A Trick for Homemade Crackers

If there's one thing--at least among my sphere of friends IRL and online--that's unifying many of us during these weeks of shelter-in-place, it's baking. Tons and tons and tons of baking. In the past decade, pre-quarantine, I may have baked brownies a handful of times, if that often. I've [...]

2021-06-18T23:45:06+00:00May 6th, 2020|Cooking at Home, Kitchen Tips, Salty Snacks|

Portabella Mushroom Chips

First couple weeks of the new year of course means that it's time to pull out those crystal balls and have a gaze at anticipated trends for the year. I tend to put about as much credence into food trend prognostication as I do my daily horoscope. That is to [...]

2020-01-23T22:00:28+00:00January 11th, 2019|Cooking at Home, Salty Snacks|

New Snacks Class!

Right after the new year, I headed back to Denver, the home of Craftsy, to shoot another class for this fun, dynamic platform for those who love to get creative with anything from cake decorating to quilting. And cooking is certainly a most delicious way to get creative! This new [...]

2014-02-19T00:15:28+00:00February 18th, 2014|Cooking at Home, Food and Drink, Salty Snacks|

Snacking with Style: Bubbles and Popcorn

It was one of those moments that I wish I had anticipated having my camera ready. The place was the venerable Canlis restaurant in Seattle. The occasion was very rare lunchtime gathering as the venue of choice for a trade gathering with Ferrari sparkling wines from the cooler northern region of Italy, [...]

2013-09-20T22:46:32+00:00September 16th, 2013|entertaining ideas, Salty Snacks, Wines|

Salty Snacks Preview

Well.....the official release of Salty Snacks is tomorrow, September 25!! But already the publisher's posted a generous little preview of the book with a handful of recipes -- so you can get an early taste of what the book has to offer! Here you go: Recipes From Salty Snacks by Cynthia [...]

2012-09-24T16:21:47+00:00September 24th, 2012|Cookbooks|

Zippy Snacks: Spiced Almonds

Yesterday was just one of those days. Mid afternoon I found myself staring out the window into the gray-ish sky, considering the kind of week it had been, the kind of frazzle I felt, the fact that it couldn't be just Wednesday, really?! -- the weekend seemed too far away. I deserved a [...]

2022-08-19T20:03:11+00:00May 25th, 2012|Cooking at Home|

My Favorite Food Group: Salty Crunchy

All work and no play has been making Cynthia somewhat dingbatty. Honestly. It's that kind of brain-frizz that makes me turn in circles in the kitchen 3 or 4 times before I remember that all I needed to do was grab a knife out of the drawer to spread peanut [...]

2011-07-22T14:24:05+00:00July 14th, 2011|Cookbooks, Cooking at Home|
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