My Madison Bistro

After the holidays, I spent some time perusing old food magazines, especially the winter issues. I found this recipe from Molly Wizenberg’s column in Bon Appetit, and the bars sound fun and tasty, and I was ready to try something different. I almost had all of the ingredients, but because I only had light brown […]

Cupcakes are a favorite sweet treat of mine, but I’ve often shied away from making them because all of my recipes yield at least a dozen little cakes, if not more. I’d find myself purchasing the bakery cupcakes from the grocery store and cringing when I looked at the ingredient list (partially hydrogenated shortening, anyone?). […]

This is another “old” picture taken from about a year ago (I’m still in the midst of my Sons of Anarchy Obsession). These cranberries are a fun little treat, and since you can only buy fresh cranberries for a short time each year, I figured now was the time to post about them. I love […]

Does dessert get any better than caramel and puff pastry? I made this dessert almost a year ago after watching an episode of The F Word (Gordon Ramsay’s show). This was pre-DSLR and natural lighting (there’s not a whole lot of natural light to be had around here in the middle of winter), so the […]