Davis Life Magazine

Instead of cooking up a storm for the spring holidays this week, I decided to make crackers. I came to this decision partly because I have these really cute animal cookie cutters that I was dying to use, and partly because I’ve never made crackers before. It seems unlikely, but it’s the truth. They just [...]

Deviled eggs are so popular in this country that there are special serving dishes designed for them. Despite this, I managed to somehow forget about them until recently, when I was attending a family get together and someone brought them as a side dish. And the first thing I thought was ‘oh yeah, deviled eggs!’ [...]

I know gingerbread is always associated with the holiday season, but I love ginger and like to find excuses to eat it throughout the year. So when I was searching for inspiration, I combined a few recipe components, from Kim Boyce’s Good to the Grain and a recipe from 101cookbooks. These cookies are obviously not [...]

It’s just starting to feel like spring, but I’m still in the mood for soup. One night last week, I had plans to make lentil soup, but changed my mind at the last minute after reading this recipe. I ended up modifying many of the elements, deciding that one head of broccoli was never going [...]

I’ve been drinking a lot of tea lately. It’s that time of year: tea is the perfect remedy for the damp, rainy weather, or a comfort if you’ve happened to catch a cold.  My current favorite is a strawberry loose leaf black tea that I bought at my hometown farmers market. Of course, it’s equally nice [...]