Swedish Baker

I tied my first (and perhaps only) fly today. It was a Woolly Bugger with a gorgeous blue marabou tail, orange chenille body, and hackle ...

Today's Winter Storm Warning: "ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE MIDWEST BEGINNING LATE THURSDAY AND CONT...

One of the first fragrances that I can recall was my mother's Swedish Cardamom Bread fresh out of the oven. It's a scent that takes...

Do you know where Santa's reindeer are raised and trained? Sweden! The guy in the middle is Blitzen, who is charged with training the o...

This Pumpkin Lasagna is a gorgeous vegetarian main dish - fragrant and full of flavor. For those of you who might think to turn your nose up...

These cookies are so easy, you should smudge your face with a little flour before you serve them so your friends and family will think you...

Ahh ... cranberries ... the jewel of the holiday season. I buy at least a dozen bags of fresh cranberries beyond what I use during the wint...

My mother believed that no one should be alone during the holidays, especially Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day. From the...

My father's brother married a woman who could do practically anything. Her skills in the kitchen were equally matched by her green thum...

At some point you have undoubtedly been where I was last week - in the middle of a computer nightmare. If not, rest assured you will be. Li...

Here I am, writing about food, when so many have so little. Inspired by my friend Heidi's commitment to providing nutritional lunches to...

A decade before Julia Child gave us "The French Chef" and more than 40 years before the launch of "The Food Network", t...

In the last two years I've acquired another half dozen books devoted to cookies (my collection of baking books is now at 65 volumes). T...

Exotic ingredients and outlandish recipes get an awful lot of attention these days. Cookbooks, television programs and food magazines are fu...

It's 78° here in Chicago making it a near perfect day. This is summer at its best, without too much heat and humidity. I still feel lik...

This is my fourth book by Carole Walter - the preceding three being single-subject volumes covering Cakes, Cookies, and Pies & Tarts. L...

When I was in college, I had the good fortune to meet a fellow classmate whose parents were from Lithuania. Kristina, and Marcy, her roomma...

It's officially summer - at least "meteorologic summer"- the first day of June, and hot days are ahead. For my part, nothing ...

The idea of Strawberry-Rhubarb Ice Cream occured to me this spring while I was pondering the various uses for rhubarb. For pies, I like jus...

I don't grill. That is, I don't grill outside on a charcoal or gas grill. I grill inside with a grill pan or under the broiler. Whe...