Banana Bread with Crystallized Ginger and Chocolate.

A perfect party cake. Especially good with summer strawberries.

Easter Egg Radishes and a recipe for Green Garlic Pesto

Rhubarb Two Ways: a delicious crumble with strawberries and a simple syrup for cocktails.

Simple ingredients ready to be transformed into Banana Date Bread.

Asparagus: the first welcome sign of Spring after a long winter in Chicago

Sweet and Spicy Mixed Nuts

Cinnamon Rolls…perfect for a special morning.

A recipe worthy of my first bag of Rancho Gordo Beans…Venetian Bean Soup

Lemon, Sage, Cinnamon and Garlic…ready to add the flavor to Chicken in Milk

Like a danish but so much better…an Apple Kolache from Lukas Bakery in La Grange, TX

Shiner Kosmos Reserve: A beer to celebrate the man who started it all at Shiner Brewery in Texas.

Coffee Crunch Bars from Molly Wizenberg on Bon Appetit

Homemade Bread…it is easier than you think!