spring baking

Strawberry Thyme Shortcakes

Strawberry Thyme Shortcakes

Strawberry Thyme Shortcakes excerpted from Full Belly: Recipes and Stories from a Family Farm by Jenna Muller and Amon Muller. Photography by Molly DeCoudreaux.

Full Belly: Recipes and Stories from a Family Farm by Jenna Muller and Amon Muller.

100 easy, seasonal recipes from the beloved, third generation organic family farm located in the verdant Capay Valley in California.

Full Belly‘s recipes follow seasonal rhythms, highlighting fresh, organic ingredients. Dishes like Corn and Summer Squash Pizza and Vibrant Little Gem Salad embody the warmth and simplicity of California cooking. Learn to minimize food waste with recipes for Late Season Tomato Jam and Peach Leaf Creme Brûlée. Founded in 1985, Full Belly Farm is one of the oldest sustainable farms in California and supplies to beloved restaurants like Chez Panisse and Zuni Cafe.

  • Seasonal recipes: Cook seasonally with recipes from Full Belly’s farm kitchen
  • Farm life: Learn about life on one of California’s oldest sustainable farms―from animal husbandry to the rhythms of planting, growing, and harvesting four seasons of produce.
  • How-to: Find practical advice on choosing the best produce, the difference between varieties, and how to garden with sustainable farming practices.
  • CSA subscribers: CSA box subscribers will find it easy to cook along with Full Belly’s 100 seasonal recipes.

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Apricot & Sultana Hot Cross Buns

Apricot & Sultana Hot Cross Buns

Apricot & Sultana Hot Cross Buns excerpted from Handfuls of Sunshine: Perfect bite-sized bakes by Tilly Pamment. Photography by Tilly Pamment.

Handfuls of Sunshine: Perfect bite-sized bakes by Tilly PammentDreamy recipes for baby cakes, slices, tarts and other small sweet morsels from the creator of the international bestselling Plain Cake Appreciation Society

Here is to the little luxuries that make life all the sweeter.

Tilly Pamment, author of The Plain Cake Appreciation Society, returns with a new collection of more than seventy irresistible recipes for bite sized bakes. These little treats are meant to be eaten warm from the oven with no plate required, shared around a table or tucked away for a rainy day. Every recipe is designed to bring a handful of sweet joy to any moment, and who could not use a little more of that.

What you will find inside

Homemade Sunbeams and Slices of Joy
Bars bright with lemon and passion fruit, squares of rich chocolate and marmalade, and sour cream brownies with a crackly top.

Baby Cakes and Buttery Bliss
Buttery and fruit studded, sticky and chocolate filled, these are tiny treats made for pure pleasure. (more…)