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Very Berry-Fruit Streusel Cobbler and Memories of Home

June 10, 2012 By Nancy Baggett 4 Comments

I’ve been enjoying fresh berry and fruit cobblers for as long as I can remember. I grew up on a Maryland farm, where gathering and eating both wild and ...

Cranberry-Apple Crumble–Making Good Use of Autumn’s Bounty

September 5, 2008 By Nancy Baggett Leave a Comment

I’ve been readying holiday cranberry recipes for decades--everything from simple sauce to homey cran-apple crisps like this one. It's colorful, zesty, ...

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.