1. Heat oven to 400 F. Grease an 11-by-15-by-1-inch sheet pan. 2. Wrap beets in foil and cook for about 40 minutes or until tender. Let cool then peel and puree in a food processor. 3. Mix oil, sugar ...

Until I went to culinary school, I'd never cooked a beet, much less eaten one that hadn't come out of a jar or can, which my mom would occasionally slice up and toss into a green salad if she was ...

A commenter on my post from a few weeks ago asked for the recipe for the beet cake that actually worked, and I’m glad to provide it. For this one I used about half a cup of beet puree and half a cup ...

• 1 (15 1/2-ounce) jar Aunt Nellie's Harvard Beets, undrained • 1/2 cup butter, softened • 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar • 2 large eggs • 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground allspice • ...

When it comes to vegetables in a cake, top of mind are carrots and zucchini. With Mother’s Day this weekend, I thought it an opportune time to share a recipe that can be baked in a cake pan or a loaf ...

There’s just something about spring that makes me crave carrot cake. Maybe it’s the pastel everything, maybe it’s the six Easter events my kids somehow ended up in — or maybe it’s just a nostalgic way ...

A big, white statue of a cow sits on top of a building along Milpas Street on Santa Barbara’s Eastside, where the local ice cream business McConnell’s Fine Ice Creams started. Since then, restaurants ...

Some foods go together like a wink and a smile — peanut butter and jelly, Champagne and strawberries, wine and cheese — while others are somewhat more unconventional, even dubious, but just as ...

A big, white statue of a cow sits on top of a building along Milpas Street on Santa Barbara’s Eastside, where the local ice cream business McConnell’s Fine Ice Creams started. Since then, restaurants ...