faux food

What’s Up with Faux Food Soaps–Do YOU Wanna Lather Up with a Fried Egg Bar?

July 23, 2011 By Nancy Baggett 5 Comments

A peculiar culinary-related trend is happening now--soaps shaped, scented, and even flavored to look exactly like various foods. I'm not talking soaps that ...

Happy April Fool’s Day! Is This Sliced Bread Real or Faux?

April 1, 2011 By Nancy Baggett 4 Comments

Happy April Fool’s Day! To celebrate the occasion, I made a recipe especially for you! What do bread and butter and sliced salami have to do with April 1, ...

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.