My mom’s Corn Bread recipe

No, it’s not what you think. This is not the yellow stuff you make to go with chili and soup (mine comes out of a Jiffy box!). This is a delicious yeast-raised bread sweetened with honey. A childhood favorite my mom always made when I was growing up: perfect comfort food for the Winter season! [...]

Pizza Dough from scratch

One of my new favorite weekend rituals is to make my own pizzas from scratch.  It saves money over spending a small fortune at the local pizza shop (my family can eat a LOT of pizza!), and I think it tastes better than most commercial pizzas.  Plus, we can customize our pizzas to everyone’s preferences [...]

Trying a new recipe for dinner…

Trying a new recipe for dinner: Smokey black bean & corn pizza cooked on the grill. Made Omega Bakery’s focaccia for the crust. Yum!

Bread Baking Class at Omega Bakery

On March 5, 2008, I took a basic bread baking class at Omega Artisan Bakery located in the North Market in Columbus, OH. Amy Lozier, proprietor of Omega, taught the class.

I have to say that I was not originally planning to attend the class. My father wanted to take the class, so I [...]