cream cheese kolaches

Most people assume that I grew up in Portland because I call it home and speak of it so fondly, but here's a fun fact: I actually w...

maple pear pie with a cream cheese crust

When I told folks that I was moving to New York City, I usually got two reactions. The first, usually from friends who either lived in N...

the best red velvet cake + five years of blogging

Today is my blog's fifth birthday, and I can hardly believe it. Five freaking years, indeed! And as per tradition, every year my bl...

sarah kieffer's picture perfect cheesecake

I told Sarah that I would be making her coffee cake. It was the first thing I'd made from her new cookbook, The Vanilla Bean Bakin...

the absolute best birthday cake in new york city

The Project Which Will Not Be Named started as a fantasy; something to text my friends about while we exchanged woes about work and the s...