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Hometown America–Main Street, Phoenixville, PA, Plus the “Generations” Gift Shop

July 7, 2013 By Nancy Baggett 1 Comment

It seems fitting that I found myself on a picturesque small town American main street during this Fourth of July weekend. I was visiting my sister who lives ...

Irish Soda Bread–A Homespun Slice of Life

March 12, 2010 By Nancy Baggett 8 Comments

I often find that preparing recipes my mother and grandmother made conjures up fond memories of them. Pulling out a faded, dog-eared recipe for soda bread from ...

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.