Breakfast Recipes

Last Tuesday, I was standing in my kitchen staring at a half-empty carton of milk and wondering if I had the energy to actually cook … Read more

My brother-in-law Mark asked me last Thanksgiving why I couldn’t just throw everything in one dish the night before and bake it in the morning. … Read more

My sister swore she hated oatmeal. For years. The texture, she claimed, was the problem — too gloopy, too baby-food-ish, too much like eating a … Read more

There used to be a tiny café tucked between a vintage bookstore and a dusty antiques shop in my old neighborhood that made what I … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a pretty uneventful Wednesday, and I had this ridiculous craving for something that tasted like fall but felt like a … Read more

My sister asked why I couldn’t just use a boxed muffin mix. We were standing in her barely-stocked kitchen, me with a bag of flour … Read more

I used to think that healthy breakfasts and actually enjoyable breakfasts were two completely different things living in separate kitchens. For years, I’d watch friends … Read more

The neighborhood apple picking trip was in two days and I’d completely forgotten that I signed up to host the post-picking brunch. Everyone else would … Read more

The church potluck was in three hours and I’d completely forgotten. I was standing in my kitchen at 7 AM on a Sunday, still in … Read more

I wasn’t expecting breakfast advice from my accountant, but there I was, sitting in his cluttered office during tax season, watching him pull a mason … Read more