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Secrets to Successful Food Blogging — “Life’s a Feast” Host Jamie Schler Shares Her Recipe for Success

February 11, 2012 By Nancy Baggett 22 Comments

This is the first in a series of interviews I’ll be posting about food bloggers whose work I enjoy and think you might, too. One purpose of these interviews ...

So You Want to Start a Culinary Blog

February 26, 2010 By Nancy Baggett 7 Comments

Recently I participated in a workshop called "Culinary Blogging 101" at the DC Les Dames d'Escoffier Seventh Salute to Gastronomy. I was excited to be ...

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.