Champion Blueberry Muffins

I am an occasional beta-tester of recipes for America's Test Kitchen. Those geniuses over in Massachusetts work up a recipe, and then they e-mail it out to folks like me who've volunteered to make the recipe ...

Stolen Blackberry Jam

During the Portland summer, wild, urban blackberry bushes give up astonishing quantities of berries to anyone with a bucket and some time to kill. I gather as many as I can carry and make ...

Outing the Signature Scones

I learned how to make these scones in a small coffee shop in California that doesn't exist anymore. The building that housed it is still there, but it's changed hands and names a few times ...