Sifting Focus - Baking Recipes and Photography by Los Angeles Food Blogger, Mary Weinberg

Chocolate Pistachio Sablés

Posted on January 9, 2018 • 5 comments

Now that the hustle and bustle of the holidays is over, I finally have time to bake all the things I pushed to the side when the season’s commitments, far too often, took me out of my kitchen. These early … Continue reading →

Posted under Chocolate, Cookies, Holiday Baking

Ingredients bittersweet chocolate, chocolate, cocoa powder, flaky sea salt, pistachios

Fig Jam, Pear and Pistachio Coffeecake and Baking in a Toaster Oven

Posted on September 28, 2014 • 7 comments

Do you know how frustrating it can be when baking is your passion and you don’t have an oven? VERY!!! Two weeks ago, just as I was rolling out the pastry for Howie’s birthday pie, my oven ‘short circuited’. Literally. … Continue reading →

Posted under Baking, Breakfast, Cakes, Toaster Oven Baking

Ingredients brown sugar, buttermilk, cardamom, cinnamon, fruit, ginger, jam, nutmeg, nuts, pears, pistachios

Brown Sugar,Pear and Pistachio Cake with Spiced Buttercream

Posted on October 8, 2012 • 24 comments

"Brown Sugar, Pear and Pistachio Cake Recipe"

Life is full of decision making. I once read that we make, on average, around seventy decisions in any given day. From when to rise, what to eat for breakfast, whether or not to go to the gym, – to … Continue reading →

Posted under Baking, Cakes, Desserts

Ingredients brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, ginger, mascarpone, nutmeg, pears, pistachios