Recipes from the Frozen Northlands. A few weeks ago I was in Charleston for a work conference. While down there, I caved and bought a few things for myself, including a packet of habenero sugar. Being a complete chili-head, I figured this was right up my alley. Of course, then I needed ways to use this spicy-sweet delicacy. I admit it, I.

Notes from my kitchen, in which I bake bread and raise a few other matters. I have long extolled the virtues of Stollen, the classic German holiday yeasted fruitcake, as not only one of the tastiest ways to get your holiday-bread-shaped-like-baby-Jesus-in-the-manger fix, but as an extremely easy and forgiving bread to make. Be inspired, bake, share, repeat. Loaves and Rolls, First Batch.