A review of Molly Wizenberg’s A Homemade Life, plus banana bread with chocolate and crystallized ginger.

Pear, Pistachio, Ginger Blondies–cakey, soft cookie-like batter riddled with dried pears, sweet nuts and crystallized ginger

Ginger banana bread with cardamom crunch topping. The best banana bread I’ve ever had.

Chewy ginger cookies with crystallized ginger and white chocolate chunks

For the holidays: Gingerbread chocolate madeleines

Ginger Blueberry Pear Crisp

Glazed Cranberry Quick Bread with Crystallized Ginger – A little treat for the weekend.

Crockpot Apple & Cranberry Sauce with Orange & Crystallized Ginger

A pretty darn good cookie recipe from the back of a label.

Lemon ginger cake – a baking session inspired by The Cure

Ginger cookies with lemon icing and acquired tastes in life

Celebrating Lunar New Year with Mứt Gừng (Vietnamese Candied Ginger)

Gingered Pear and Cranberry Upside Down Cake

Fresh blackberries, peaches, & crystallized ginger make a beautiful crumble, baked beneath a cream cheese oat topping.

Summer Cherry & Crystallized Ginger Crumb Bars