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Learn how to successfully make them at home using clever tips and an easy recipe. This post contains affiliate links. Full disclosure is at the bottom of the article. Some desserts are simply unforgettable once you taste them within seconds of their coming out of the oven. There’s a special place in my heart for madeleines: French, shell-shaped, light-as-air tiny cakes. Madeleines are best eaten the day they’re baked, and if you’ve ever tasted one warm from the oven with an impeccably crunchy edge, I’m sure you know how life-changing such a small bite can be. Madeleines are the epitome...

And with good quality lamb you’ll find the flavor amazing and tender. [feast_advanced_jump_to] Many of us grew up with some preconceived notions of lamb meat. If you were anything like us, your experience with lamb likely involved some kind of strongly flavored mint sauce to drown the meat in. And that lamb may likely have tasted very gamey and was probably overcooked (which is why it may have benefited from the mint sauce, to mask the flavor). What we have learned is that good lamb is actually quite tender and delicious and rarely has the gamy flavor that we grew...

I had intended to share a nut roast recipe with you guys during this past holiday season. Nut roast is kind of a Christmas thing! But I didn’t get around to it. Well now Easter is approaching, and lately I’ve been seeing headlines on social media about how people are putting their Christmas lights and watching Christmas movies in an effort to bring some cheer in light of the craziness that’s going on in the world right now. It seemed like a good opportunity to get that nut roast recipe in, so I jumped on it! What is a Nut...

I woke up yesterday with a little more lightness in my heart than had been there earlier this week. And when I’m feeling lighthearted, my first instinct is to bake. There are so many things I might have posted on this Easter Sunday. Hot cross buns, which I’ve been wanting to make (and make well—my last batch was a total fail) for a while. Pie. A brunch dish, like French toast. Chocolate eggs. Any number of different cakes. But all I’ve been able to think about is carrot cake. Maybe not surprising, since carrot cake is my favorite cake. And...

While it may sit there relatively unused and unloved for most of the year, come Christmas, things really start to heat up for your mantel. Not only does it become the production site of much of your winter warmth, it’s also one of the major focal points of a successful Christmas display. Whether you choose to hang a wreath above it, wrap the whole thing in garland or simply display all of your favorite Christmas ornaments along the shelf, Christmas is your mantel’s time to shine. Another major job which is usually handed to your mantel (if you have one...