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Remembering My Favorite Cooking Friend

December 7, 2010 By Nancy Baggett 9 Comments

I met my favorite kitchen companion decades ago, when her only son (then, my fiance) and I arrived for my initial meet-the-folks visit. As soon as we stepped ...

Mom’s Lebkuchen Cookies–When Tried-&-True Beats New

December 6, 2010 By Nancy Baggett 5 Comments

Every Christmas I struggle to find the right balance between brand new and “tried-and-true” cookies to bake. To keep current and avoid missing something, I have ...

Chocolate-Peppermint Brownies–Holiday Cookie of the Week

November 29, 2010 By Nancy Baggett 13 Comments

Let me start by say right off that brownies are an American invention. (Wave flag here!) Nobody knows exactly who created them, but the first recipe turned up ...

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.