appetizers

Caramelized Sugar & Spice Nuts–Fab Party Fare

December 30, 2015 By Nancy Baggett Leave a Comment

You know how sometimes at a gathering one particular dish is so irresistible that peeps keep hovering around scarfing and quickly empty the whole bowl? Well, ...

Stuffed Peppadew Pepper Appetizers–Quick Cocktail Stuffed Cherry Peppers

December 30, 2014 By Nancy Baggett 12 Comments

If you are one of the few still unacquainted with the Peppadew pepper, let me bring you up to speed. You are missing out on a treat! It's a brand of sweet ...

Fancy Schmancy Cool as a Cucumber Canapés + Tips on Turning Dishes into Party Food

June 24, 2014 By Nancy Baggett 4 Comments

Today, just because I like food to look appetizing, I’m sharing a few super-simple (really!) presentation tricks and techniques we learned in pastry chef ...

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.