My Favorite Blood Orange Upside Down Cake

My Favorite Blood Orange Upside Down Cake

Winter, with all its cold and dreariness, is probably my least favorite season, but the appearance of blood oranges in the markets is one of its redeeming features. I buy them in bulk, impulsively, generally without a plan for how exactly I will use them. 

Sourdough Discard Crackers with Herbs and Edible Flowers

Sourdough Discard Crackers with Herbs and Edible Flowers

In my continuing quest to find ways to use up my discard sourdough starter, I stumbled across a recipe for sourdough crackers on the Love & Olive Oil blog. To be clear, the recipe called for ripe starter, not discard starter, but, as my bread-making 

Lemon Cream Scones with Edible Flowers

Lemon Cream Scones with Edible Flowers

A few weeks ago, I brought some strawberry-rhubarb scones into the office, where they were quickly devoured. One grateful colleague told me, with some astonishment, that he had not realized that scones could be so “light.” (He was referring to the texture, rather than the 

Rhubarb Roses

Rhubarb Roses

The most popular photographs I have posted on Instagram have almost invariably depicted Ottolenghi recipes, or variations on Ottolenghi recipes. The one exception is the photo that appears on the home page for this blog–pieces of a Meyer lemon tart trimmed with rhubarb roses and