Sara of I'm a Food Blog has been on a muffin kick lately. They're great to make ahead, freeze, and have on hand. Adapted from a recipe by Dorie Greenspan, these lemon poppy seed muffins are a bright start to your day. Take the time to enjoy them with a cup of tea at home or at work. Related Baking with Dorie: Ricotta-Berry Muffins Pumpkin Muffins with Pecan Streusel Topping Morning-After Cranberry Sauce Muffins...
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Sometimes I look down on fancy-schmancy desserts, but maybe that's because I'm secretly jealous of the baking prowess behind them. Helen, of Tartlette, makes a lemon poppy seed cake topped with strawberries, lemon mousse, and a candied orange peel. It may look fabulous and intricate, but it's less work than you may think. She recycles used tuna cans to mold them, so don't feel like you need to go out and buy special cake rings. Alternatively, you could also just build the cake as a single 8-inch round. No excuses, this cake is waiting for you....
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Photograph from alasam on Flickr Why does the Meyer lemon get a special name? Because the slightly sweeter lemon--first introduced by the agricultural explorer Frank Meyer--is thought to be a cross between a "regular lemon" and a mandarin orange. The peels are more tender, the flavor less acidic (hence, less mouth puckering) and the color, a deeper egg yolk shade. We're in the throes of Meyer lemon season, so we've rounded up some recipes for you. Lemon Recipes Ina Garten's Lemon Mousse Avgolemono (Greek Lemon and Rice Soup) Green Goddess Dressing Pasta with Asparagus, Lemon and Pine Nuts Crunchy Baked Fennel Toasted Almond Lemon Bars Lemon and Garlic Chicken 100 Things To Do with a Meyer Lemon [Los Angeles...
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What happens when babies eat lemons? They make the most adorable facial expressions! You can see more than 30 of those squishy, pudgy-faced expressions in this montage of babies' reactions to eating lemons, the dominant feeling being something like, "Eeuh, eeahah, bleech, ughhg."...
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