Breakfast Recipes

I was standing in the checkout line at our local hardware store, of all places, holding a new paintbrush and trying to remember if I … Read more

My sister asked why I couldn’t just skip the heavy cream and use Greek yogurt in the filling instead. I started to explain why that … Read more

This was supposed to be a loaf. A perfectly respectable, sliceable banana bread that I could wrap up and bring to my neighbor Carol, who’d … Read more

I was at the community garden last September, up to my elbows in zucchini plants that had gone completely rogue. You know that moment when … Read more

There used to be a tiny German café tucked between a dry cleaner and a used bookstore in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago that made … Read more

I was standing in the cereal aisle last Tuesday, staring at a wall of brightly colored boxes, when a specific smell hit me — not … Read more

There used to be a tiny, flour-dusted bakery called “The Grain & Jar” on the corner of 4th and Maple that made the most incredible … Read more

My alarm didn’t go off. That’s how I found myself standing in my kitchen at 6:47 AM, still in yesterday’s sweater, staring at a half-empty … Read more

I mean, honestly, who knew oats could be so stubborn? You know that feeling when you’re obsessed with a flavor profile that just won’t cooperate? … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a relentlessly ordinary Tuesday, and a very specific banana bread craving hit. Not the polite, “I’d like a slice with … Read more