5 Types of Sugar and Other Treats

It is that time of the month again. Regardless of how seldom I blog, we meet each month here in my sanctuary, where I unveil to you the Daring Bakers' Challenge of the given month. This month, the challenge is a very unique chocolate cake recipe, the...

Some things are just meant to be.
Some time back, the crazy and talented Mallory from The Salty Cod---writer, photographer, and baker extraordinaire--- whom I've befriended through countless back-and-forth emails and comments, had an idea. Of course, for she has always been the crazi...

(Image courtesy of 5 Senses)
And the winner of Salty+Sweet coffee series is.....(drumroll...) Judy of I cook-He cleans!! Thank you all so much for participating---remember to tune in next month for the next installment of the Salty+Sweet series!! Judy, please email me your postal...

I made this crostata a few weeks ago with the last of the good blackberries, and at a time when figs were at their peak. No, it's not a pizza. It is, indeed, a crostata.
Being one to believe that more is more, I may have misread (ignored) the instructions to leave at least a 5cm wide border all around the sides. As a result, there was not enough to cover enough of the fruits to sufficiently transform what is meant to...