Table of Contents

Title Page

Table of Contents

Copyright

Dedication

Inspiration in the Kitchen

LOAVES

Hungarian Sour Cream Poundcake

Chocolate and Brown Sugar Poundcake

Lemon—Poppy Seed Bread

Cranberry-Orange Tea Bread

Pear Bread with Vanilla and Ginger

Fresh Orange—Oatmeal Bread

Papaya-Macadamia Nut Bread

Dried Apricot—Pecan Bread

Amaretto Nut Bread

Cream Sherry—Pumpkin Bread

Brandy-Glazed Zucchini Bread

Sour Cream Herb Bread

Savory Black Olive Bread

Avocado Bread with Pecans and Lime Glaze

Applesauce Bread

Whole Wheat Prune Bread with Orange Cream Cheese

Whole Wheat—Bran Bread with Dates

Steamed Brown Bread with Dried Blueberries

GINGERBREADS

Classic Gingerbread

Pumpkin Gingerbread

Gingerbread with Stout

Maple Gingerbread with Pumpkin Gelato

Gingerbread with Lemon and Raspberry Sauces

Fresh Apricot Gingerbread

Peach Upside-Down Ginger Cake

Blueberry Gingerbread with Cinnamon Ice Cream

Chocolate Gingerbread with Bittersweet Glaze

CORNBREADS

Yogurt Cornbread

Fresh Corn Kernel and Cornmeal Bread

Green and Red Pepper Cornbread

Skillet Cornbread with Walnuts

Sweet-Potato Cornbread with Orange Butter

Maple—Whole Wheat Johnnycake with Blueberries

Cranberry-Walnut Cornbread

Steamed Pecan Cornbread

Country Whole Wheat Cornbread

Italian Polenta Cornbread with Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Basil

Blue Cornbread with Goat Cheese and Green Chiles

Kasha Cornsticks

COFFEE CAKES

Fresh Apple Coffee Cake

Banana Coffee Cake

Spiced Brown Sugar—Pecan Coffee Cake

Cranberry-Almond Coffee Cake

Blueberry Cheese Crumbcake

Fresh Pineapple Crumbcake

Apricot and Prune Coffee Cake

Italian Lemon and Anise Sweet Bread

Jam Tea Cake

Marbled Chestnut-Sour Cream Coffee Cake

Peach and Almond Torte

Fresh Fruit Cobbler

MUFFINS

Cherry-Almond Muffins

Orange—Chocolate Chip Muffins

Sour Cream-Apple Muffins

Banana, Coconut, and Macadamia Nut Muffins

Sour Cream—Peach Muffins

Raspberry Cornmeal Muffins

Blueberry—Blue Corn Muffins

Everyday Maple Bran Muffins

Buckwheat and Hazelnut Muffins

Rye Muffins with Orange and Fennel

Black Olive and Goat Cheese Muffins

Tomato Corn Muffins with Melting Cheese Hearts

Zucchitii-Basil Baby Cakes

PANCAKES AND CRÊPES

Old-Fashioned Buttermilk Pancakes

Homemade Buttermilk Griddle Mix Pancakes

Vineyard Pancakes

Autumn Persimmon Pancakes

Cornmeal-Yogurt Pancakes

Apple Oatcakes

Whole Wheat—Blueberry Buttermilk Pancakes

Sunday White Whole Wheat Pancakes

Four-Grain Sour Cream Pancakes

Buckwheat Pancakes with Maple-Nut Syrup

Hopi Blue Corn Hotcakes with Fruit Salsa

Chili Corn Cakes

Savory Wild Rice Pancakes

Spinach Dinner Cakes

Zucchini Pancakes

Chinatown Green Onion Cakes

Potato Latkes

Potato-Spinach Pancakes with Goat Cheese

Roasted Red Pepper Pancakes with Hot Goat-Cheese Sauce

Black Bean Pancakes

Classic Crêpes

Buttermilk Crêpes

Cornmeal Crêpes

My Favorite Buckwheat Crêpes

Palacsinta Crêpes

Chantilly Dessert Crêpes

Chocolate Dessert Crêpes

Swedish Pancakes

WAFFLES

Buttermilk Waffles

Homemade Buttermilk Griddle Mix Waffles

Banana Waffles

Pecan Waffles

Pumpkin—Sour Cream Waffles

Whole Wheat Waffles with Cherry Sauce

Oat-Cornmeal Waffles with Dried Fruit Syrup

Rice Waffles

Wild Rice Buttermilk Waffles

Spiced Gingerbread Waffles with Pan-Glazed Apples

Vanilla Belgian Waffles

POPOVERS AND OVEN PANCAKES

Mile-High Popovers

Sweet Tangerine Popovers

Graham Popovers

Yorkshire Pudding with Chives

Baked Pancake with Cucumber Salsa

Mushroom Oven Pancake with Chive Sauce

Toad-in-the-Hole

Baked Apple and Pear Oven Pancake

Frying Pan Breakfast Clafouti

My Favorite Fresh Apricot Clafouti

DUMPLINGS

Buttermilk Drop Dumplings

Spaetzle

Fluffy Knaidlach

Gnocchi Verdi

Butternut Squash Gnocchi with Sage Butter

Ricotta–Parsley Dumplings for Soup

Tamale Dumplings for Soup

Silky Potato Dumplings

SCONES AND SODA BREADS

Old-Fashioned Lemon Cream Scones

Crème Fraîche Scones

Orange–Raisin Scones

Fig–Walnut Scones

Buttermilk Cherry Scones

Maple Tea Scones with Homemade Devonshire Cream

Pumpkin Scones with Maple Butter

Oat Scones with Apple-Pear Butter

Oat Bran Scones with Dried Apricots

Graham Scones with Pine Nuts and Golden Raisins

Santa Fe Scones

Irish Soda Bread

Oat and Herb Brown Soda Bread

Soda Bread with Caraway and Drambuie

Whole Wheat Yogurt Bread with Dried Cherries

Wild Rice–Whole Wheat Soda Bread with Goat Cheese Butter

BISCUITS AND SHORTCAKES

Classic Buttermilk Biscuits

Old–Fashioned Cream Biscuits

Cornmeal–Orange Biscuits

Sweet–Potato Biscuits

Banana—Whole Wheat Biscuits

Whole Wheat Dinner Biscuits

Poppy Seed-Cheese Biscuits

Old-Fashioned Shortcake Biscuits with Grand Marnier Strawberries and Crème Chantilly

Amaretti Peach Shortcakes

Chocolate Shortcakes with Stewed Rhubarb

Pumpkin Shortcakes with Winter Fruit Compote

Tomato–Gorgonzola Shortcakes

Peach Cobbler

Cherry Cobbler

Notes from the Kitchen

Index