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Great Gifts from the Kitchen–Seven Tempting Treats To Make and Give This Holiday

December 7, 2011 By Nancy Baggett Leave a Comment

Whether you just enjoy the creativity, or prefer to personalize and give more meaning to your presents, or are simply budget conscious, gifts from the kitchen ...

Gifts from the Kitchen—Homemade Minestrone Soup Mix

December 21, 2009 By Nancy Baggett 4 Comments

It's a golden autumn afternoon, and I've just spend a leisurely hour preparing some kitchen gifts for the holidays. It's a good feeling to see my pretty ...

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.