summer garden cookies

Behind the Scenes of a Magazine Photo Shoot

July 2, 2011 By Nancy Baggett 4 Comments

I promised I would give you an update on the photo shoot taking place this week. The art director for Country Gardens magazine, Nick Crow, said it was fine to ...

Dye-Free Painted Daisy Sugar Cookies–Sweet Inspiration from Nature

June 21, 2011 By Nancy Baggett 6 Comments

You know what inspired these cookies from my latest book, Simply Sensational Cookies, don't you!? The painted daisies, black-eyed-Susans and cone flowers that ...

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.