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Recipe Testing and the Oops Factor–Plus a Good Gluten-Free Bumbleberry Crisp

January 7, 2011 By Nancy Baggett 3 Comments

Most recipe developers will tell you that coming up with new recipes has a built-in oops factor. Experimenting always involves exploring uncharted territory, so ...

Recapping Your Kitchenlane 2010 Faves: A Big Surprise to Me

January 4, 2011 By Nancy Baggett 5 Comments

Maybe I’ll eventually get better at guessing which of my stories and recipes are gonna grab you, but I’d never have predicted your favorites from 2010. The ...

David Lebovitz’s Rosemary Cookies with Tomato Jam–Something New to Start the New Year

December 29, 2010 By Nancy Baggett 8 Comments

Being a cookie freak, I follow a little rule about adding at least a couple new cookie recipes to my repertoire every year. This year I’ve discovered one that ...

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.