testing recipes

Ooey-Gooey Maple Mini-Cups, + Testing Recipes for Perfection

March 11, 2011 By Nancy Baggett 5 Comments

A guest at a book signing once confided that the pictures of dishes in my cookbooks were her proof that at least those recipes had been tested once! This made ...

Recipe Testing and the Oops Factor–Plus a Good Gluten-Free Bumbleberry Crisp

January 7, 2011 By Nancy Baggett 3 Comments

Most recipe developers will tell you that coming up with new recipes has a built-in oops factor. Experimenting always involves exploring uncharted territory, so ...

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.