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Fresh Pumpkin & Apple Harvest Soup–Splendid Gift of the Season

October 14, 2015 By Nancy Baggett 3 Comments

All those who have cooked a dish using a real, fresh-from-the-field pumpkin, raise your hands. Hmm, I don't see many hands up. I'm guessing that this is ...

Photographs of Beautiful Lavender Farms, + Pretty Lavender Cookies

September 23, 2015 By Nancy Baggett Leave a Comment

This summer I spent a glorious five days in Washington State visiting and taking photographs at lavender farms. (And learning more about my favorite herb, of ...

Delish Dilled Carrot-Cauliflower Salad–Healthy Step-Up from Potato or Pasta Salads

September 5, 2015 By Nancy Baggett Leave a Comment

I bet I know what you'll be serving along with your grilled steak, burgers or seafood this Labor Day holiday. The same potato or pasta salads you always serve! ...

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.