My copycat version of the City Bakery pretzel croissant.

Peanut butter cups get an upgrade with pistachio butter!

This is the saga of journey into homemade pasta. Here it is with a sage and brown butter sauce.

Cinnamon crunch banana muffins, moist on the inside, with a light crunch to the outside.

At around 400 calories per serving, this vegetarian black bean chili with orange and cumin is a winner!

A luxurious coeur a la creme with strawberry rose sauce, for your low carb, low GI Valentine.

Diet friendly donuts: you can eat these and still stay on track to becoming America’s Next Top Model.

Thomas Keller’s Gruyere Cheese Gougeres from the French Laundry Cookbook.

Straight from McCall’s Cookie Collection, 1965. These Swiss cinnamon crisps will not disappoint.

When fashion and food collide: John Galliano for Laduree.

Grape and rosemary focaccia with coarse sugar and sea salt.

Pumpkin spice bread from Karen DeMasco’s The Craft of Baking…. and a surprising result.

Trick or treat? White chocolate cardamom truffles all dressed up for Halloween.

You will never believe how low fat this strawberry cheesecake in a glass is. It’s so good!

Chai Spiced Applesauce: an applesauce with a bit of a difference!

White poppy mini bagel with cream cheese and smoked salmon. Making bagels is easier than I thought!

Check out this cinnamon raisin bagel from Murray’s in NYC, a work of art!

Can I interest you in some fly pie? Don’t worry, that’s just another name for the delicious British eccles cake.

A wall of cheddar at London’s famous cheese mecca: Neal’s Yard Dairy,

Want scones just like the ones served at Claridge’s Hotel in London? Here is their recipe.

Daniel Boulud’s recipe for erfect madeleines. They are like little heavenly sea shells!

The dining are at the Victoria & Albert Museum must surely be one of London’s most beautiful dining rooms.