cooking with lavender

Edible Flowers and Herb Blooms –Recipes for Creating Artful, Delectable Food

June 14, 2016 By Nancy Baggett 2 Comments

I believe the ancient adage, "First we eat with our eyes." Which is why I've been garnishing dishes with edible flowers and herb blooms from my garden forever. ...

A Love Affair with Lavender, + Lemon-Fresh Lavender Buttercream Frosting

July 8, 2011 By Nancy Baggett 7 Comments

Once upon a time, I only appreciated lavender for it's garden fragrance and beauty. I didn't know that it was edible. But over the past decade that's all ...

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.