http://www.lawrence.com/users/photos/2014/mar/12/270358/ I keep pretending the glimpses of warm weather we’ve been getting will actually last. And then Mother Nature comes in and rains (or snows) on my parade. She might have control over the weather, but I have control over the kitchen. ...

http://www.lawrence.com/users/photos/2014/mar/06/270079/ I love to bake. LOVE it. Thus, I probably have every type of baker’s tool lying around somewhere in my kitchen cabinets — Silpat, candy molds, springform pan, French spatula, etc. And I’ve used everything I own at one time or ...

http://www.lawrence.com/users/photos/2014/feb/26/269697/ I’ve been in the mood for beets lately. Like lots and lots of beets. Maybe it’s just my appetite’s way trying to get me to think warm thoughts. You know, because the local beet crop will kick in in June. Ah, June. Do you ...

http://www.lawrence.com/users/photos/2014/feb/19/269310/ A few weeks ago, I wrote about [National Pizza Day][1]. And while our family loves making homemade pizza so much that we probably do it once a week, sometimes you just don’t have the time to do it. I mean, if we don’t give the ...

http://www.lawrence.com/users/photos/2014/feb/13/268946/ For Valentine's Day, my little guy wanted to make something special. He’d already devoured [my deconstructed chocolate-covered fruit salad][1] (turns out he likes white chocolate?), so we decided to make something else from ...

http://www.lawrence.com/users/photos/2014/feb/10/268773/ Sunday was National Pizza Day—something I didn’t know a thing about until various types of social media informed me. Thank goodness for Twitter, am I right? Needless to say, my pizza-loving family was happy to abandon our ...