berry picking

Berry Foraging Primer, Plus a Summer Berry-Fruit Cobbler

August 9, 2013 By Nancy Baggett 6 Comments

One of the joys of my summers is foraging for wild berries. I've gone berry foraging every year since childhood. Most of the hours have been spent in Maryland. ...

My PhD in Wild Berry Picking & a Fine Raspberry Sauce

June 19, 2012 By Nancy Baggett 6 Comments

If they ever start handing out PhD’s in wild berry picking, I’ll be getting one. I’ve spent hours foraging for raspberries and blackberries, first in Maryland ...

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.