The Salty Spoon

Back to Business | Salted Chocolate Chip Cookies

Bria — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 06:18:07 +0000

A bedtime tale: Once upon a time, there was a girl who published a lovely little food blog and had many delightful conversations with readers about incorporating good food into their busy lives. Then the girl’s job kicked into extreme overdrive, ratcheting from ridiculously busy up to holy-hyper-insanity-what-do-you-mean-it’s-already-June-July-August busy. It was so busy that the [...]

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I’m Still Here

Bria — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:15:31 +0000

Dearest lovelies, it’s been too long. I’m still cooking, but have been somewhat lost in the annals of work and life for what has turned into an embarassingly long hiatus from blogging. My return is imminent. I’ll have another Salty Spoon Challenge for you soon, as well as a chocolate chip cookie recipe that will [...]

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Brainstorming | Salty Spoon Challenge, Month 3

Bria — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:44:22 +0000

This is an origami star. I first started folding origami when I was 9 or 10 and quickly became completely addicted. My nimble fingers flew quickly over mountain and valley folds, inside reverse folds, and more. Somewhere along the way, I picked up a pattern for this star. I folded dozens of them. Maybe hundreds. And as [...]

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Feasting On Art Recipe Contest | Lemon Pound Cake with Strawberry Zinfandel Compote

Bria — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 04:56:29 +0000

In the year or so since I started The Salty Spoon (oof, has it been a year? a blogoversary celebration is surely in order here, too!), I have had the wonderful fortune to interact with a talented and enthusiastic bunch of like-minded cooks, readers, eaters, and otherwise interesting people. Some have blogs, some don’t. [...]

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Endive Salad with Meyer Lemon Cream

Bria — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:13:20 +0000

Suzanne Goin made me eat salad dressing straight out of the bowl, with a spoon. Sort of. As I have mentioned before, I’m sitting on a handsome crop of Meyer lemons these days and continue to look for interesting ways to use them. I eagerly turned to Goin’s beautiful cookbook, Sunday Suppers at Lucques, for inspiration. [...]

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Highly Appealing | Lemon Rosemary Cookies

Bria — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:53:54 +0000

After 30 years of utter nonchalance on the matter, I am suddenly interested in gardening. It started with a little lemon tree. A dwarf Meyer lemon tree that arrived one misty morning in February groaning under the weight of two dozen ripe lemons. The lemon tree was part of a patio redesign project we just finished. [...]

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Why I Cook | Salty Spoon Challenge, Month 2

Bria — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:12:16 +0000

Last month, Michael Ruhlman challenged food bloggers to join him in thinking about why we cook. His post has received over 200 comments and has inspired many blog posts in response. Here is mine. Why I Cook I cook because I love to eat. At the heart of all my reasons, my cooking is primarily an [...]

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Heaven Scent | Baby Brown Bettys

Bria — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:11:32 +0000

Can we talk for a moment about the irresistible scent that apples and cinnamon drape across a kitchen as they cook together? It’s unbeatable. The sweet, tart brightness of a good apple and the nose-tingling cha-cha-cha of potent cinnamon cradle each other carefully, gently. I can understand why Glade and its ilk are constantly trying [...]

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A Very Good Place to Start | Salty Spoon Challenge, Month 1

Bria — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:56:05 +0000

Is there anything more effervescently exciting to send out into the world than an invitation? Regardless of the event, I find a certain kind of lime green, spine-buzzing energy every time I nudge one out for consideration. By saying to your recipients here, come share this with me, you open a piece of yourself to [...]

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Old Faithful | Rotini with Butternut Squash and Italian Sausage

Bria — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:49:31 +0000

On January 2, 2010, I made a colossal mistake. My reason paralyzed by the overwhelming desire to install a cookbook shelf in my kitchen, I ventured out to the Pottery Barn in Pasadena. Inside, I found myself surrounded by a scene that bore marked resemblance to my idea of hell. Noisy, crowded, lots [...]

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