Because of my previously mentioned new job, I opted not to compete in my local county fair this year.  As you may know, if you read my about page, the county fair is something that is near and dear to my heart.  But it wasn’t in the cards this year. Frankly speaking, I did well [...]

I made this dish for Thanksgiving, as I already had made a smorgasboard of food.  This year, instead of making my mashed sweet potatoes, I wanted to do something a little more colorful.  Taking a break from my usual recipe, I nabbed this inspiration from the November 2009 Food and Wine magazine. Making this recipe [...]

We have a giant pear tree, and awhile back, I posted one pear tart recipe, which was really, really tasty.  But for Thanksgiving, I wanted to do something a little different, since I already had made a pecan pie, and the previous tart had more of a “pie” type crust. Instead of using a traditional [...]

One of my favorite food blogs to read is The Cast Iron Darling.   So when one her recent posts linked to a recipe for one of my utmost weaknesses, dinner rolls, I was intrigued.  I *love* good dinner rolls.  In fact, my very first post here at Knead To Be Loaved was a dinner roll [...]

I’ve been trapped up in the house since Thursday with the flu (ugh, I know), and since I don’t quite have the energy to get into the kitchen and bake, I thought I would blog about a great pear recipe that I made for dessert last weekend. One of the best things about my yard [...]

Like many people, I do most of my gourmet shopping online. And if you have a foodie in your life, I strongly urge you to consider shopping at iGourmet.com this Valentine’s Day. One word: YUM They have a wonderful selection of Italian desserts, including this decadant Tiramisu. I have to say, this is far more [...]