 2 Comments

Last week during the IACP convention in New York City, I had the good fortune to go with a group to visit two major food magazines. The first was Food & ...

Welcome to KitchenLane! It’s a comfortable place where I create, thoroughly test, and photograph recipes for my cookbooks and blog. All my recipes are original, not adaptations from others. I trained as a pastry chef, so many offerings are desserts and baked goods. Some are also healthful, savory dishes I contribute to healthy eating publications. My recipes are always free of artificial dyes, flavorings, and other iffy additives, which I won’t serve my family—or you! Instead, dishes feature naturally flavorful, colorful ingredients including fresh herbs, berries, edible flowers, and fruits, many from my own suburban garden or local farmers’ markets. Since lots of readers aspire to write cookbooks, I also blog on recipe writing and editing and other helpful publishing how-to info accumulated while authoring nearly 20 well-received cookbooks over many years.