dye-free decorating

Pretty (Easy) Cookies for When You Want Festive but Haven’t Got All Day!

March 28, 2013 By Nancy Baggett 4 Comments

Perhaps you never noticed, but really avid cookie decorators tend to be a tad obsessive about their edible artwork. They often go way overboard with the futzing ...

Shamrock Cookies with Green Tea Icing, + News

February 28, 2013 By Nancy Baggett 5 Comments

I have fabulous news! I just found out that my latest book, Simply Sensational Cookies, was nominated for an International Association of Culinary ...

Dye-Free Violet Decorating Sugar–from Naturally Beautiful Violet Blooms

April 6, 2012 By Nancy Baggett 12 Comments

Spring has sprung! The garden and woods where I live are full of seasonal ephemerals, especially my favorites, the gloriously colorful and completely edible ...

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.