Something like Sachertorte, and Thoughts on Moving from Austria to Appalachia

Between June and September, I packed up all my things (in June, one giant suitcaseful, and in September, one hatchback-sized-carful) and moved from Austria to Appalachia, with stops in Croatia and New Jersey in between. Austria, a place of skiiers and singing nuns, the sophisticated Viennese and Mozart...to Appalachia, which is seen as backwards by most…

Somun {Bosnian Flatbread}

Chewy flatbread, inspired by the Balkans and wanderlust. Back in June and July while traveling around Eastern Europe, I had the chance to try a lot of new foods. Some of the things I had were totally new (veal, yes, I had never eaten it before because baby cow), some were variations of things I…

Flourless Oatmeal Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies {GF}

Chewy oatmeal cookies rich in peanut butter flavor and studded with chocolate chips. Chocolate and peanut butter. What a winning combination. I don't mean to sound like a broken record but it's just so true. Anyway, in almost a year and a half of blogging, I've only shared three chocolate-peanut butter recipes (Exhibit A, Exhibit…

Chocolate Babka

Enriched bread dough swirled with chocolate chunks makes a versatile bread perfect for breakfast, snack, or dessert! I love chocolate. You might have realized that already, judging from the number of recipes on this site that involve that wonderful food. I also love bread (who doesn't?!), and it's particularly great when it's fresh from the…

Whole Wheat Walnut-Rosemary Fougasse

A hearty whole wheat and walnut loaf in a festive shape to welcome fall. Reader, due to unforeseen circumstances I missed another Saturday post.  I should probably stop saying that I'm fully back in the blogosphere since things keep coming up that prevent me from being so.  I'm pretending this is being posted on Saturday,…