sun-dried tomatoes

Harvest Fresh Basil–Make Tomato, Basil, Olive and Pasta Salad

October 24, 2011 By Nancy Baggett 2 Comments

Time is running out! Ready or not, frost is soon going to zap all the tender plants in local gardens, including mine. Take heed and harvest now, or the ...

Oven-Dried Tomatoes

September 5, 2008 By Nancy Baggett Leave a Comment

When it's peak season for fresh, ripe garden tomatoes, and my kitchen is over-filled with juicy, fragrant ones waiting to be used. Among my favorite ways is to ...

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.